Open Molded Fiberglass Processing

McClarin Plastics is an accomplished provider of customer engineered solutions for leading heavy equipment manufacturers. Our comprehensive knowledge of the industry combined with our diversified range of services enabled us to provide a high-value solution for manufacturing the fiberglass hood assemblies shown here.

Used in the manufacture highway paving equipment, we developed a high-integrity, two-piece design that would allow the proper airflow under the hood. We used an open-mold process to form the fiberglass sections, which were robotically trimmed, painted, and then assembled along with metal brackets, hinges, and gas struts to make a functional, plug-and-play product for the customer. Featuring dimensions of 5 in length x 2 in width x 3 in height, we successfully met the ±1/8 tolerance requirement.

In today’s competitive environment, design flexibility and manufacturing agility are crucial for remaining competitive. Our ability to contribute to a tight-timeline product launch with APQP requirements within budgetary requirements laid the foundation for a long-term relationship with this customer.

We currently produce these assemblies at the rate of 10/month on a 10-day turnaround, and maintain a Kanban stocking program for the sub-components.

To learn more about this project or the processes we use to manufacture it, please contact us today.

Open Molded Fiberglass Processing Specs