Hayco is fast becoming one of the world’s leading precision mold makers. This has been achieved through a combination of factors beginning with the right corporate culture and our drive to continually satisfy our customers’ demands.

Our highly skilled toolmakers are a global team, with specialists from Australia, Hong Kong, India and Europe. This enables us to have a unique insight into global mold technologies and processes coupled with the benefit of manufacturing precision molds in China.

All molds are designed using Unigraphics Team Centre Software, ensuring CAD data files from Product Design can be used to create the CAD files for mold design and fabrication. Moldflow FEA software predicts weaknesses, which helps to eliminate molding problems before the mold is made.

We pay close attention to steel selection in order to increase mold life. Using a range of internationally recognized European and Japanese grades and finishes, we have the ability to guarantee mold life up to and beyond 1,000,000 shots.

Using both graphite and copper electrode technology, Hayco has a diverse range of European and Japanese high precision equipment to cut steel precisely. Coupled with fine wire EDM machines and profile grinding, we have an array of the most advanced equipment for precision mold making. Where possible we use hot sprue, hot runner, hot manifold and hot half molds to cut down on plastic gate wastage.

“Measure twice, cut steel once!” is our philosophy. Having an independent on-site quality control lab enables us to validate that the electrodes, inserts and plastic parts all conform to specifications. Hayco’s in-house Zeiss CMM 3D measurement equipment ensures parts can be measured to a very high degree of accuracy.

Having our own on-site test centre enables us to test and qualify molds independently of the injection molding department. This allows easier customer access to mold trials and trial production pilots. Dry runs, balance of fill, gate freezing, balanced part weights and part dimensional control enables us to produce parts to 1.33 CPK, and in turn, qualify molds quickly and efficiently for mass production.