Protect the design. Keep ownership clear. Stay accountable to the approved result.
NDA support, company legal-counsel involvement, customer-owned tooling, practical mold transfers and a correction loop tied to approved product requirements.
Real partner-factory materialConfidentiality can begin before CAD is shared.
A mutual NDA can be completed before confidential drawings, CAD or commercial details are released. Trade Entrust legal counsel supports the confidentiality framework and can join project-specific legal discussions when needed. Access to project information is coordinated around the approved project team and manufacturing scope.
- Begin with a non-confidential description
- NDA review before CAD transfer
- Legal-counsel support when required
- Need-to-know project access
- Controlled file-transfer options
The signed NDA, quotation and project contract govern the actual confidentiality obligations; this page is a commercial summary.
A customer-owned mold remains commercially portable.
When the signed quotation or contract identifies the mold as customer-owned and the agreed payments and obligations are complete, the customer may request transfer to another qualified factory. The handover scope can include agreed records, preservation, packing and destination-machine information.
- Ownership stated in the signed agreement
- Transfer-out option after agreed obligations
- Preservation and packing plan
- Available drawings and records as contracted
- Destination requirements confirmed before shipment
Bring an existing mold from another factory.
An incoming mold can often be adapted for production at a new partner facility. The team first reviews mold condition, dimensions, locating and nozzle interfaces, platen and tie-bar compatibility, ejection, hot-runner or electrical systems, hydraulics, water circuits and machine safety. Minor adaptations commonly take several working days; the actual timing is confirmed only after inspection.
- Condition and maintenance review
- Machine and platen compatibility
- Locating ring, nozzle and ejection interfaces
- Water, electrical, hot-runner and hydraulic connections
- Trial plan after adaptation
Correct nonconformance until the approved product criteria are met.
For corrections required because the tool or molding process does not meet the approved drawing, appearance standard, reference sample or acceptance criteria, the project correction loop is not limited by an arbitrary number of rounds. The team continues through review, correction and re-trial until conformity is achieved or an agreed technical disposition is signed.
- Issues recorded against approved criteria
- Correction and re-trial tracking
- Sample review after each relevant change
- Clear approval or documented disposition
- No arbitrary round cap for in-scope nonconformance
New product designs, new materials, changed functions or requirements introduced after approval are scope changes and may require revised timing and quotation. The signed project agreement controls the final warranty and acceptance terms.
Send the part. Start with an engineering conversation.
Share CAD, drawings or a project description. The tooling team will confirm what is needed for a useful review and quotation.