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Practical buying guides

Guides for better part decisions.

Clear, plain-English guides to help you compare materials, processes and production choices before you commit to a design or manufacturing route.

In this section

What these guides cover

This section brings together practical guidance on the questions that come up most often when developing rubber, silicone and overmoulded parts. It covers material choice, moulding routes, post-processing, colour, hardness, scaling up and preparing a design for production.

If you already know the issue you need to explore, choose the page that matches it. If you are weighing up several options, start with materials or process comparisons, then move on to design, tooling and production topics.

If you are not sure where to start, get in touch and we can point you to the most relevant guide for your part.

Real people, a real workshop

You deal with the people who make it.

No call centre and no middlemen. When you contact TCI Products, you speak to the team who design, build and check your mould.

  • A real Warwickshire workshopUnit 15, Waterloo Park, Bidford-on-Avon, Alcester B50 4JG.
  • Real people on the phoneCall the team on 01789 224228, Monday to Friday.
  • The same team on every jobDesign, production and aftercare come from the people you see here.
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The TCI design and project office.
The TCI design and project office.
The TCI workshop, with moulds on the bench mid-build.
The TCI workshop, with moulds on the bench mid-build.
A stack of TCI silicone moulds.
A stack of TCI silicone moulds.
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  • George PrestonDesign & Project Manager
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