Achieving high recycling rates means thinking about recycling at the design stage. Here at Skar we are committed to producing parts in as environmentally friendly way as possible. This means that when we design a part, we consider not only its functionality but also how to minimise waste and how easy the part can be recycled…
One area of injection moulding we specialise in at Skar is the manufacture of medical components and equipment. This is a high precision and technically demanding area of work primarily because the manufacturing process has to be conducted to stringent specifications and under strict sterilisation conditions. Wide range of medical components We produce a wide…
Researchers from ExxonMobil have published details of a new process that could radically cut the level of greenhouse gas emissions linked to plastics production. Making the production of plastics and polymers more environmentally friendly has been a key focus of the industry for many years. Now researchers from oil and gas giant ExxonMobil say they…
Improved practices and new technologies are making plastic injection moulding more environmentally friendly. We are often asked whether precision plastic moulding is a ‘green’ procedure. Here are Skar we believe it can be an environmentally-friendly process – our position being that working with plastics is not in itself bad for the environment. Where the problems…
There are a number of key benefits to choosing the plastic injection moulding process for your product. Here’s our top five… Wide range of properties One of the key advantages of working with plastics is that they can have distinctive properties depending on what they are being used for – maybe a product needs to…
Here at Skar Precision Mouldings we manufacture a wide range of plastic injection moulded products and components for companies from numerous industry sectors. In particular, we produce engineering components, medical equipment components and point of sale display items. Plastics that are used for different purposes have distinctive properties – maybe a product needs to be…
The plastic injection moulding process is a refined procedure, which offers up a number of potential challenges that have to be overcome to ensure the finished product is perfect. One factor that has to be considered is the avoidance of sink marks in any part we produce. A sink mark is a small depression in…
All plastic injection moulding presses are classified based on the tonnage, or more specifically, the clamping pressure or force they can exert. At Skar, we have more than 30 injection presses which can exert a range of pressures of between 25 and 450 tons. A machine rated for 25 tons can exert 25 tons of…
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