Plastic Plastic - A field trip to PM - Plastic Mouldings Limited
Our Product Design Engineering class visited the factories of PM – Plastic Mouldings Limited – in Irvine, Scotland. Since 1963 they...
Slush Moulding
Process: Slush Moulding Material: PVC -liquid Process Steps Tools (the mould) are heated up to 200 C Tools is filled up with liquid PVC...
Dip Moulding
Process : Dip moulding Material: PVC - liquid Process Steps Tools (the mold) are heated up to 200 C 2. Tools are dipped in liquid PVC 3....
Rotational Moulding
Process: Rotational Moulding Material: PVC – for soft materials like buoys - powder HDPE – for hard plastic products - powder Process...
Vacuum Forming
Process: Vacuum Forming Material: ABS –sheets Process Steps: Plastic sheet is heated Mould is pushed into plastic sheet Vacuum is...
No more plastic labels
During a project in 2015 we tried as a team to reduce household waste. One of the biggest contributors to everyday life is food...
Marc Newson
“Marc Newson designs everything!” That’s how the BBC documentary ‘Marc Newson – Urban Spaceman’ described the Australian designer who...
The demise of skilled traditional manufacturing – What are you willing to pay?
Manolo Blahnik, Trickers, Trippen, Brooks Saddle….All these brands suffer from the same problem. Their prices are undercut by companies...
