Solving Your Most Difficult Challenges – Custom Plastic Manufacturing Capabilities

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At Pexco, our strength lies in our solution diversity.  From custom solutions to solving specific engineering challenges, our expertise guarantees outstanding results. Pexco has been helping our customers bring ideas to life for nearly half a century.

Pexco specializes in the manufacturing of extruded, injection, and compression molded plastic parts. We deliver customized manufacturing solutions to meet the specific needs of each customer.  These solutions can help companies of all sizes accelerate time-to-revenue, lower production costs, and establish a flexible, resilient, and scalable supply chain for custom manufacturing. Each of these methods has its strengths depending on the complexity, volume, and specific requirements of the item.  Below is a brief outline of each method, and their typical advantages:

Extrusion Molding:

Extrusion Molding is used to form plastic materials into a pre-defined shape. During the process, the material is melted and pushed through an extrusion molding machine, forming a long, tube-like shape or rod.  This is cooled and cut to the required specs.

  • Process: Plastic material is melted and pushed through a die to create a continuous profile.
  • Advantages: Suitable for producing continuous shapes with consistent cross-sections. It’s efficient for high-volume production of items like pipes, tubes, and some profiles.
  • Materials:  Silicone, Polysulfone, Polycarbonate & Acrylic

Injection Molding:

Injection molding is a manufacturing technology for the mass production of identical plastic parts with good to tight tolerances.  The materials are first melted and then injected under pressure into a mold, where the liquid plastic cools and solidifies.

  • Process: Molten plastic is injected into a mold cavity under high pressure and cooled to form the part.
  • Advantages: Ideal for complex shapes and precise dimensions. It’s highly automated and efficient for large production runs, offering good repeatability and minimal material waste.
  • Materials:  Peek, Ultem PEI & Torlon® PAI

Compression Molding:

Compression molding is a forming process in which a plastic material is placed directly into a heated metal mold then is softened by the heat and therefore forced to conform to the shape ofthe mold.

  • Process: Plastic material is placed in a heated mold cavity, then compressed to shape the part
  • Advantages: Suitable for large parts and materials that require high-strength properties. It can be more cost effective for smaller production runs compared to injection molding.
  • Materials: PTFE

Pexco specializes in manufacturing extruded, injection, and compression molded plastic parts. We leverage years of expertise to bring your product to market – on time and on budget.

For more information on Pexco and how we can help you with your project, please visit our website at www.pexco.com.