Tool Trials

Tool trialling is a critical process to optimise mould performance and ensure parts release properly. At PSD, we fine-tune tools to maximise efficiency and guarantee high-quality results for your injection moulding projects.

PSD offers over 50 years of expertise, ISO 9001 accreditation, and a commitment to quality. Our skilled team ensures precise inspections, trial runs, and process optimisation to deliver superior performance for every tool.

Tool trialling ensures tools operate efficiently, reduces downtime, and prevents defects in production. PSD's services include thorough inspections, optimisation, and quality checks to streamline your project and minimise costs.

Yes, PSD specialises in trialling both new tools and those transferred from other manufacturers. We ensure every tool functions optimally, regardless of its origin, to maintain consistent production quality.

Our process includes inspecting tools for defects, running multiple trials to ensure proper part release, and fine-tuning settings for efficiency. This approach guarantees your tools are production-ready in the shortest time possible.

Look for experience, comprehensive services, and a commitment to quality. PSD combines these qualities with advanced technologies and a customer-focused approach, making us a trusted partner for tool trialling.

Our service includes initial tool inspections, multiple trial runs, process optimisation, and final quality checks. PSD ensures every aspect of your tool is inspected and fine-tuned for maximum performance.

By identifying and addressing potential issues before full-scale production, tool trialling reduces downtime and scrap rates. PSD’s expert trialling services ensure smooth and efficient operations for your injection moulding projects.

Yes, PSD can trial tools for parts up to 2.3 kilograms. Our facilities and expertise are designed to accommodate a wide range of sizes and complexities, ensuring your tool performs at its best.

Our accredited tooling site offers a comprehensive manufacturing solution to support the mould tooling requirements of our customers, including mould tool trials and design. In our Birmingham plant, the toolroom facility is on site, allowing us complete control over the moulding process from beginning to end. It also enables us to manufacture, service and repair tools.

• Development tooling
• Cold fed simple or complex tooling
• Single tip or multi-cavity hot runner moulds
• Simple open & shut mould tools
• Complex moulds with additional movements
• High cavity, fast cycling tools

Our tool technicians operate from our own, or customer supplied, drawings to produce the mould tooling to a high specification that will meet your project specifications.

The thermoplastic being processed will determine the tool material and surface hardness chosen to best deliver on your production requirements.

For assistance with your products or components, contact Stephens Plastic, whether it's a completely new project or existing parts that you may be experiencing issues with, we offer a comprehensive solution.

Simply contact us with your prototype or tool drawings, and we’ll provide a fast and detailed quote. PSD will guide you through trials and optimisations, ensuring your project is production-ready efficiently and effectively.