Moulds for bonding leather to belt buckles
Product design and development, Prototyping and validation
Fashion and accessories
Moulds, templates and tooling
Product and structural design, Cutting and fretwork, Prototyping and testing
EVA foam, MDF
The project
The brief was to develop moulds for bonding leather to belt buckles, intended for subsequent series production for Zara. Archicercle designed and manufactured the tooling, including initial prototypes to check tolerances and positioning.
The development covered three types of mould for the bonding process. The studio’s contribution focused on the tooling required for this operation, rather than the design of the buckles or the subsequent production of the belts.
The moulds were laser-cut from EVA foam and MDF. The parts feature rounded openings repeated in rows, with different geometries and layouts across the moulds.
Initial prototypes were made to check tolerances and verify that the elements were correctly positioned. This testing stage formed part of the development of the three mould types intended for the leather-bonding process.
Processes and materials: fabrication services · available materials · studio machinery.
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