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Overmoulding

UK technical overmoulding specialists for PCBs, electronics, cables, connectors and inserts. From design and tooling to production and assembly.

Technical Overmoulding Services

Inoplas Technology provides precision overmoulding for OEMs that need to combine plastics with cables, connectors, electronic assemblies, metal inserts or other moulded components. Based in Dorset, UK, we support projects from early design and tooling through to low and high volume production, assembly and testing.

Overmoulding places a moulded polymer around or onto an existing component to improve its function, protection or assembly. If you are looking for a general explanation of the process, see our What is Overmoulding? guide.

Overmoulding is extensively used in many industrial sectors including Industrial Control, Military, Automotive, Marine, Medical, Sensors and Audio and Inoplas has taken a number of our customers through the design and specification process to produce very high quality overmouldings for numerous applications. We like nothing better than to see a customer’s eyes light up when we show them how they can reduce costs and improve function by harnessing our skills.

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Overmoulding PCBs, sensors and electronic components Electronic overmoulding is a particular area of experience for Inoplas. PCBs, sensors, RFID devices and other electronic assemblies can be encapsulated or partially overmoulded to provide mechanical support, insulation and protection from moisture, dust, vibration and impact. The challenge is controlling what happens during moulding. Sensitive components can be exposed to heat, injection pressure and mechanical forces, so tool design, gate position, polymer flow, component support and processing conditions all matter.
We also operate a dedicated ESD-controlled cell for handling, soldering and preparing electrostatic-sensitive components before moulding and also a Class VII cleanroom for medical or other applications. Where a specified level of ingress protection is required, the complete product must be designed and validated for that requirement. Overmoulding can form an important part of the sealing strategy but does not, by itself, guarantee an IP rating. Inoplas can also discuss low-pressure moulding, potting and other encapsulation methods where lower processing forces, component sensitivity, production volume or economics make an alternative process more appropriate.
Cleanroom Facilities Dorset
Insert Mould and Cable overmould

Cable and connector overmoulding

Inoplas has extensive experience in overmoulding cables, connectors, pins and terminations. A correctly designed overmould can secure the cable, protect soldered or crimped connections and create flexible strain relief where the cable enters a connector or housing.

Because we also manufacture bespoke cable assemblies in-house, projects can combine cutting, stripping, crimping, soldering, testing and overmoulding within one manufacturing supply chain reducing secondary assembly, handling and the number of suppliers involved in your finished product.

UK overmoulding for technical OEM applications Our overmoulding work supports applications across industrial controls, sensors, power products, marine equipment, automotive, medical assemblies, robotics and other technically demanding products. Inoplas can support a project through design review, prototyping, tooling, injection moulding, cable assembly, electronic assembly and final product assembly. If you are looking for a UK overmoulding company for a cable, connector, electronic assembly or technically demanding component, send us a drawing, CAD model, sample or simply the problem you are trying to solve. We are happy to review it and advise on the most practical manufacturing route and to help with project management if needed.
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CASE STUDY

In July 2014 Inoplas developed the Moover cow slipper for a customer. The slipper is designed for dairy cows, who have a problem in one of their hoof “claws”. The slipper allows the infected “claw” to be raised off the ground and heal quickly.

 

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Overmoulding is an injection moulding process that has drastically changed the aesthetics, design & functionality of many products. Please get in touch if you have an overmoulding project you would like to discuss.

Summary
Overmoulding
Service Type
Overmoulding
Provider Name
Inoplas Technology,
Units 1-4 Uddens Trading Estate,Wimborne,Dorset-BH21 7LD,
Telephone No.01202 866000
Area
UK, Europe, Worldwide
Description
Inoplas provides technical overmoulding services for PCBs, electronic assemblies, cables, connectors, inserts and plastic components. Overmoulding can provide strain relief, insulation, vibration resistance, ingress protection, mechanical retention and improved product functionality.