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Industrial

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Industrial Division

the Industrial Division of Plax Group co-develops, engineers and produces high-performance, custom plastic parts for the OEM market (automotive, aerospace, construction, home automation, electronics, vending).

Know-how
and expertise

Plastic Mechatronics

This is the family of products that allow the acquisition or transmission of a signal or an input.


The main products Plax produces include sensors, connectors, coils, actuators, knobs and technical housings.

Kinematics and transmission systems

This includes components made of special technopolymers capable of transmitting or transforming a mechanical movement.

The Plax Industrial Division has extensive experience in producing products such as bearing washers, clutches, pulleys, gears, etc.

Fluid management

This is the family of products capable of transferring any fluid material - air, water, oil, fuel, etc. - and/or making it air/watertight.

The multiple applications at Plax include housings for pumps, hydraulic blocks, connectors, gaskets, cylinders, fins, etc. These products are made with specific polymers certified for each application.

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Technologies

Injection molding

Injection molding

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Injection molding of highly quality precision industrial parts for small, medium and large scale production.

Bi-material molding

Bi-material molding

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BI-INJECTION molding involves the injection of two different materials, at the same time, within the same cavity but through two different nozzles.

Overmolding

Overmolding

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This technique involves the use of one or more inserts inside the mold. After completing the injection of the first material , the inserts in the mold are moved so as to create the space necessary inside the cavity for the injection of the second material.

Liquid Silicone Rubber (LSR) molding

Liquid Silicone Rubber (LSR) molding

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This is a two-component liquid silicone rubber for the production of articles with elastic properties using injection molding.

Assembly

Assembly

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Departments and lines dedicated to both manual and automated assembly.

Mold construction

Mold construction

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Plax has workshops for mold construction, repair and maintenance.

Thermoforming

Thermoforming

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Plax produces trays for the internal and external transport of mechanical and electronic parts and assemblies, with the necessary protection for objects from 5 mm to over 500 mm, designed to optimize space and facilitate all transport or packaging operations.

Raw materials used

Basic technical thermoplastics

PA, PBT, POM, ABS

High temperature materials

PPA, PPS, ecc.

Other technical polymers

PEEK, LCP, PSU, ecc.

Elastomers

silicone, TPU, TPE, ecc.

Services

Co-design
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Co-design

The experts of the plastic injection molding team are responsible for providing support to every customer in the molding feasibility and optimization process, with the help of the main tools on the market, such as CAD, filling simulation, simulators, etc.

Industrialization
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Industrialization

Designing, developing and implementing complete solutions (from molds to auxiliary devices), are operations that are part of the overall vision of Plax Group, which also envisages the management of production transfers, both internal and external.

Logistics and facilities
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Logistics and facilities

The Plax Group has eight factories strategically located in Italy and around the world to meet the demands of its customers.

Quality control
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Quality control

At Plax, quality control is performed in accordance with the following standards:

  • CMM
  • Construction of dedicated equipment (setups, templates, non-pass gauges, automations)
  • ISO IATF16949
  • ISO 14001