Tool condition
Wear, damage, corrosion and previous repairs.
Tooling and part continuity · Tool transfer
Tool transfer.
Your supplier has closed, moved, or stopped being reliable. You own the tools. We'll take them in, check them, and get parts running again.
The detail
Taking on someone else's tool
A tool moving from another moulder carries history we can't see. It may have been run well or badly, maintained or neglected. So we inspect before we promise anything.
We check the tool's condition, fit it to a suitable press, run trial shots and compare the parts with your last good samples. Then we tell you plainly what's needed.
Where it fits
What we look at
Press compatibility
Size, heating and clamping requirements.
Records
Any process records and approved samples you have.
How we run it
How a transfer runs
Collection and receipt
Tools collected or delivered, logged and photographed.
Inspection
Condition assessed and reported.
Trial runs
Parts moulded and compared with your references.
Sign-off and production
First articles approved, then batches resume.
To quote it
To quote it
Tool details
Photos, drawings, cavity count.
Part samples
Last good parts and any approval records.
Material
Grade previously used.
Urgency
If parts are running short, tell us.
Questions
What people usually ask.
What if the tool needs repair?
We'll quote the repair separately and explain the options, including refurbishment.
Who owns the tool after transfer?
You do. We look after it and return it if you ask.
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Back to the overviewDesigned 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.
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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