Blog entries

Custom Plastic Injection Molding Process

Dana Foster — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 11:56:25 +0100

Do you need parts manufactured that fit your precise needs and requirements? Thogus can help you!

With our custom plastic injection molding expertise, Thogus' engineers are able to validate if your part is manufacturable from part files and drawings they receive. Determining exact material and tooling requirements, based on estimated annual usage, we then acquire a tooling quote from outside sources. After the tooling is ordered and delivered to Thogus, we are able to...

Customer Service Isn’t Just for Customers

Thogus — Thu, 12 May 2011 14:17:55 +0100

In today's world, companies need to broaden their definition of "customers" outside of the traditional one. For example, your employees are your internal customers. Are you treating them as such? What about your suppliers and vendors? Are you partnering with them as an extension of your own team?

Thogus was recently featured in Fresh Water, a weekly e-magazine and website that reports Cleveland technology, innovation, diversity, local food and entrepreneurship.

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“Keeping it Real” with Thermoplastics in Prototyping

Thogus — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 11:35:50 +0100

When an international leader in the food machines and research industry needed functional parts to test its designs, it turned to Thogus for our rapid prototyping capabilities. We have several Stratasys Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) machines that create parts in as little as 24 hours to a few days. Parts are built in layers, providing a real, durable and functional thermoplastic component on demand.

FDM is the additive technology that produces the most durable and precise the...

Doing More with Less: The Use of Robotics at Thogus

Thogus — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 10:19:54 +0100

Thogus first invested in robotics for the plastic injection molding process in 2009 and we continue to see many customer and company benefits, such as:

reduction in unnecessary labor
improved quality control
enhanced accuracy and speed
increased flexibility

Labor Efficiencies in Plastic Injection Molding

Our three-axis servo robots reduce or eliminate unnecessary labor by easily performing secondary operations before the injection ...

Custom Plastic Injection Molding Company with a History of Success

Thogus — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 17:38:33 +0100

It is the beginning of 2011 and along with a new year, we here at Thogus now have a new website so why not a new blog? To give you a quick history of who we are, Thogus was founded in 1950 as a mold and die shop here in Northeast Ohio and has developed over the past 60 years into a custom-plastic injection molding company. What makes us stand out is not only the ability to offer small volume capabilities but also our focus on product development. We have added a staff of 15 eng...