The Plastics Manufacturing Process we take
The plastics manufacturing process consists of product design and prototyping to finished packaging, HTI Plastics is your complete resource for contract manufacturing of high quality injection molded plastic products. When you partner with HTI Plastics you can expect exceptional design and engineering support, timely delivery, competitive pricing, and responsive, proactive service at every turn.
Better Plastic Products
At HTI Plastics, our focus is on your success. Whether through innovative proprietary products or practical injection molding manufacturing solutions to your design concepts, precisely meeting your needs is our top priority. Our scientific molding process assures high levels of consistent quality, and is supported by our in-house tool shop and free lifetime maintenance on many molds.
Responsive Expertise
HTI Plastics design engineers are experts at prototyping new concepts, improving manufacturability of existing designs, and designing for improved manufacturability and down-line savings. In addition, we accept transfer molds and can get your product in our custom plastic injection molding facility economically. Whatever your needs, HTI sales and service teams are renowned for their responsive customer support.
Exceptional Value
With a state-of-the-art facility and the efficiencies gained through our lean plastics manufacturing process, we deliver exceptional plastic injection molding at highly competitive prices for both short-run and high-volume production. With a wide range of secondary operations, we can streamline production and reduce costs.
Design for Manufacturability
HTI Engineers Design for Improved Manufacturability
Industrial designers typically focus on function, appearance, and ergonomics. HTI Plastics’ design engineers add a vital criteria; designing for manufacturability.
By considering factors such as mold flow geometry, labeling, packaging processes, and automation requirements. HTI Plastics’ engineers can design out inefficiencies or potential problems resulting in significant down-line savings for OEM’s. Our design and engineering staff are ready to make your product concepts a reality, or reengineer existing product for improved quality and cost.
Resin Experts
HTI Resin Experts Match Material Selection to Application
HTI Plastics’ proven expertise in resin selection assures you receive the best material recommendation for each medical device based on considerations such as impact resistance, temperature resilience, antimicrobial properties, and FDA requirements. In addition, HTI Plastics’ resin experts work closely with our customers to assure material selections meet requirements for life expectancy, structural integrity, finished appearance, and, of course, cost expectations.
Scientific Molding
Scientific Molding Maximizes Precision Repeatability
Scientific molding is a specialized manufacturing process that focuses on precision repeatability. Maintaining exacting tolerances is critical in the manufacture of any medical device-from cavity to cavity, first shot to final run. Our sophisticated calibration tools, including in-mold sensors, allow us to check for consistency in every part we produce. This state-of-the-art monitoring process allows us to determine optimal fill speed, pack time, and pressure – eliminating guesswork and dramatically improving precision repeatability and efficient runtime. We also have well-established relationships to provide economical offshore tooling options.
In-House Molding and Tooling
In-house Molding and Tool Shop Boosts Quality and Speeds Delivery
HTI Plastics’ molds are made right the first time and constructed for long-run use. Many of the molds we produce are covered by our lifetime free-maintenance program, so your initial investment will deliver dependable quality for years to come. We also accept transfer molds and can get your product into production quickly and economically.
Secondary Applications
Secondary Applications and Injection Molding
From prototyping and tooling, to finishing, assembly and packaging, HTI Plastics does it all. We boast a sophisticated in-house tool shop and mold development facility. Our secondary applications include over-molding, sonic welding, customized in-mold labeling, pad printing, counting, shrink wrapping and much more. In addition to injection molding, we offer blow molding and extruded plastics products through our sister companies, Apex Plastics (blow molding) and Lincoln Plastics (pipe and profile extruded molding).
Lower Input Costs
HTI Plastics, located in Lincoln, Nebraska, enjoys the advantages of Midwestern work ethic and low utility costs. These, combined with our highly efficient manufacturing processes and value-added services, allow us to offer our customers competitive pricing on their high-quality plastics products.
Continual Investments and Upgrades
With a major facility expansion in 2010 and a 25-year dedication to continuous improvement for the plastics manufacturing process, HTI Plastics is home to one of the most sophisticated injection-molded plastics operations in the country.
Our latest machine is a new 420-Ton Engel injection Molding press with an integrated Engel Viper 20 robot.