Through continuous investment in our facility and constant improvement in our processes we are able to deliver dependable cost-effective production solutions.
Competencies
Our manufacturing capabilities
Boddingtons offer a comprehensive plastics manufacturing service, from product design, development and tool manufacture through to production and assembly of finished products. This provides a ‘one-stop-shop’ for product design and manufacture, which streamlines the process of getting your product to the market. The utilisation of our extensive experience and world-class technical know-how delivers innovative solutions which meets the ever changing needs of our customers.
Precision Injection Moulding
From 50 ton to 850 Ton capabilities and automation, Boddingtons offers full flexibility including Tie-barless options
Design & Development
A rigorous and robust process for the introduction of Concept Design through to full scale manufacture of tooling and products
Tooling
Tool Transfer, New or Replacement tooling, Modifications or Adjustments, Jigs, Fixtures and End of Arm
Class 7 Cleanroom Production
Both moulding and assembly operations within ISO Class 7 Environment including product testing
Additional Operations
Printing, Welding, Heat Staking, Assembly. Sterilisation Management
Quality Assured Processes
ISO 13485:2016 & ISO 9001:2015 certified processes
Boddingtons delivers precision injection moulding solutions from concept design, prototype & through to full scale production. We specialise in providing long-term solutions to support the product life cycle with the aid of dedicated project managers and engineering experts that communicate and partner with our customers all the way through the project.
Injection Moulding Capabilities
With over 40 machines onsite, Boddingtons are able to offer customers the right size press for a variety of tool sizes. With machines from 50 tons up to 850 tons with all of the machines having dedicated product or material movement with robot automation enables seamless production in volume.
Moulding Materials
Working with some of the largest suppliers of raw materials in the UK, Boddingtons handles and processes a huge range of polymers from polypropylenes, Polycarbonates, Acetyls’, Nylons including up to 60%, but also high end engineering grades including PEEK and IXEF
Streamlined Production
Handling the product from machine to assembly, Boddingtons can manufacture and build complex assemblies straight from the press, test, pack and ship to our customers. This saves material movements, time and cost where savings can be shared with our customers.
Supply Base Management
We are dedicated to maintaining strong relationships with our suppliers, completing the partnership circle to support customers. Whether requirements for technical support or working to improve a seamless supply chain, Boddingtons is committed to maintaining ethical and sustainable suppliers for everyone’s future.
Design & Development
As your manufacturing partner, we can take your initial concept designs and convert them in a timely and cost-effective manner into products for you to market.
This comprehensive service includes:
- Product development
- Programme costing
- Fit for purpose analysis
- Material selection
- PFMEA risk analysis
- Design for manufacture
- Tool, component & device design
- CAD modelling
Tooling
Our in-house toolroom is equipped to deal with anything from simple single impression tools, to multi-cavity hot runner tools including 2K Moulding. The diversity and knowledge from within the Toolroom enables Boddingtons to support tool transfers, modifications or adjustments including full servicing capabilities.
New tooling can be sourced and supported by our tooling and Project Managers, committed to on time delivery at every step of the process.
Part of this new tooling process includes Moldflow Analysis – we share our findings and detail the results with animations and visuals showing the impacts of certain product design elements or tooling requirements to alleviate potential issues before steel for the tooling is cut.
Tool Transfer And Modifications
Boddingtons is prepared to support any tooling transfer whether from within the UK or overseas. We have over the years been able to support in numerous projects from small single cavity tooling, to very large high cavitation complex tooling. Our technical team supported by our engineers can assess, adjust and modify tooling as well as manufacture new robot heads, conveyors etc from a production handling point of view. We also offer the re-validation service once we understand what is required from the customers own processes and procedures and work together on a strategy that gives a consistent product, process and documentation to support the ongoing production needs.
Product Assembly & Services
Our plastic injection moulding facilities are complemented by assembly rooms providing automated and manual completion of products in Class 7 & 8, Whiterooms and General assembly areas.
We handle all of your custom manufacturing needs including printing, ultrasonic welding, testing, sterilisation management, prototyping and packaging development.
Technical Consistancy provides Quality Assured Processes
Understanding the customers needs from the outset is paramount so that Quality & Customer understand the capability of the tooling and process. Each tool delivered to Boddingtons either by way of New Tooling or via a Transfer project, the fine details of requirements are mapped out and agreed to allow the Technical Engineers and Project Managers to work together with the customer on sampling requirements including validation requirements to enable all ongoing production to be seamless. Once approved and handed to our production teams, our ongoing process is locked with no allowance for deviation.
Advantages of Injection Moulding with Boddingtons
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Unrivalled Experience
A vast experience of manufacturing & processing a whole host of polymers
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Precision Injection Moulding
Plastic injection moulding of precision components is our core business
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Class 7 Cleanrooms, Whiteroom Manufacture
Including customer specific manufacturing cells
Working under the Quality System ISO13485 we can provide:
- A regulatory controlled environment
- An appropriate validation process
- Support and advice on achieving regulatory compliance
- Technical files
- Process and support for CE marking and FDA approvals
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Assembly & Services
Automated & hand assembly and value added operations
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Bespoke Manufacturing Cells
Customer specific medical device manufacturing cells
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Clinical Trial Builds
We provide bespoke solutions through clinical trial build processes
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Validation & Qualification
Full validation of mould tools, processes and equipment
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ISO 9001: 2014 & ISO 13485:2016
Quality approvals to cover all products from Technical to Medical devices
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Regulatory affairs management
Support for UKCA & CE marking, 510K & MDR submissions including FDA registration
Precision manufacturing applications for every industry
Medical
Consumer Products
Technical
Education