Plastics & Rubber Week

CPM and Incat to offer deisign-to-production service

Maidment "an extra service"

Chesham Precision Moulds has teamed up with CAD design company Incat to provide OEM customers with a design-to-production services.

CPM managing director Bob Maidment said the deal means the firm can can now offer customers a full part design service alongside its mould-making and moulding services.

"We will be able to design parts and manufacture complete mould tools up to one tonne in three to four weeks and produce the plastics parts;' he said.

Maidment: "an extra service" "We are really mould and tool designers. In the past we have only touched on part and product design. By joining forces with meat we can offer OEMs high-quality design using the latest surfacing and 3D modelling software. It's an extra service for customers that want someone to design the parts, make the tools and mould the plastics parts."

The agreement is an extension of an existing relationship. meat is one of IBM's largest Catia resellers and has been supporting CPM's drafting systems for several years.