Tool Drawer Organizer Tray Inserts: Hard Plastic
When it comes to custom tool drawer organizer tray inserts, CNCROi.com can make them out of ANY material to form ANY shape at any size.
I’ve made lots of videos at CNCROi.com focused on foam so today we’ll focus on just one of many other options, custom tool drawer organizer tray inserts made out of hard plastic.
Plastic has advantages over other materials, notably MDF and foam where it’s far more durable than both and can be “both bottom and top layer” at the same time with pockets for the specific tool that will go in that area.
When it comes to custom tool drawer organizer tray inserts, you want to make sure that you know the tooling that will go inside or be supported by the insert, are they extremely fragile where foam is a good choice like measuring instruments or very resilient like a hammer where just about anything else would be fine EXCEPT foam.
Making custom drawer organizers is actually a pretty fun process, whether it’s foam, MDF, acrylic, PVC or whatever other material spec you may have.
Because CNCROi.com makes custom tool drawer organizer tray inserts on-demand to any requirement, it’s important to know the tooling ahead of time as it will dictate what material options become available for your tray insert.
Another consideration when it comes to custom tool drawer organizer tray inserts are will these trays be on a moving platform?
Having custom foam drawer inserts, as with other materials, offers the opportunity to mix and match colors for easier part identification or to realize right away if a tool is missing or misplaced within a busy shop environment.
If the tooling found inside or around or on-top of your tray insert will be wheeled around the shop or building to building, it’s best to go deeper pocket wise or mix and match materials, such as a hard plastic base with a softer foam insert or MDF depending on the durability requirements.
If this custom tool drawer organizer tray inserts will never move, MDF is totally fine for most applications but if you want color, it’s best to go with plastic as even painted MDF chips and comes off on tooling.
As you can see, there are a lot of considerations involved beyond unit count and tooling support when having custom tool drawer organizer tray inserts fabricated by CNCROi.com.
Literally any shape can be made by CNCROi.com for your custom tool inserts.
As for deciding what tools to put where, you want to give the operator enough room to easily grab parts, having custom tool drawer organizer tray inserts too full of pockets or inserts actually has a detrimental effect on productivity.
Having room around the tooling pockets also makes sure the tooling doesn’t hit other tooling if say, your custom tool drawer organizer tray inserts hits a bump in the parking lot on the way to another plant or during other mods of transportation.
There aren’t any real limitations when it comes to volume or sizing at CNCROi.com but it is important to know ahead of time what you will be using these custom tool drawer organizer tray inserts for (application wise) and how long you expect or need it to last.
If you want the ultimate in durability, CNCROi.com also has experience with Corian and other very hard materials such as steel and aluminium.
The most cost-effective material for custom tool drawer organizer tray inserts is MDF, which can be had in various thicknesses and grades, it’s a surprisingly great material for this application with the only real caveats being not using it with sensitive equipment as it doesn’t allow any give regarding vibrations.
When it comes to custom tool drawer organizer tray inserts, another consideration is to give enough room around the part for the operator to quickly and efficiently remove and put back a part.
If the tolerances are too tight, then the tool will be bumped a few times on the way into the tray or a challenge to remove due to friction.
Custom custom tool drawer organizer tray inserts made by CNCROi.com can be made within 24 hours depending on the volume and colors, if you aren’t picky, that’s the quickest route but the higher the specs, the longer it takes for materials to arrive and to be machined.
CNCROi.com can also permanently mark or etch the tooling itself, the ultimate theft deterrent is something that kills the value!
There are always challenges with custom tool drawer organizer tray inserts and the biggest is getting your drawing right, what I generally suggest to CNCROi.com customers is that they get us to make one tray out of cheap MDF, do a test fitting, and if everything checks-out, then we go into production.
After a few rounds of drawing to physical custom tool drawer organizer tray inserts, the person at your company in charge of this aspect of your business will get the hang of tolerances vs tooling fit to make the entire process seamless.
CNCROi.com has a lot of experience making custom tool drawer organizer tray inserts, use that knowledge to your advantage, literally any material can be used for this application but each has a positive and negative attached to it.
If you are looking for custom tool drawer organizer tray inserts, contact CNCROi.com right now!