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Choosing the right plastic for injection moulding

A design engineer’s guide to cost, performance, tooling and production Choosing a plastic for a new product can look straightforward at first. You know what the component needs to do, [...]

Designing plastic parts for injection moulding on CAD

Designing plastic parts for injection moulding

A plastic component can look completely finished on screen and still be difficult, expensive or unreliable to manufacture. That is one of the biggest differences between designing a product and [...]
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What does Dudley Associates do? UK injection moulding, toolmaking and technical manufacturing support

When choosing an injection moulding company, machine capacity and component price are only part of the picture. For many manufacturing projects, particularly new products, shorter production runs and technically demanding [...]

Meet Paul Dixon: A career built from the shop floor up, and a new chapter leading Dudley Associates

Meet Paul Dixon, Dudley Associates’ new Managing Director, and discover how his career in polymer processing shaped his approach to people and leadership. [...]
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Why the cheapest mould tool isn’t always the cheapest way to make a plastic part

When you’re commissioning a new injection mould tool, comparing tooling quotations seems straightforward enough. [...]

Opening Doors to Manufacturing: How Dudley Associates Is Helping Address the UK Skills Gap

The UK manufacturing skills gap begins long before recruitment. Dudley Associates is opening its doors for National Manufacturing Day to help young people discover the breadth of careers available in [...]

How EOS Helps Us Win: Clear Priorities, Honest Conversations and Better Execution

Discover how EOS helps Dudley Associates create clearer priorities, address problems earlier and deliver more consistently across injection moulding and toolmaking projects. [...]

How Do I Know I’m Paying the Right Amount for an Injection Mould Tool?

The lowest quotation is not necessarily the best value. But a higher price does not automatically mean a better tool. Here is how to understand what you are actually paying [...]

Your 3D-Printed Part Proved the Concept. What Happens Next?

A 3D-printed prototype can prove that an idea works. It can help you assess size, shape, fit, assembly, ergonomics and customer reaction without committing to production tooling. But it does [...]

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