TACTICAL TOOLING

Transfer Tooling

Transfer tooling is an area of expertise where Metro can help. If you are experiencing quality issues or capacity issues with your current molder, you can transfer your existing tool to Metro for a seamless shift in production.

Through our proven process and automated inspection, we will send you sample parts within a week from your tool’s arrival at our facility! 

We ensure transfer tooling to be a hassle-free process by extending our team of resources to your team, improving on the care and quality of your tool. From our process engineers to our tool and die makers, we dedicate our talents to your investment.

Learn more about the benefits to transferring your tool to Metro.

Transfer Tool Benefits

Our proven Process

Pre-Transfer

Automated Inspection

Send your in-spec sample parts to Metro's equipped Metrology Lab
With the use of programmable vision systems, our Metrology team builds a unique automated inspection plan for your part before the tool even arrives at our facility.
Phase 1

Transfer the Tool

Our newly constructed building allows for ease of deliveries.
Need assistance finding a carrier to deliver your precious cargo? Our warehouse team can help with that!
Phase 2

Sampling

A sampling submission is completed within 1-2 days.
If your automated inspection is set up ahead of the tool's arrival, you can expect sampled parts within 1-2 days after tool arrival and inspection.
Phase 3

Production Run

Your part has been through intense inspection and passed...now what?
We work with your timeline needs to expedite your parts. Your transfer tool is prepped for production runs and worked into our schedule in a timely manner.

New Tooling: Plastic injection mold making

Metro Plastics’ goal of having the best tooled molds in a cost-effective process led us to create a 20-page tooling standard that defines our stringent parameters for tool making. Metro’s attention to detail guarantees you are getting the best mold for your money. The level of quality and craftsmanship outlined in our tooling standard is the very standard by which our partners are upheld.

It takes years of experience and intentional effort to establish international relationships built on trust and accountability.  Metro’s engineering staff has crossed that body of water for you…literally.  Our relationship with domestic and international molding partners safeguards you.

We raise the standard for you

When it comes to plastic injection mold making, you have options!

  • Prototype
    Limited quantity prototype parts; market testing; <500 parts
  • Low Run Production Mold
    For use with non-abrasive materials; limited runs; aluminum or MUD tooling; typically <10,000 parts annually
  • Medium to High Run Molds
    Hardened tool steel; most common price-range; tool design built to our internal standard; automated lifters or slides, good with abrasive materials; cold runners with the exception of a few hot runners; typically 100,000 to 1 million parts annually
  • Extremely High Run Mold
    Hardened tool steel; tool design built to our internal standard; multi-cavity, fully automated; generally hot runners; typically 1 million or more parts annually