Pictured: Luxury Motor Yacht Hardtop master pattern
Leicestershire based Patterns and Moulds Ltd is exhibiting for
the first time at the UK Composites Engineering show on 9th and
10th November 2011 at the NEC in Birmingham. The range of services
provided is extensive, from CAD/CAM based concept designing, model
making and rapid prototyping to large scale mould tooling
manufactured from: glass reinforced plastic (GRP), timber, rubber,
and steel.
On the Patterns & Moulds stand (No.841) visitors will be
able to see CNC machined patterns and mould parts finished to
varying levels, and learn about successful projects recently
completed for numerous customers in the composites, marine and
automotive industries. A plasma screen will show a DVD of their
newly expanded 25,000 sq ft production and office facilities spread
over 4 modern industrial units and see their 26 strong skilled
workforce of CAD/CAM operators, pattern makers, carpenter joiners,
composites laminators and general operatives in action.
Patterns & Moulds Ltd. uses the latest Solidworks® and
Mastercam® CAD/CAM design software. They have expertise in the
production techniques needed to accurately fabricate a wide range
of modelling and tooling products, from CNC machined tooled timber,
MDF, modelling and tooling boards, through to polyester and
epoxy-based seamless modelling pastes. All GRP moulds are
manufactured in house and come with either timber or steel support
frames which are fully bonded into the body of the moulds for added
strength and rigidity; all split GRP moulds have a joggle joint
feature to perfectly re-align mould sections back together. Data
protection and confidentiality is critical for many customers, so
they have invested in secure encrypted servers and data storage.
George Lucas, Managing Director, and Gary Lucas, Director, will
be on the stand throughout the exhibition to discuss any tooling
project needs. Their expertise in pattern and mould making will be
of particular interest to visitors from companies which manufacture
parts for the construction, marine, renewable energy, automotive,
aerospace and defence industries.
George Lucas stated: "We are an independent, family owned
business with a dedicated and incredibly loyal, long serving
skilled workforce. We provide an end-to-end service for all
mould-making needs. The team prides itself on being flexible,
reliable and consistently supplying customers a quality product on
time and to budget. To stay abreast of latest developments and
techniques, we investment year on year in staff training and our
facilities to ensure we maintain modern, up to date equipment and
techniques."