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Dr. Robin Kent (B.Eng (Hons), Ph.D.)
Specialities
Materials and Design
Materials selection
Product design
Product engineering
Processing
Health and safety and training
Profile and sheet extrusion
Quality assurance
Rotational moulding
Thermoforming
Secondary Operations
Commercial
Energy management
Environmental and recycling
Expert witness and legal
Strategic planning and forecasting
Markets
Automotive
Building
General products
Packaging
Other Skills
Authoring
Benchmarking
Project management
Training
Translation
Trouble shooting
Web site design and manufacture
(Webmaster for this site)Cost Management in Plastics Processing - Fully revised and updated
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Personal Profile
Company Profile
Tangram Technology Ltd. was formed in 1996 as a technology based consultancy dealing with the needs of the plastics processing, plastics building products and PVC-U windows industries.
Tangram provides high quality change management, technical writing, training, product design consultancy and field services these industries.
Our client base consists of plastics processors, window systems designers, window fabricators, specifiers, large contractors, hardware manufacturers and consumers and includes many of the largest plastics processing companies in the UK.
We specialise in injection moulding and extrusion technology and produced the recent RAPRA Review Report on Plastics Profile Extrusion.
Tangram is not a general engineering or management consultancy and supplies the specialist technical knowledge that is needed by these industries.
Products and Services
Click here for a summary of some projects we have completed
Change Management
We develop and implement manufacturing strategies, quality systems and Health and Safety management systems to meet the requirements of the latest legislation. We can also provide project management services for similar large projects.
Manufacturing Strategy, Quality Management, Factory Layout, Health & Safety Management, Project Management.
Technical Writing
We develop technical literature to back-up or sell your products. These can be complex product manuals, specification guides or internal training information. All are designed to your needs and to a variety of formats from paper based to Help files or web pages.
Product Manuals & Technical Information, Specification Guides, Help Files & Expert Systems, Public Relations & Article Generation, Quality Documentation Services, Web Site Generation and Management.
Training Seminars
We provide standard courses and also develop special courses to your specifications.
Manufacturing Strategy, Quality Management, PVC-U Windows - Technical Aspects, How to specify PVC-U windows, Statistical Process Control, Potential Failure Mode Effects Analysis, Health & Safety, Project & Design Management.
Product Design
We help to design and produce new products. At the forefront of product developments for 20 years we help to get your product to market.
Product Design & Management.
Field Service
We carry out a truly independent review and assessment of your needs for new machinery or systems.
Health Checks, Customer Set-up & Service, Information & Telephone Service.
Contact Address
TANGRAM TECHNOLOGY Ltd.
P.O. Box 24, HITCHIN, HERTS. SG5 2FP
Tel: 08700 278 379
Fax: 08700 278 493
e-mail: pcn@tangram.co.uk
Web: www.tangram.co.uk
Specialist Consulting Engineers for Plastics Processing, Plastics Building Products and PVC-U Windows.