Overview
A printed enclosure is a molded shell that carries a pattern on the outside. The pattern is laid on by hydro-transfer printing after molding, so the print follows the sloped walls, the radius and the round front opening without a masked edge. Two upright tabs stand off the top with holes through them, a narrow slot runs in the upper face, and screw bosses ring the round opening with counterbores at the face.
Our cylindrical plastic enclosure is molded as a plain tube, and our blue tray housing is molded as a flat shell, while a printed enclosure carries a print over the whole outside. The split connector shell closes on a seam; here the print runs across the wall as one surface.
Key Features & Benefits
- Sloped walls — the print runs over the radius and the corners
- Round front opening — molded as a ring with bosses around it
- Upright tabs — stand off the top with holes through them
- Top slot — a narrow opening in the upper face
- Screw bosses — sit below the face so the screws finish flush
- Print — covers the shell in the pattern you supply
Because a printed enclosure is molded to your 3D file, the aperture, the tab position and the boss height repeat cavity to cavity.
Customization Options
Wall angles, height, depth, opening size, boss layout and the print all come from your 3D file and your artwork, so a printed enclosure is molded for the range you already sell.
- Shape — wall angles, height and depth set to your 3D file
- Opening — round aperture size and rim set to your part
- Bosses — count, position and depth placed to your fixings
- Tabs — height, hole and spacing as you set
- Print — the pattern you supply, laid on by hydro-transfer printing
Quality & Delivery
Tooling for a printed enclosure is cut in our own shop, and the first article of every shell is gauged against your 3D file — aperture, boss height, tab position and wall — before the run is released.
Mold faces are finished to the sheen your 3D file calls for, the gate is trimmed flush with the wall, and the print wraps the part edge to edge with no break at the radius. Lead time is quoted with the unit price and held to the date, and each batch is gauged before packing.
We mold each printed enclosure to your 3D file, so the walls, the opening and the bosses follow the model. Send the 3D file and we return a quotation with the tool cost and the unit price.
Related Capabilities
Enclosure parts sit beside this printed enclosure. The filter cover assembly closes on a threaded mesh cap, and the blue equipment tray is molded as a recessed shell.
Tooling and molding both run in house — on our mold making floor and our injection molding service presses. Send your 3D file for a quotation.
