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Compression molding, sintering, and complex machining. Jade provides solutions to all your engineered plastics needs.
Compression molding, sintering, and complex machining. Jade provides solutions to all your engineered plastics needs.
Jade serves a variety of industries, from basic manufacturing and processing to high-tech industries such as semi-conductor fabrication and aerospace.
- Fast Quoting
- Rapid prototypes
- High production runs
- Automatic Mill Turn Centers
- Parts Assembly
- 5 Axis machining
- In House Annealing
- Robot equipped machining centers
- “Lights Out” Machining
- Automatic Molding Finished Parts
Compression Molding
Compression molding is at the heart of our business. The use of compression over other methods yields optimized physical properties for a given material, product uniformity and overall superior quality.
Using this process, we mold parts in a broad range of shapes and sizes, from the simplest to highly complex. We routinely mold valve seats in diameters from 1/8-in to 60-in.
In addition, we maintain an extensive inventory of basic and complex molded shapes to satisfy many customer requirements without additional tooling expense.
Our broad molding capabilities allow us to fine-tune the molding operation to match the particulars of your job.
The majority of our parts are molded for later machining to their final dimensions. However, for suitable parts, we can use Automatic Molding Finished Parts (ACMFP) to optimize efficiency, eliminate machining and reduce scrap.
Sintering is the final step in the molding process. Each molded piece is baked in one of our precisely calibrated sintering ovens. This step fuses the resin particles together to bring all compression molded parts to their final level of mechanical integrity. We use an array of techniques to ensure each item holds its tolerances through the growth and shrink stages of the bake.
Fabrication
Our entire building, is temperature-controlled within the specific parameters provided by our resin manufactures. Regulated temperature and low humidity levels provides continuity from “powder to part” to ensure the tightest tolerances and limit growth in the parts maturity.
Polymer based materials do not behave like metal. Jade’s mastered fabrication techniques specific to plastic machining separates them from other machine shops trying to take on the challenges of cutting high end plastics.
In conjunction with Jades proprietary machining skills, our advanced production techniques facilitate simultaneous machining. With the use of tombstones and pallet changers we can provide high volume runs. Our multiple equipped bar-fed CNC’s afford uninterrupted lights out machining. With two shifts the plastic “chips” never stop falling. The results are parts to your precise specifications ready to ship when you need them.
Engineering
Jade engineers will work with your engineering department to “prove out your print,” and assure that we’ll manufacture your part as efficiently and cost-effectively as possible.
Working hand-in-hand with you, we’ll help you identify the best materials for your application and the ideal approach to production. We’ll apply our materials and manufacturing expertise to create production solutions that reduce waste, cut production time, maintain quality and deliver parts that perform as intended in their application.
