Material record
Supplier, grade, data sheets and the material batch used in each production batch.
How we work · Quality
Quality, written down.
Quality in contract moulding isn't a certificate on the wall. It's a documented material, a signed-off first article, a record with every batch, and a rule that nothing changes without your agreement.
Our approach
Four records, one rule.
Every programme we run is built on four records: the material we agreed, the first article you signed off, the batch record that travels with every shipment, and the tool history that tells us how the tool has been treated.
And one rule: nothing on that list changes without your written agreement. Not the grade, not the supplier, not the colour recipe, not the process. That discipline is what makes batch forty look like batch one.
We don't lead with certificate numbers on this site. If your supplier approval process needs specific documentation, ask and we'll tell you plainly what we hold and what we can provide.
What we record
The paperwork behind every part.
First-article sign-off
Dimensions, hardness, colour and feel checked against the specification and signed off by you before production releases.
Batch record
Material batch, colour recipe, cure conditions, tool ID, run date and inspection results, in the format your quality system expects.
Tool history
Maintenance, repairs and refurbishment logged against each tool. See tool refurbishment.
How parts are checked
Inspection that matches your goods-in.
We'd rather agree a measurement method with you once than argue about measurements every month.
Agree what matters
Critical features, cosmetic zones and functional checks written down before the tool is cut.
Agree how it's measured
Instrument, fixture and part condition. See our tolerances guide.
Limit samples
Physical samples showing acceptable and unacceptable, for the things a drawing can't describe.
Batch inspection
Samples from each batch checked and recorded, rotating across cavities on multi-cavity tools.
Trend and act
Results trended so drift is caught and corrected before it becomes a reject.
Change control
What happens when something has to change.
We tell you first
If a material supplier changes a grade or discontinues it, you hear from us as soon as we hear.
We propose, you decide
Any alternative is proposed with data and samples. You decide whether to accept it.
We requalify
Accepted changes go through first-article sign-off again, as if the part were new.
We record it
The change, the reason and your approval are kept with the programme records.
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Get in touch
Tell us the part, the volume, and the timeline.
Rough annual volume, target unit price, and any deadlines. That's enough to work out whether compression, LSR injection or something else is the right tool.
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.
- Part of TCI GroupFive specialist brands, one engineering team. Visit TCI Group.
Thomas LaneManaging Director
George PrestonDesign & Project Manager
Kelly BallingerHead of Partnerships
Jim AndertonProduction Manager
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