UV-stabilised moulded plastics for smart security systems
UK manufacture of moulded plastic components used in the latest smart security technologies for windows and doors
UK manufacture of moulded plastic components used in the latest smart security technologies for windows and doors
Manufacturing – Access & Security Systems
UK & international
One of the world’s leading manufacturers of lock, security and access systems for homes and businesses, our client has shaped the sector with 200 years of continual innovation that protects the places important to its global customer base.
Our household name client has evolved its products over time, adapting to modern-day needs as the company has grown from manufacturing locks and early patents in the USA, to the development, manufacture and distribution of smart security and access systems worldwide. OF Bell supports our client’s smart technologies production through the reliable supply of hardwearing moulded plastic components that help people to protect what’s important to them from wherever they are.
Benefiting from a strong, trusted working relationship established over a number of years, our client approached OF Bell to manage the manufacture of moulded plastic components forming part of a new assembly for use in window and door sensor technologies.
Allowing home and business owners and operators to monitor their premises remotely, sensors placed in window and door frames will alert users via app to interference or intruders. Our injection moulding specialists worked with the client to identify the needs of components, which are to be used as sensor brackets, including structure, rigidity and environmental challenges, advising as to appropriate plastic compounds and tooling design to maximise performance and production potential.
Protection of our client’s product design and commercial interests is essential to maximise the potential of its new technology. OF Bell’s in-house tooling workshop team designed tools from scratch in collaboration with our client, supporting the cost-effective and confidential production of essential components under one roof.
Backed by our expert engineering team, tooling was tested and the product prototyped in order to fine-tune production prior to scaled manufacture. The bespoke tool produces multiple components per shot, maximising value and output from every cycle.
Our client’s sensor bracket moulded plastic component is manufactured using a UV-stabilised ABS (Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene) plastic compound. In situ, brackets will be positioned in window and door frames where they will be exposed to UV from sunlight. In order to prevent degradation, OF Bell specified a compound with UV resistance to give each component greater durability in any weather conditions.
OF Bell is a moulded plastics and injection moulding specialist. During the initial consultancy phase of any project, our team builds excellent understanding of our clients’ products and their applications in order to specify plastic compounds and recommend metal replacement options that deliver value for money, robustness and structural integrity across sectors ranging from medical and oil and gas, to transport, automotive and household product manufacturing.
Components are injection moulded on our dedicated machines, specifically matched to the miniature shot weight thereby eliminating degradation of the moulding polymer. Quality-assuring component output throughout, OF Bell produces 180,000 units per year, which are dispatched to our client’s UK facilities for integration into its technology production line before being shipped for use worldwide.
With a consistent 24/7 production capacity at our injection moulding facility in Bishop Auckland, County Durham, cost-effective metal replacement and durable plastics recommendations that deliver savings on every component, and UK-based, onshore manufacturing that reduces lead times whilst increasing reliability and continuity of supply, sensor brackets manufactured by OF Bell are trusted to perform, protecting homes and properties worldwide.