Resources

Innovation & Engineering

ITW's culture is rooted in developing commercial innovations. Many of our product success stories begin on-site, where our customers' needs are most apparent. Thanks to the expertise of ITW's management and sales force (many of whom are trained engineers), we are well equipped to provide practical and time-sensitive solutions to the most complex situations. Our seasoned workforce intimately understands the manufacturing challenges facing customers and can develop original solutions from the ground up.

We also have the ability to support our businesses through our ITW Technology Center. Working on a request-only basis from our business units, the technology center provides advanced consulting on issues such as cutting-edge materials, mechanical designs and manufacturing processes.

ITW's passion for creating commercial innovations is no secret, considering we typically rank in the top 100 of patent recipients in the United States. In 2007, we had nearly 20,000 unexpired patents and pending applications worldwide and ranked 79 of top issuers of U.S. patents in 2006.

In addition, each year we recognize the worldwide patent contributions of our people through the ITW Patent Society. Founded in 1969, the society has 800 members, including hundreds of engineers, technicians and other innovative thinkers employed by ITW (including hundreds of our talented salespeople). Nearly 185 of the members are considered Distinguished Fellows, recognized for having patents on inventions for products with noteworthy commercial success, and 21 individuals are Hall of Fame members, distinguished for their lifetime achievement.

ITW Deltar is able to feed off the pool of talent as well as contribute. Our already highly trained and talented engineers have contributed several patents to ITW wealth of experience.

For your next project contact us so that we can work closely with you to help you develop your ideas into reality.

Injection Moulding & Assembly

Located in South Oakleigh, Victoria, we have a 4,000 square meter facility. Injection moulding and automated assembly equipment supports customer volumes to provide on time quality parts. To support this goal we have 21 injection moulding machines machines ranging from 35 to 350T. Our facility and support staff are focused solely on high volume automotive fasteners and components.

CAD

ITW Deltar is respected in the industry for its ability to develop new fastener products using resources like CAD. ITW Deltar currently have the following to support our customers needs:

Catia v5 r18
Unigraphics - NX5 & NX7
Solidworks
Moldflow

Testing

ITW can offer a variety of testing service. We have sophisticated force testing machines, and an environmental chamber which can test from -40°C to 170°C with humidity controlled within 2%.

In our range we have the following:

Mecmesin PCM2500EL
Instron 3365
Climats 33650 Enviromental Chamber

Metrology

Our metrology department has access to the latest gadgedry in order to validate your part. Our optical measuring machine (SmartScope Flash 200) can measure parts up to 200 x 200mm in size with an accuracy of 0.01mm, and our Sheffield Discovery I Series D-8 CMM can measure larger components.

We also have a ColorEye 7000A Spectrophotometer to help match that colour you seek.

Prototyping

Prototype parts can be moulded in short run tooling with the actual intended production material, to provide a true validation of design concepts. Contact us for a quote.