Arrowhead primarily sells to industrial clients or other manufacturers who purchase our thermoformed plastic parts or molded fiberglass parts only to resell them later as a stand alone item or part of a larger assembly. Our customers are typically manufacturers of some type of specialty vehicle, piece of equipment or product that gets sold [...]
Since Arrowhead's founding in 1972, we have been designing and molding various thermoformed products for the heavy truck, bus and specialty vehicle industries. Generally speaking, these industries tend to have a need for a variety of different thermoformed parts, but the volume on each one is much smaller compared to that which you would [...]
Whether your part will be made from molded fiberglass or thermoformed plastic, Arrowhead can help you with the product’s development from concept to production and everything in between. Sometimes it's a sketch on a napkin. Sometimes it's a sophisticated CAD model. Sometimes it's a previously produced prototype. Regardless of where you are in the [...]
For many thermoformers, if a plastic part’s volume or lead time requires that a part be run on a rotary thermoforming machine, there is only one acceptable type of tool to utilize; water cooled aluminum. A water cooled aluminum tool is usually produced by either machining a billet of aluminum to the correct size [...]
Arrowhead Plastic Engineering is a company who thermoforms plastic parts into a variety of different shapes. I am a resident of Mother Earth and don’t want to see her cluttered with debris, waste and filth. I also am a person who lives in the 21st Century and understands the benefits, conveniences and necessity of items [...]
Rut Roh Raggy, Our Dog has been Found… In life, sometimes things you have lost have a way of returning back to you. My grandfather had a business called Art Forms where he produced sculptures and artwork for various companies, municipalities and organizations. His work can still be seen all over Indiana, surrounding states [...]
The design phase of the product development process is probably one of the most important, if not THE most important part of the product life cycle. Without a good design, a molded fiberglass or thermoformed plastic part can be expensive to tool up, expensive to build, expensive to ship and expensive to modify. Conversely, [...]
When it comes to putting the finishing touches on your company’s product, multiple variables usually come into play. The finishing touches need to provide a look that fits your company’s image as well provide any functionality that may be required. Covers, guarding, skins, etc are usually utilized for this purpose. Many times these guards [...]
Plastic products are so common nowadays that you can find products made via plastic in nearly every store you walk into. Walk down the electronics aisle of any retail store and you are bound to find USB drives, memory cards, webcams, headphones, speakers, etc all made from plastic. Usually these products are all made [...]
Why not steel or aluminum? Metal materials such as steel, aluminum and others have been used for years in many different industries. Each of these materials has its strengths but these strengths come at a cost. Thus, I thought it would make sense to type up a little series of blog post showing some [...]
