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How to Get Custom Plastic Components Manufactured

Written by Slideways, Inc. | Nov 3, 2017 5:00:00 PM

Does your packaging system, conveyors, or material handling system require you to keep systems up and running for moving packages and products? If so, you may need plastic components that are custom-made to fit your application.

How to Get Plastic Components Custom-Built for Your Application

To get your needs for custom plastic parts met, we recommend the following steps:

  1. Produce the design for the part you need. Take note of tolerance requirements, materials, and your end-use as well as operation environment specifics.
  2. Consult with a custom plastic components manufacturer to collect your requirements so that they can design and build the mold that needs to be produced. You can work with Slideways by submitting an RFQ.
  3. Once requirements are collected we'll manufacture the custom plastic components and have them shipped to your facility.

Why Slideways?

Slideways makes a wide range of plastic components for packaging equipment, conveyor systems, and power transmission applications. Our high-quality, precision plastic parts and components come in a broad selection of materials to meet virtually any environmental and operational challenge. Our rugged plastic components are:

  • Lightweight
  • Low friction
  • Wear and corrosion-resistant material
  • Quieter running
  • Lower costs than other materials
  • Sanitary

Got a unique problem? We can solve it with our plastic rollers, bearings, pulleys, chain guides, belt guides, star wheels, drag flites, and custom fabricated parts to meet your specific needs.

Plastic Components Manufacturer Serving Various Industries

Here are just some of the industries we serve with our industry-leading components:

  1. Agriculture – bearings, sprockets, chain tensioners, drag flites, pulleys, hanger bearings
  2. Bakeries – wear strips and corner track for plastic modular belts and side flexing chain, sprockets, chain guides, belt guides, roller end bearings, belt scrapers
  3. Beverage – wear strips and corner track for plastic modular belts and side flexing chain, sprockets, star wheels, chain guides, belt guides, roller end bearings, belt scrapers, pulleys
  4. Bottling, Canning, Packing – star wheels, wear strips and corner track for plastic modular belts and side flexing chain, sprockets, chain guides, belt guides, roller end bearings, pulleys
  5. Electronics – chain guides, wear strips, pulleys, bearings
  6. Food Packaging and Processing – wear strips and corner track for plastic modular belts and side flexing chain, sprockets, chain guides, roller end bearings, pulleys and cutting boards, cams, and other custom parts
  7. Package Handling & Distribution – chute liners, chain guides, belt guides, wheels, rollers
  8. Pharmaceutical Packaging – star wheels, brackets, wheels, corner tracks, wear strips

If you’ve been struggling with metal components that cause wear-and-tear problems and are hard to sanitize, contact us today to learn how high-quality, high-reliability plastic components can reduce maintenance time and cost.