Moldit provides technical moulds of up to 60 tons

To compete with the Asian market, many companies have decided to refocus its strategy of production and manufacture larger moulds. However, in Oliveira de Azeméis, the second Portuguese moldista pole, are companies with a long tradition in the manufacture of large moulds special and complex. Moldit, industries of moulds S.A., belonging to the Group Durit, is one of them. For a production of moulds up to 60 tons, the company has a park of machines first level and constantly being updated to adapt to new technologies and to provide a complete, integrated offering, high. Not in vain, its main clients include major companies of automotive a purveyor of moulds of big dimensions such as bumpers, front end and airbags, which is the first international producer. Also has extensive experience in the manufacture of moulds for refrigerators. The year 2006 will be an exercise that generates high expectations and is that, will invest € 600,000 in a new high speed milling machine and a fuel transfer of large dimensions for technical parts.

Moldit manufactures moulds of up to 60 tons

Occasionally, the perception of the Portuguese moldista is somewhat distorted. Anyone who thinks that the Portuguese companies have outdated technical resources is wrong. Precisely, if we visit the facilities of this mould manufacturer located near Porto, it can be a pleasant surprise, not only by the size of the mould factory in very unusual general, but by the accuracy of the machines used. For example, to perform the injection test account with a fuel transfer Engel of 3,200 tons. Recently he invested also in two powerful design software and high-speed machines to respond to the demands of its customers. Also, provide for expansion of facilities.
The update is a constant of the company annually changing machines, software and hardware to adjust its production to the latest technologies of the market. As well, and with the implementation of other strategic points, the company has maintained a great international prestige over the years.

Fuel transfer Engel of 3,200 tons for trials.

However, arguably the key is differentiation and flexibility of the company whose offer is based on the manufacture of complex technical moulds for the interior of the car and other segments of the market, such as the industrial packaging both foreign, moulds for frigoríficos…

It also helps to improve the production of many of their clients through studies of arrefecimiento and production tests. This is the case of the signature Bosch, which contributed to the improvement of the cycle time of any of its products. In the area of injection also have come up with the formula for the improvement of the production of some companies that have managed to solve a problem of initial part that did not work and by means of variation of the evolutionary processthey got the optimal product manufacturing. They have an area of injection machines Krauss Maffei (from 250 to 1,000 tonnes) where they do tests or injecting chairs for children, among other products.

In addition, it has a spectacular fuel transfer Engel sprayer of 3,200 tons for trials and in 2006 acquire a machine of 1,600 tonnes approximately, to enhance the area of injection.

Professionalism and visibility of Moldit are some of the features of the company in 2004 earned a turnover of EUR 6.5 million. From 1992 until now, the company has evolved into a significant increase of functions. Moldit allocated 75 per cent of its total production to export and has a capacity of 60 tons. Devoted 70 per cent of its production to the automotive sector.

It maintains a commercial activity of 2 per cent of its production to Spain where he worked with companies like group Antolín and Ferroplast. This part of the production will be increased in 2006, year for which planned to increase the percentage of a 2 up to 15 percent.

Among the main technologies used by the company stands out the lining of molds that withstand temperatures up to 50 °, pieces for the outer part of large trucks and high resistance of 4/5 mm thick, technology of resistance by compression of up to three typesSMC, LFT.., injection with gas, bi injection, etc.

Moldit is very competitive and one of the ways that has continued to achieve excellence is to have a staff qualified, "this is possible thanks to the training programmes of the Portuguese institutes, specialized training centres and programmes offered by the technology centre Centimfe"says the commercial director.

Modern computers are equipped with software Cadkey, Catia and Unigraphics 2D and 3D, WorkNC, Limatron and Depocam. Eight people are engaged in r & d.

According to José Antonio Costa, director-general, among its objectives is reducing the time of manufacture. To achieve this, has two machines that work 24 hours, and committed to the training of their employees in the own factory. "It is not always easy to invest in new machines or accept large projects, but thanks to Durit, we can do it."

Line of plastic injection.

Moldit began its activity in 2001 financing and constructing facilities opened in 2002. The company had 20 employees was bought by the Durit group in 1994. This group was an important economic injection and Moldit went on to employ 100 workers and achieve sales of EUR 6 million in 2000.

It was then that he focused on the manufacture of large moulds exclusively. About 20 percent of the moulds made in 2000, for example, they were more than 20 tonnes. Today, it is able to produce complex moulds of up to sixty tonnes.

75 Per cent of the molds manufactures, including the SMC, are aimed at the market of the automotive industry, where he worked with clients such as Renault, DaimlerChrysler, Volvo, BMW and Audi.

The markets to which it is addressed are the automotive, Garden, container and packaging, containers, furniture, household appliances and the toy industry. The technologies used are plastic injection, compression mould SMC-IMC, FLL, sprayer, gas injection and injection back on textile (LPI).