Delaplast Quality Services
At Dela Plast we convert great new ideas into workable plastic products! We believe your success is our growth. Dela Plast likes to grow in terms of new ideas and products and not in copying and undercutting prices from competitors.
Often people have great ideas but struggle to convert them into a product that is plastic injection moulding friendly. Clients do not always understand the process of injection moulding and we like to assist in helping them understand the procedure and the design and practical aspects to this. Not all plastic products can be injection moulded. There are other processes like vacuum forming, blow moulding or Roto moulding that could be more effective for your type of product. PIM is only suitable for products that has a very high runs for example 30 000 per order.
At Dela Plast Pty Ltd, we have the experience on how to convert your idea or concept into a product that is correct for the plastic injection moulding process. The first step is to convert your idea into a 3D design program, like Solid Works.
After the designed product is perfected and accepted, we suggest to 3D print the product first, to test your market. From the feedback the design can be updated and further improved till the design is finally approved and ready for mould making. Please keep in mind that this process from 3D design approval to making the mould and approving your first moulded product can take a up to a minimum of 3 months!
Once the product is designed and approved, we go over to tool or (mould) design. We do this in conjunction with our toolmaker. A proper designed mould can save tens of thousands of rand for a customer in the long run. Plastic injection moulding is not a short term process. As soon as the mould is made it cannot be changed and your product is ‘set in stone’ so to say.
Part of the design process above, is to keep in mind all aspects of production by injection moulding. Elements like the type of material needed, strength and cost of raw materials, manufacturability and complexity of a mould need to be taken in consideration from the start of the design to build a quality mould.
The steel moulds have to adhere to high pressure and high temperatures so it needs to be of excellent quality and durability.
Dela Plast does not make the moulds themselves, but outsource the work to various preferred toolmakers locally or abroad if the knowledge is not available in RSA. We have an excellent network of toolmakers and know their specialty.
Some plastic parts needs assembly to get to a full product before being transported to the clients. Some plastic items require specialized packing or sterilizing. We can do this inhouse, or we outsource it. We also have to two protective workshops that assist us with finer work for our agricultural parts: “Workshop for the Blind” or the “Roger Stephansen workshop”.
Because we run a site that is FSSC 22000 certfied, we adheres to high cleanliness standards and run a continual risk assessment. You as our client, can be assured of a safe and clean, manufacturing environment for your plastic products. We specialize in the medical, pharmaceutical and food packaging fields.
Products need to be delivered to various parts of the country as well as globally. Dela Plast has a preferred networks of freight forwarders and private transport companies to dispatch your products anywhere locally and abroad. 30 – 45% of our production is exported and we have vast experience in how to load containers and with export procedures.