Category: News
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What is Epoxy Tooling Board?
Tooling Board, sometimes referred to as Modelling Board, is a material used mostly for making prototype or low-run patterns and mould tools for composite parts. Most of these boards fall into one of two categories, epoxy and polyurethane. Structurally, Epoxy Tooling Board is made from glass microspheres, epoxy resins and other chemical hardeners. The microscopic…
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Plyable Feature Update – Knife Edge Detection
Playble has launched a new DFM update that will detect sharp features on molds. It will detect areas that are likely to break easily during production. This update will not produce an estimated price if a ‘Knife Edge’ is detected.
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Plyable secures $3.2M investment to deliver their lightweight custom composite marketplace on a global scale
Plyable, award-winning, market-leading composite mold producer has now received a total of $4.25M investment to fund the growth of its time and significant cost-saving composite tooling solution. The demand for composites is growing exponentially, with the incredible, rapid innovation seen in aerospace, electric vehicle and marine industries. Award winning, market-leading disruptor in composite tooling, Plyable’s…
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Plyable ISO9001 recertification
Plyable has ISO9001 recertification, highlighting the company’s commitment to the highest quality standards for its supplier and customer network. ISO 9001:2015 is a globally recognised quality management standard developed and published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). It provides a model that companies can use to build an effective quality management system. The standard…
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Student Racing Partnerships – Customer Story
We’re delighted to announce that Plyable has recently teamed up with (OBR) Oxford Brookes Racing & (BR) Brunel Racing, two fantastic student racing teams! Both teams will be taking part in Formula Student which is Europe’s most established educational engineering competition, an international race series run by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE), backed by…
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Plyable Feature Update February 2022
We’re focused on making the tooling experience even smoother that’s why we’ve deployed an update to the site that adds scribe line detection to parts. Scribe lines are impressions machined into mold tools such as curves, cross-hairs or letters and numbers. These impressions leave a resin mark on the component when it comes out of…
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Tooling Essentials – Draft Angles
Tooling Essentials with Plyable Engineer Andy Haines Welcome to our first Tooling Essentials! Whether it’s new to you or a swift refresher, these are just a few of the important considerations required when designing the perfect tool for your part. Today we begin with Draft Angles. The geometry of your part needs to allow it…
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Plyable Feature Update April 2020
A couple of New and Updated Features from us to you to help make Plyable an even smooooooother tooling experience. Sharing Quotes You can now share specific quotes with others both inside and outside your business. This makes for easier discussion both within your team and with our engineers. It allows multiple people to contribute…
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Thank You for all Your Support
We are not doctors, scientists*, or politicians so we don’t have any breaking news or advice. We just wanted to take a moment during these crazy times and say hello to our wonderful family of manufacturing partners and customers. Like you, we are taking things day by day. But our goals remain, to continue to…
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Vertical Aerospace – Customer Story
Learn how Vertical Aerospace used Plyable to go from CAD to first flight in less than 90 days Making personal, on-demand and carbon free flight a reality Vertical Aerospace was launched in 2016 by Stephen Fitzpatrick, CEO of OVO, with the vision of decarbonising air travel using the best technology from the aviation, energy and…