OUR SERVICES

Great services and applying them well means happy customers, and that’s what we’re after…

Our Services

Labone Castleside have built an enviable reputation.

Our industry leading services are those that have kept us at the forefront of our industry for almost 50 years.

engineering of assembled parts

Simple and complex multi-part assembly units are built to customer requirements. Assist and error check equipment is incorporated into the assembly operation to ensure all critical aspects of the finished products are built and perform to the required specifications.

3D SCANNING & CAD

Our ‘Creaform Handyscan 700’ uses the latest laser triangulation technology to 3D scan a wide variety of mechanical or plastic parts, to provide highly accurate measurements in real-life conditions, regardless of environmental conditions, part set-up, or user ability, to get unprecedented accuracy, highly reliability and accurate solutions for quality control and inspection, either onsite or at customer premises.

3D printing

Labone have the ability to supply 3D printed parts using our Leapfrog Creatr HS dual colour 3D Printer with a build volume of 13.6L [280 x 270 x 180mm] Layer height/resolution of up to 20 microns. Capable of printing various material including Nylon And ABS This allows a better understanding of the product and assists with concurrent designs of packaging, jigs and fixtures.

Tool Sourcing

Labone have established relationships with UK toolmaking companies, who provide high quality, competitively priced Chinese manufactured tools. Labone develop the correct tool configurations during design for manufacture using MouldFlow Analysis, which enables guaranteed tool performance during series production

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quality documentation

Labone Castleside strives to follow all our customer-specific requirements (CSR) and apply them to our QMS and company procedures, we implement all VDA 6.3, QSAS, and all AIAG requirements.  Our goal as a business is to supply “right first-time products”. Furthermore, We are certified to ISO9001 2015 and IATF16949 2016 which is the preferred standard within the automotive sector.

project management

We ensure that all strands of the programme are brought together from nomination right through to start of production. Our success comes from our attention to detail and clear communication.

Online submissions

Labone Castleside fully utilise online customer portals for submitting, responses to requests for Quotations, Engineering Change Requests, PPAP Document and updating company data. This enables Labone to provide quick and efficient answers to our customers’ requirements, within specified deadlines.

packaging requirements

From initial receipt of RFQ and CAD models, we identify what is required to supply the product adequately protected and with the best logistical solution that fits our customer’s needs. Optimising packing methods using the latest designs with textiles or vac trays ensures that we deliver what our customers require.

Label Development

All customers require different labeling solutions. Whether it is Code 39, 2D or QR barcodes we have the ability to develop any of these with a view to designing internal, external box labels, pallet or product labels. We use a barcoded verification process to ensure we can trace each box.

Electronic ordering

EDI and ASN’s are part of the Service we provide to all customers; they are directly linked to our ERP system ensuring accuracy on schedule receipt and immediate notification of goods in transit.

Tampo printing

This process uses ink layers that are directly applied to a surface. Normally this is a secondary operation to plastic moulding and is used in many industrial sectors including medical and automotive amongst others.

Labone Castleside Ltd,
Castleside Industrial Estate,
Castleside,
Consett,
Co. Durham.
DH8 8HF.