Engineering Support
We go beyond the mold. Our in-house machining, trimming, bonding, and finishing capabilities help meet exact design specifications, ensuring every part leaves our facility and arrives ready for final assembly and immediate performance.
Capabilities
- Guidance on material selection
- DFM support to reduce tooling complexity
- Suggestions to simplify part geometry
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The Value of Partnering Early in Design
Engaging MPC early in your product design process isn’t just smart—it’s strategic. By involving our polyurethane manufacturing experts at the ideation or prototyping stage, you unlock faster development cycles, optimized performance, and smoother production.
Whether you’re designing high-precision components or wear-resistant rollers, our early collaboration helps you avoid costly rework and accelerate time-to-market. Let’s turn your concept into a manufacturable, high-performing reality.
Advantages of early involvement with MPC:
- Faster time-to-market: Move from prototype to production without delays
- Improved product performance: Leverage our polyurethane expertise for demanding applications
- Reduced costs: Catch design and material issues before they become expensive
- Streamlined DFM: Ensure your parts are optimized for efficient manufacturing
Our engineering team is ready to review your requirements and recommend the best solutions. Contact us today to discuss your specific needs
Better Design with Cast Polyurethanes
Designing for cast molding with thermoset polyurethanes offers incredible flexibility-but getting the details right early can make all the difference. MPC’s experts are here to help you navigate the nuances of wall thickness, parting lines, and surface finishes to ensure your parts are manufacturable, high-performing, and cost-effective. Whether you’re prototyping or scaling up, our design support can help you avoid common pitfalls and accelerate your path to production success.
Top design tips for polyurethane cast molding:
- Consider Wall Thickness: Maintain uniform wall thickness to prevent defects like air entrapment or tearing
- Optimize Parting Lines: Minimize parting lines by using straight profiles or work parting lines into your design
- Avoid undercuts: Avoid sharp angles, cavities, or recessed areas and use fillets to simplify demolding and reduce voids
- Size Matters: Cast molding supports everything from micromolded components to large-scale parts, offering versatile solutions to meet your design requirements
- Know your Surface Finish: Choose surface finishes based on function to optimize performance and appearance
Case Study
A leading robotics manufacturer partnered with MPC during the initial design phase of a high-precision, wear-resistant drive component. By reviewing CAD models and evaluating the part’s operating environment, our engineering team identified an opportunity to optimize both material selection and geometry. The result: a strategic design adjustment that lowered tooling costs and significantly extended the component’s service life, delivering measurable value before the first part was even molded.
If you’re designing a new product and need a manufacturing partner who brings value from day one, contact us today to get started!
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