B&A provides plastics and tooling consulting services for domestic and international product development.  Offering assistance and advice from concept reviews all the way through to in-production tools and processes.  Services are available to provide support and alternatives to your existing skills along with  systems to aid the development, tracking and management of plastics and tooling  projects. 
                                                                                                                                           Instrumental in helping our clients achieve manufacturing goals, hone their skills and create a knowledgeable work force.  Our experience allows us the ability to assist your company with all of its plastics needs from product conception to production.  Project Management from new product development to streamlining existing manufacturing, our team has the skills to bring it all together. 

Smarter and Faster. Our associated design engineers work to improve functionality, reduce manufacturing costs and increase performance.  We utilize the latest in CAD software to develop, design, troubleshoot and model your products before you spend a penny on tooling.  We give you everything you need to make an informed decision.  We can take a sketch from a napkin and deliver SLA (Stereo Lithography), Machined,  cast or rubber prototypes in most cases within two weeks.

Resin manufacturers are constantly introducing new engineering grade resins that offer lighter weight,  improved strength, chemical resistance along with cosmetic and economic properties that are desirable for a particular product.  Choosing the proper plastic resin and pigmentation method requires a working knowledge of every polymer and every colorant available.  We can evaluate the function of the molded part to ensure the necessary physical, chemical and environmental properties are present, as well as eliminate the cost you would pay for unnecessary properties in resin, fit, function and appearance.  We saved a leading medical device manufacturer $1.5 million a year by eliminating unnecessary high gloss properties of the resin used for only one component.  We can arrange for color matched parts, resin samples as well as the identification and analysis of unidentified or questionable materials. 

Determining what tooling configuration, i.e. construction material choices, cooling channels, hot runner, cavity count, cores, slides, part orientation, etc. can dramatically affect your piece price.  Understanding the project's specific needs and targeting a piece price upfront is critical before spending unnecessary dollars on tooling costs that could have you paying higher prices down the road for mold maintenance and packaging activities  (fixturing, nesting, layering, etc.)  We prepare a thorough capacity analysis to alleviate your manufacturing risk as well as protect your return of investment based on your particular circumstances and product requirements before building the molds.

Please note:

Based on our project workload we are currently not soliciting new consulting, auditing or training projects.

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