Tool Shop
competencies
Toolmaking. Precise. Production-Ready.
Tool design, engineering, and manufacturing are seamlessly integrated. This creates reliable, stable and economical tools that work in the process. Short lead times between toolmaking and production ensure fast adjustments and stable production runs.
Toolmaking from
Development to Service
In the tool design and manufacturing phase, we design, simulate and manufacture injection-molding tools to ensure series-ready, process stable and economical production.
Tool Design & Construction
- Production-oriented tool design based on component geometry, material, batch size and production concepts
- Focus on demolding, cooling, gate design and process stability
Simulation & Process Validation
- Early validation of component and tool quality through fill and warpage simulation
- Reduces risks prior to toolmaking and stabilizes the process window for volume production
In-house manufacture of injection-moulding tools
- Manufacturing, assembly and coordination of new tools in our own tool shop
- Testing and initial sampling as the basis for a reliable production release
International Tool Procurement
- Cost-optimised procurement of external tooling with project management and quality assurance
- Qualification for volume production and handover to manufacturing, all from a single source
We manage tools throughout their entire lifecycle and coordinate changes, relocations or handovers in a structured and quality-assured manner.
Preventive Maintenance, Servicing & Repair
- Production-accompanying maintenance to ensure availability and tool life
- Repair of wear and faults to maintain stable production runs
Changes & Optimizations
- Tool modifications for quality and functional improvement
- Optimization of process stability, demolding and tool life
Tool Management, Relocation & Sales
- Technical assessment and structured support of existing tools
- Support for tool relocations and handovers including quality assurance and production validation
Precision, Tool Life and Production Release
Quality in toolmaking at Bretthauer is based on clearly defined design and production standards, documented alignment and approval processes, as well as technical safeguards right up to the initial sampling.
Tool construction, functional surfaces, cooling and demolding concepts as well as process windows are checked, coordinated and approved in a comprehensible manner to ensure dimensional accuracy, reproducibility and process stability in volume production.
Your Toolmaking Partner for Plastic-Injection Molding
Responsibility
We take full technical responsibility within the tooling project and drive decisions through to production-ready acceptance.
Transparency
We communicate clearly on feasibility, effort and risks, so that changes, timelines and costs remain plannable at all times.
Reliability
We honor our commitments, actively manage milestones and ensure the tool remains reliably available throughout series production.
Partnership
We collaborate closely with product development, procurement and production, aligning requirements early so that decisions can be made with confidence.
