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September 21, 2017 By Kendra

Prototyping on a major scale

Every prototyping project comes with unique challenges. This particular project involved designing and forming a free standing baseball mound and a catcher capable of holding the mound securely as both a raised baseball mound and a flat softball or soccer surface. The catcher had to be able to live within the field permanently, meaning that both it and the mound had to be weather durable. This created all kinds of requirements the had to be met from an engineering and manufacturing perspective.

From a design standpoint we worked with our client to come up with a system that could live within the field, but which could also convert from one playing surface the other easily and quickly. Because the whole idea of the system is that it can convert from baseball to soccer by simply being flipped over, some of the design considerations were the weight of the product, its stability, its durability, and its ability to drain in an outside field.

Once the designs were finalized we began the prototype building process. The size of the component parts was considerable. The molds we made stretched us to the limits of our capabilities with our largest oven set up. The sheets of plastic needed were incredibly heavy, causing us to look for new ways to load plastic into the frame to be formed.

At each step of the prototyping process we had to find creative ways to address and meet those different challenges. It was a long time in development, but very exciting when we finally had the first part made and ready to be sent out into the world.

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What Lemac Believes

Lemac company policy is that there is no challenge we won’t take on! We are dedicated to excellent customer service; our goal is to provide the highest quality parts with the shortest lead times at the most competitive prices possible.

What Makes Lemac Special?

Shop capabilities: Lemac has 4 different vacuum forming ovens of varying sizes, which allows us to make large and small products as efficiently as possible. We have 2 CNC machines which bring robotic technology and precision to our finished products, as well as a myriad of other finishing tools.

Engineering: Our lead engineer has over 40 years of experience in the plastics business, engineering and manufacturing parts for many different industries. LMC uses Solidworks CAD to create a virtual prototype. With the virtual prototype we can test tolerances, stress points, and even impact strength in the computer program to troubleshoot designs before the tooling is made.

Flexibility in quantity, function and design: Vacuum forming allows for a huge range of part sizes, shapes, and colors. Whether your part is 1”x 1” or 10 ’x 10’, vacuum forming can accommodate that size. Draw depths can range from parts of an inch, all the way up to 3 feet.

Proprietary Protection: As an Original Equipment Manufacturer LMC understands that any designs brought to us are proprietary. All of our employees have signed non-disclosure agreements.

LMC & Environmental Stewardship

Lemac is committed to environmental stewardship. One of our first priorities when we moved into our new facility was retrofitting the entire building to use low energy light bulbs. We implemented a recycling program that encompasses both our shop floor and our offices. All of the plastic trimmed during the production process is reground and recycled into usable plastic. We use that same recycled plastic to produce our parts.

Lemac Manufacturing Co Inc. is the home of 30 years of the highest quality custom engineered vacuum and pressure formed plastic products.

Materials routinely used: ABS, PVC, HIPS, HDPE, Acrylic and many others.

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