Manufacturing Support

Manufacturers across the globe share some common ongoing challenges. Like you, they want to optimize operations for maximum productivity, minimal defects, and less downtime.

Take advantage of our in-person assistance to discover ways to improve your operations and fix a variety of processing problems. We provide a full range of diagnostic support: from gating issues and mold wear to capacity constraints and scrap reduction. Our highly skilled technicians bring the expertise and experience you need to solve your toughest challenges.

Our goal is to help you:

Increase productivity
Streamline material handling
Optimize tooling and part design
Reduce reject and scrap rates
Enhance your customer satisfaction and increase your profitability

Our capabilities and services include:

On-site technical consultation and support
Technical training for your team
Proactive analyses of your operations and efficiencies
Part design and tooling drawing consultation

How one Manufacturer Increased Performance and Realized a 50% Increase in Revenues

Challenge

An outdoor sporting product manufacturer needed to up its game on a sporting accessory, but couldn’t do it alone. The list of needed improvement requirements required assistance with design, material selection and manufacturing. Specifically, the customer needed to improve the part’s dimensional stability and increase end user comfort while also gaining manufacturing efficiencies, included reducing scrap and eliminating the need for fixturing.

Solution

Formerra recommended a combination of polymers that improved dimensional stability and increased end user comfort. The customer’s request to improve the manufacturing process was achieved through the integration of the new materials and a manufacturing process analysis. Scrap rate was reduced significantly and the need for fixturing was eliminated.