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Batch manufacturing · Short-run batches

Short-run batches.

Not every part needs thousands. Some need a few hundred a year, made properly, with the same paperwork as a big programme.

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The detail

Small runs, same discipline

Short runs are often treated as a nuisance by high-volume moulders. For us, they're normal work: spares for mature products, specialist equipment parts and early production before volumes grow.

We use proportionate tooling, usually single or low-cavity compression, and keep the same batch records and colour control as any other programme.

Detail: hands releasing a flexible prototype part from a silicone tool.
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Where it fits

Good fits for short runs

Spares and service parts

Parts for products no longer in full production.

Specialist equipment

Low-volume machinery parts.

Early production

First batches before volume justifies bigger tools.

Small trays holding modest batches of varied silicone service parts
Small batches for spares and early production

How we run it

How we run them

  1. Tool choice

    Simple tools sized to the volume.

  2. Scheduled runs

    Batches fitted around larger work.

  3. Batch records

    Same records as large programmes.

  4. Tool storage

    Tools stored and maintained between runs.

To quote it

To quote it

01

Part details

Drawing or sample.

02

Quantity per run

And runs per year.

03

Material

Grade and colour.

04

Paperwork

Any documentation needed.

Questions

What people usually ask.

Is there a minimum order?

Every job has a set-up cost, so very small runs cost more per part. We'll quote honestly and suggest batch sizes that make sense.

Can you hold stock?

Sometimes. See call-off scheduling.

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Designed and developed in the UK. UK moulding capability, with some higher-volume production placed with trusted partners where that's the right commercial answer.

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.

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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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A stack of TCI silicone moulds.
A stack of TCI silicone moulds.
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.
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