Experience
With Anderson it comes full circle
Product Lifecycle

It’s easy to find plastic injection molders who will make cheap parts to a specification.  Unfortunately, they don’t help you analyze which materials are the best choices for your application; show you significant cost-saving options; or develop sophisticated prototypes to uncover potential problems.  They just ship parts.

When you work with Anderson Technologies, you add 62 years of injection molding knowledge to your team.  You get comprehensive support and intelligence through all phases of product lifecycle management.  You get a group of professional, dedicated people who have worked in a variety of industries with every possible molding material.  You’ll get quality and on-time delivery.

And of course…you also get very competitive pricing.   That goes without saying.

Step One: Ideation
Anderson's Role: work with you to establish performance criteria, identify product goals, and look at manufacturability issues.

Step Two: Concept
Anderson's Role: review of the initial product design for effectiveness in regard to performance criteria; recommend materials and product design improvements, discuss sustainability options.

Step Three: Product Design
Anderson's Role: create 3D CAD model; confirm design, tolerance requirements, fit, function; perform FEA, MoldFlow analysis, cooling analysis, etc.

Step Four: Prototype
Anderson's Role: create 3D rapid prototype models; apply FEA analysis overlaid onto the component(s) model; recommend design modifications; discuss cost-saving options for the mold. Produce design verification models for DFMEA, fit and function.

Step Five: Testing/Pre-production
Anderson's Role: build short-run components via prototype tooling; perform cycle or other performance testing; evaluate test data; make recommendations based upon scientific testing and validation.

Step Six: Manufacturing
Anderson's Role: design and manufacture injection molds, dies, fixtures; source materials and purchase components; build assemblies; reclaim and recycle scrap.

Step Seven: Product Support
Anderson's Role: evaluate product performance data; manage program(s); trouble-shoot warranty issues.