Automotive Lamp Housing Tooling
Lamp housings and lenses carry optical surfaces slide-formed apertures and a long production life on the same tool
What Makes This Part Family Hard
A lamp housing is three problems in one block of steel. The reflector zones need a cavity finish that survives repolishing, the connector and adjuster apertures need side actions that clear each other, and the assembly has to stay in tolerance while the molding shrinks around a deep draw.
Customer names and program data are not published. What follows is how we take tooling of this type, and the photographs are of our own work.
How We Take It
Gating placed against the visible face
The MoldFlow filling run settles where the flow fronts meet so the weld lines fall outside the optical area.
Cooling from the warpage result
Packing and warpage runs come before the cooling layout, so the cooling is designed around where the part actually moves.
Motion proven before fabrication
The open-to-close sequence is simulated step by step so that slides and lifters are proven not to meet.
Cavity finish reviewed in the DFM
Product surface finish review is part of the DFM, so the finish is agreed before the cavity is cut rather than after.
The Photographs on This Page
The cavity plates shown here are JEC work: a lamp housing cavity with its slide pockets, a mirror-polished two-cavity plate, and a plate on the CMM during inspection.
Quality Route
- Electrode dimension and surface finish inspection
- Steel dimension inspection after machining
- Mold trial reports with a sample dimension report (FAI)
- Final mold inspection and packing inspection
Parts in This Profile
Automotive Headlamp Housing
Black headlamp housing with twin reflector bowls, connector apertures and adjuster pockets.
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Automotive Lamp Housing with Reflector Cavities
Angular lamp body combining dark structure with light reflector zones in one tool.
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Automotive Tail Lamp Lens
Two-color lens with a clear light-guide section blended into a deep red signal section.
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Is this a named customer project?
No. We do not publish customer names or program data. This profile describes a part family we have tooled and the engineering decisions it forces; the photographs are our own work.
Can you take on work like this?
Yes — this is the kind of tooling we build. Send the 3D data, the resin and the annual volume and a professional quotation comes back within two working days.
What evidence comes with the tool?
Mold trial reports with a sample dimension report (FAI), then final mold inspection and packing inspection before shipment.
Will you sign a confidentiality agreement?
That is normal for tooling work and we treat customer data as confidential by default. Send your own form with the enquiry. Specific terms: TBC.
Bring Us a Tool Like This
Send the part data and the volume. A professional quotation with technical comment comes back within two working days.