Introducing Portal™, a revolutionary, low-cost tooling technology for affordable P-DCPD, your gateway to profits.

Continuous process improvement and innovation has yielded a process revolution that breaks the stranglehold of high tooling costs. For the first time, low-cost RIM tooling is available for low volume applications using P-DCPD! When production hits the capacity wall, Portal™ is the ideal upgrade from open-molding and RTM-lite, especially when a lightweight, high strength, thickness-controlled part with a Class “A” finish is required.

Typical applications include a wide range of parts for commercial trucks, buses and coaches, agricultural and construction equipment - particularly those subject to impact and requiring an excellent surface with outstanding paintability.

Portal P-DCPD is suited to the following applications:

• large hoods and engine side covers
• front and rear fascia panels for transit buses and OTRBs.
• instrument panels & side consoles
• access panels and hatches
• fenders and skirts where impact is an issue
• intricate grilles
• headlight and taillight bezels

This low-cost, Class “A” polymer provides designers and engineers with a new set of tools to differentiate their product, control costs,and enhance margin.

Key benefits of the Portal Tooling Process are:

• Low tooling investment
• Quick response time – 12 -14 weeks from receipt of approved CAD to Portal mold set; 15 weeks to hybrid mold set(nickel shell cavity with standard counter-mold)
• Mold life cycle superior to open mold or RTM-lite
  • 200 -1000 cycles, higher with hybrid molds
• Mold life can be extended indefinitely by generating new tooling surface from the original mold masters
• Moderate changes to geometry without breaking the bank