Application development
We are not merely a supplier of semi-finished products. On request, we provide support for customer projects, extending from materials development, through product selection, to advising on subsequent processing stages such as forming, cutting and joining. Our Prototyping Centre specialises in such partnership projects. We can also help with paving the way for business contacts with the competence centres that specialise in the further processing of TEPEX®.
The individual project stages comprise:
Stage 1: Technical feasibility study
The very first task is to conduct a technical feasibility analysis: is it fundamentally possible to produce a particular component from TEPEX®, and which methods are the most suitable? Can TEPEX® satisfy the specific requirements of the application?
- Feasibility analysis
- FEM (Finite Element Method) analysis
- Draping analysis
Stage 2: TEPEX® material specification
In this stage, the TEPEX® composition is selected together with the customer and optimised for a particular application.
Stage 3: Economic feasibilty study
Before you invest in tools, a prediction of how economical the entire process will be, should be made. Here again, we can be of assistance.
Stage 4. Prototype development
Bond-Laminates has several prototyping machines for the manufacturing of TEPEX® applications. Based on your drawings we can design forming tools, which can be manufactured in our partners' tool shops. Using these tools we can manufacture parts on our prototyping equipment.
- Tool design and manufacturing
- Process specification
- Prototype manufacturing and refinements
- Trimming
Stage 5. Production start
- Contacts with plant manufacturers
- Process and plant specifications