Overmoulding capability

The process dispenses with the need for metal retaining clips in assemblies such as car seats – providing an assembly that is both strong and fast to manufacture. The process can be applied to a wide range of wire assemblies and requires the wire parts to be manufactured to a high accuracy. Components are brought together using special tooling designed by William Hughes and two vertical injection moulding machines perform the moulding process to complete the assembly. 

The overmoulding process allows for variations in the finished assembly – for example, in car seat assemblies retaining bars for the seat cloth can be included or where heated seats are required, connectors and cabling can be incorporated so that heating elements can be simply plugged into the encapsulated boots.

Any 2D or 3D wire form that involves twists, turns, spirals, protrusions, indentations – or just plain bends – can be accommodated.