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Grips on poles, handles and equipment.
Wearable and consumer parts · Grips and handles
Grips and handles.
A good grip makes a product feel better made. Silicone gives warmth, friction and comfort, and it cleans easily.
The detail
Three ways to add a grip
Grips can be moulded as a separate sleeve that slides or stretches on, overmoulded onto the handle, or moulded as a complete handle with a rigid insert. Each suits different volumes and assembly lines.
We'll show you all three for your product and recommend the one that balances cost, feel and durability.
Where it fits
Common grips
Kitchenware and tools
Heat-resistant handles and grips.
Device grips
Soft-touch sections on handheld devices.
How we run it
How we develop them
Feel sampling
Hardness and texture chosen by hand.
Route choice
Sleeve, overmould or full handle.
Tooling and trials
Samples fitted and tested.
Production
Batch supply with colour control.
To quote it
To quote it
Handle design
CAD or sample.
How it's assembled
Stretch-on, bonded or overmoulded.
Environment
Heat, oils, outdoor use.
Volume
Per year.
At a glance
The ideas in pictures.
How overmoulding works
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From drawing to delivered parts
- 01Drawing or sampleYour part and where it is used
- 02Material and routeCompound and process agreed
- 03PrototypeReal parts to test
- 04Sign-offYou approve the samples
- 05Production toolBuilt for your volumes
- 06Batches and checksInspected and delivered
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Questions
What people usually ask.
Will a stretch-on sleeve stay put?
With the right interference and texture, yes. For heavy use we'd consider a bonded or overmoulded grip.
Can grips be heat resistant?
Silicone handles heat well; we'll select the grade.
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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
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