Plastic Parts Direct Limited
About us
Plastic Parts Direct Ltd are precision plastic injection moulders and toolmakers with all facilities under one roof, run by seasoned professionals that have worked in all aspects of the industry, accruing some 100+ years combined experience.
We can offer a wealth of expertise in bringing ideas and concepts to reality. Assisting with product Design for Manufacture (DFM) through 3D printing to tooling options and volume moulding.
Product design and material selection assistance
In-house 3D print capability for prototype and pre-production
3D printed tooling for pre-production mould runs
Tool design and manufacture on site and tool sourcing management
Optimisation of the tool and machine to meet volume requirements
Assembly and part finishing in house
With our experience and customer centric approach we can offer the right solution whether you are looking for a few thousand mouldings through to multi-million production runs. Our tooling and machine options ensures you have the most cost-effective route to production.
Products & services
Injection Moulding
By involving Plastic Parts Direct at an early stage in your injection moulding product development, we can offer you the best advice on how to save time and money whilst not compromising on standards or functionality. We are always on hand to work with you to obtain the most efficient and economical solution to your injection moulding requirements. We produce and ship over 4 million mouldings a month from small 100 part orders to 100,000’s per order from our main facility in Banbury and our satellite unit near Shipston-on-Stour.
Toolmaking
Plastic Parts Direct run a fully equipped Toolroom on site with capabilities and capacity for most projects. For rapid aluminium tooling please visit our dedicated website at PLASTIC PARTS 3D/Rapid-Aluminium-Tooling We take your design or idea and convert it into 3D in our design studio, where our skilled team then progress this through the necessary steps to create the injection mould tools. This computerised information gets used to machine the tooling to the required specification and again, our skilled staff finish off and assemble the tools ready for trialling and production.
3D Printed Parts and Tooling
Plastic Parts 3D is a leading player in the market offering a solution to the increasing need for a rapid route to end use plastic parts, be it from injection moulding on 3D printed tooling and rapid aluminium tooling or 3D printed parts, production parts can be ready in just days. Initial tooling costs can be kept to a minimum by utilising our in-house services and new developments whilst delivering within a short timeframe. Our state of the art UK manufacturing facility and qualified valued personnel guarantee the highest possible product quality consistently. As part of the Plastic Parts Direct group there is full inhouse design, tooling, moulding and finishing.
Micro/Small Part Moulding
With investment being a large part of the Plastic Parts Direct philosophy we now have the capability to both machine small part mould tools and produce micro/small parts with a weight of between 0.1g and 7g this is in addition to our standard capacity of up to 500g part weight. Using a mix of 3D printing and high speed CNC machining we can produce tooling for our standard bases, this ensures that the cost of tooling is reduced and the time to market is also compressed.
Orphan Tooling Assess and Run Service
Orphan tooling adoption. We offer the service of assessing tools that have either been brought back or have not run successfully else ware. We will have the toolroom dismantle and check the fit and function prior to sampling and any modification or remedial work. We experience of running a wide range of material we are a safe place to look after and run your tools.
Plastic Parts made easy
We bring your products to life, Plastic Parts Direct believe in working with our clients as partners. Our clients bring the ideas and we bring the Design for Manufacture, creating 3d CAD where needed and 3d printed prototypes to test fit and function. We then marry your volume requirements with the right tool and machine combination, ensuring you get the most cost effective product from your investment. Come and have a coffee and talk to us, we are always happy to help.