Our engineering team utilizes the most current version of Solidworks 3D CAD software. Solidworks is the ideal CAD software package for the design of both foam components and the tooling required to manufacture prototype and production parts.

1. THE FLEXTECH ADVANTAGE
Our success is based largely on our ability to collaborate with you on the design and
development of innovative, engineered foam solutions for your new applications. Our
sales and product development team members have extensive experience working
closely with our customers throughout the design and development process. Ideally,
we are involved at the conceptual phase and can educate our customer on materials
and their properties, our production capabilities and process limitations, etc.
Our engineering team utilizes the most current version of Solidworks 3D CAD
software. Solidworks is the ideal CAD software package for the design of both foam
components and the tooling required to manufacture prototype and production parts.

2. About Compression Molding
Compression molding is a process Flextech utilizes for the manufacturing of three-
dimensional molded foam and foam composite parts. It is an ideal process for making
parts that have intricate features, require very defined part geometry, have varying
wall thicknesses or need to be held to critical dimensional tolerances.
The foam or foam composite is heated in an industrial convection oven and then
placed in a machined, matched tool which is mounted in a molding press. The mold is
then closed using hydraulic pressure. This pressure forces the heated and now pliable
material into contact with all of the mold surfaces while the pressure is maintained.
Once the material has cooled, the mold is opened and the finished part is removed
from the tool.
Materials That Can Be Molded
We have the ability to compression mold the closed-cell polyolefin family of foams,
which includes cross-linked polyethylenes and ethyl vinyl acetate (EVA) foams, as well
as open-cell polyurethane foams. We can also mold an extensive range of foam
composites. Using our various lamination processes to combine materials, we can
then compression mold open and closed-cell foam composites. These custom
composites can incorporate different types of foams or dual densities of foams, knit

3. and woven fabrics, polyolefin films, pressure-sensitive adhesives, medical grade
coatings and many other materials. We are also willing to experiment with the
lamination and molding of unique materials that our customers provide.
Address : 7300 W 27th St St. Louis Park , MN 55426
Phone : 952-345-0012
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