Materials for different uses

Sister company group Elchi srl, specialized in production of moulding compounds, focuses on high quality specification moulding materials. Raw materials produced by Elchi are organic filled materials: Phenol Resins, Melamine, and Polyester, mixed with graphite-mineral minerals, glass, various fibres and other materials.

Large and Precise

SMI production lines are able to produce very large quantities maintaining the highest level of quality completely in line with Clients requirements. In addition SMI is able to keep competitive costs. Reliability is a precious attribute for a supplier and SMI has a noun for that.

A Complete Service

SMI operative cycle can if requested, supply a very complete service. Working with the Client to develop a product is able to satisfy every technical requirement following a policy of Total Quality.

SMI is able to assist its Clients developing the most appropriate raw material, projecting and designing the article and the most appropriate mould, testing the mould doing modifications and analytic tests. After the Client approval SMI is able to produce in series. Each part is checked with the most advanced quality control equipment optical and laser.

A mould for each project

For every technical specification a Client may require, for every production capacity a Client may need, SMI has answer or better practical solutions.
SMI thinks of himself as an ideal partner to project and realise application and technical components moulded in thermosettings, thermoplasctics ad elastomer fabric.

Unique Technical Characteristics

Elchi moulding compounds have dimensional stability, low liquid absorption, low friction coefficient, auto-lubrificant proprieties and high chemical compatibility with gas, oils and hydrocarbons. Elchi is providing SMI with high technology from studying and producing suited high quality raw materials enabling SMI to produce highly technical articles with peculiar characteristics.

A market standard

Products based on phenol resin, as the worldwide known Delgra, from Elchi srl became a real standard worldwide for gas meter and gas regulators but also for petrol pump and other technical articles. Moulded articles can be lapped and finished up to real tolerances of 4-5 micron, allowing optimal fit of gas and fuel meter measuring heart.

1974: Production of DELSI class materials, high percentage mineral molding compound.
1982: DELGRA (PF) material first formulation is developed.
1986: Esthetic melamine (MF) material MELCAM.
1993: Polyester compound (UP) POLYDUR formulation is defined.
1998: ELCHI is UNI EN ISO 9001:1994 certified by DNV - Det Norske Veritas.
2000: DURALITE, MELCAM and POLYDUR are UL 94 V0 certified by UL - Underwriters Laboratories.

Moulding compounds produced by Elchi and by other high quality European producers are chosen by SMI for Thermoplastic and Thermosetting SMI production lines.