Rutty Tool-Less Plastics - Providing Electronics Packaging Solutions

Rutty Tool-less Plastics want to give you an inside view of our designing process which helps you to understand the procedures involved.

Determine packaging requirements & feasibility

It is essential that you know what you want and need from your customised enclosure. Many things need to be considered when designing an enclosure. The checklist below can be a handy tool for determining feasibility.


Product description
Where is it used? By who? How often?
Are there any esthetic concerns and preferences?
Colour preferences?
Entry into the case for servicing?
What comes out of the case? (connectors, fans, cables, pigtails etc)
Internal component mounting? (LCDs, keyboards, PCBs)
Do membranes or labels need to be incorporated?
Is screen printing required?
Is EMC shielding required?
Any flame ratings?
UV stability?
Operating temperatures?
Drop, shock, vibration testing?
Non slip rubber feet?
Production quantities?
Time frame?
What is your budget?

The above checklist, together with rough sketch showing critical dimensions is usually enough for us to indicate ball park figures for both development and production.

Confirm the concept

Budgets, functionality and time frame can have a bearing on the most appropriate design for your enclosure. In close consultation with our sales staff, we can show you samples or pictures of similar designs, which will suit you best. Or, you can come up with your own concept sketches for us to work with.

Finalise details

Iterate with our design team to finalise all the finer points like clearances, assembly, interfaces etc. The more accurate the information our design team receives, the quicker the development will be. ie. All internal components such as PCBs, screens, labels, connectors etc should be supplied. If component drawings are also available then that is better still.

eDrawing

RTP utilizes  the latest in design and machining software to allow customers to view and make changes to their design during the initial stages via a free download from the Edrawings website.



Prototype

We supply you with 1-2 prototypes manufactured in the same manner as production volumes.

Iterate prototype

Productcion
Prototype

We supply you with 1-2 prototypes manufactured in the same manner as production volumes.

Iterate prototype

Production

Design Limitations

What we can't do....

Compound curves; ie. curves in more than one axis

Swarfed surfaces

"S" curves

unsupported and small radius cold bends

materials that won’t solvent bond