Building Products Manufacturer
Seamless transition from hand lay-up to Direct Infusion
Background
Based in Derbyshire UK, our client is a building products manufacturer. They produce a range of composite building components including canopies, dormers, chimneys, bay roofs, door and window surrounds, each using authentic, detailed reproductions of traditional materials.
When our client first approached Composite Integration, they were still hand-laying their composites, and they came to us with an order for silicon bagging.
Challenge
Hand-laying is:
- Time-consuming
- Wasteful, with a low yield
- Hazardous
- Labour-intensive
- Reliant on hard-to-source expertise.
Our client asked CI:
- How can we develop and scale a safer and more consistent process?
- How can we minimise waste?
- How can we do this whilst maintaining profitability?
Solution
Working closely with our client, our CI experts:
- Analysed their current production requirements.
- Scoped an automated RTM process to meet the requirements.
- Specified a CIJECT 2 machine.
- Installed and calibrated the solution onsite.
- Trained their staff.
Results
Our client has:
- Scaled production, ordering a second CIJECT 2 to cope with demand
- Maintained quality
- Increased consistency and reliability
- Increased yield
- Reduced materials waste
- Reduced costs
- Created a safer production environment
- Received on-going team training to further optimise their process
