Table Talk: 5 min read
Made: Figgjo Tri
Learn about one of many important stages that goes into the manufacturing of our newest trays. Here are some behind the scenes images of the very first test production of Figgjo Tri.
Table Talk: 5 min read
Made: Figgjo Tri
Learn about one of many important stages that goes into the manufacturing of our newest trays. Here are some behind the scenes images of the very first test production of Figgjo Tri.
The life of a product goes through several stages before going into the final production. The design is approved, 3D models are printed and prototypes are handcrafted. The final product’s form and function is approved when a vitreous porcelain prototype is glazed and fired. Then we start the manufacturing process, new moulds are made all over again, now with all the different production steps in mind.
From the final CAD drawing, we machine mill out a precise main mould from UniMek, a local company with high skills in CNC machining and fabrication services. We also make our own moulds, but some shapes need more accuracy than others.
The Figgjo Tri trays are unique, in both shape and size, and need the highest possible precision in order to withstand our high quality standards.
Feeling the pressure
Once the main mould is finished, the actual tooling that goes into our production machines is created. This is a technical and time consuming task. Our skilled model maker, Geir Bråstein, has long experience in crafting our blue forms, the porous tooling (coated in a blue colour) that fit our pressure casting machines. These two parts need to press both air and water evenly throughout the mould to get the correct strength all over the organic, triangular shape of the Figgjo Tri.
Geometric, yet organic
All eyes on the belt, when the first of many Figgjo Tri trays roll out of our biggest pressure casting machine. Carefully checked by the trained eye of the machine operator and the model maker – is this the one?
With so many settings that can be controlled by the machine panel, it takes years of experience with this exact machinery to get the desired result. Air pressure strength, water flow, pressure time, temperature, liquid clay density. So many configurations that can go wrong. What will be the best settings for our newest creation?
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