Specialist manufacturing through trusted UK partners

Injection moulding, metal pressing, tooling, specialist turning, electromechanical assembly and related production processes, coordinated as part of a Van Driel engineering and manufacturing scope.

A wider manufacturing route

When the right process sits outside our own works

Not every component should be fabricated or machined. Some requirements are better served by moulding, pressing, dedicated tooling, high-volume turning or specialist assembly.

Van Driel can bring those processes into the job through established UK manufacturing partners. We remain the engineering contact, define the requirement with you and make it clear where a partner process forms part of the manufacturing route. We do not present partner equipment as machinery located at East Harling.

This is useful when a product or assembly needs several manufacturing disciplines and you would rather discuss the complete requirement than source each process separately.

Typical starting points

A plastic or insert-moulded component that needs tooling and production
A pressed metal part where machining or fabrication is the wrong production route
A component that needs a dedicated mould or press tool
An existing sample or obsolete part that needs redesign or reverse engineering
A turned component, or a part needed as a moulding insert
An electromechanical product requiring component manufacture, assembly and test

Processes available

Specialist production capability

These processes are available through established UK manufacturing partners and can be incorporated into an agreed Van Driel scope where they are the right production route.

Moulding

Plastic injection moulding

Thermoplastic moulded components, including engineering polymers, with tooling and production support available as part of the route.

Moulding

Insert moulding

Insert and outsert moulding for components that combine moulded material with electrical, pressed, turned or other embedded parts.

Presswork

Precision metal pressing

Pressed components from ferrous and non-ferrous strip or coil, with tooling routes suited to single-operation and progression work.

Tooling

Tool making & design

Mould tools, press tools, assembly jigs and fixtures, supported by product and tooling design where the manufacturing route requires it.

Turning

CNC & multi-spindle turning

Repeat turned components and inserts where a dedicated turning route is commercially or technically more appropriate than general machining.

Assembly

Electromechanical & product assembly

Manual and automated assembly through to complete product build, including mechanical and electrical integration.

Electrical production

Coil winding, PCB & pinning

Coil winding, PCB manufacture and population, plus connector and coil-former pinning where these processes form part of the product or assembly.

Test

Automated testing equipment

Application-specific test equipment for electrical, electronic and mechanical assemblies, including leak and flow testing where required.

Engineering first

Choose the process after the requirement is understood

A customer should not have to decide whether a component needs machining, moulding or pressing before asking for help.

Where the requirement is not fully defined, Van Driel can start with engineering consultancy, reverse engineering or design for manufacture. The production route is then chosen around function, material, quantity, tooling requirement and commercial sense.

Engineering consultancy

How we handle partner work

Clear responsibility and scope

We identify when a specialist partner process is the appropriate route
The partner process is described honestly in the quotation and project scope
Drawings, specifications and acceptance requirements are agreed before production
Van Driel remains the customer-facing engineering contact for the coordinated scope
Core Van Driel and group processes can be combined with specialist partner processes where the job requires it

From part to product

Useful where several processes meet

The strongest use of this capability is not selling an isolated moulding or pressing process. It is solving a manufacturing requirement that crosses process boundaries.

For example, a job may begin with a sample or concept, require design work, then use a moulded or pressed component alongside machined or fabricated parts before final assembly and test. Van Driel can help define that route and coordinate the disciplines that belong in the scope.

Examples of combined manufacturing routes
Obsolete component	Reverse engineering, design update, tooling and repeat manufacture
New product	Product design, mould or press tooling, component production, assembly and test
Mixed assembly	Machined, fabricated, moulded or pressed components brought together into one assembly route
Production improvement	Design for manufacture followed by a more appropriate repeat-production process

Send the drawing, sample or requirement

Tell us what the component or product has to do. We will work out whether the right route is fabrication, machining, moulding, pressing, tooling, assembly or a combination.

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