Made to measure

dariorasero® scoops are made for food service, but they end up doing many other jobs. Not because they were adapted: because the ergonomics and the strength built into them make them suitable for very different uses. People working in chemical laboratories, in pharmaceutical departments or at a materials testing press have found in a professional kitchen tool exactly the instrument they needed.

That is no accident. We design and mould the polypropylene tool ourselves, which means we decide wall thickness and geometry instead of inheriting them. The result is a tool stronger than what is normally available on the market — and it is that strength that makes it usable well beyond the trade it was born for.

Where they are used

Food serviceThe original trade: professional kitchens, delicatessen, bakery, food industry. Food-grade polypropylene in the five HACCP colour-coding shades.
Chemical and pharmaceuticalSampling powders and granulates, dosing on the line, transferring raw materials. Here what counts is material resistance and ease of cleaning, not presentation.
Bricks and aggregatesSand, clay, aggregates. Abrasive, heavy materials that put a tool designed for flour to the test. This is the use that showed us how much margin the product really had.
Materials testingLaboratories and manufacturers of testing equipment for construction materials, in Italy and abroad, who use them to prepare samples.

If your application is not on this list, that is not a problem: it is exactly why it is worth calling us. Often the tool you need already exists in the catalogue, and it is simply a matter of choosing the right size.

When the catalogue falls short

Sometimes the standard product does not work, and not over a cosmetic detail: it is the wrong size, the wrong material, the wrong shape for the way you work.

When that happens, we make the tool exist. There are four things we can change, on their own or together.

SizeThis is the most frequent request, because the catalogue starts from sizes designed for food service. We have developed scoops in specific sizes for a pet food producer, to be supplied together with the product bags, and miniature scoops for a pharmaceutical company working with laboratory doses. In both cases the commercial tool was simply too large.
MaterialFood-grade polypropylene covers food contact. Where higher mechanical resistance is needed, glass-fibre reinforced engineering polymers are considered. Not every technical material is suitable for food contact: when the application requires it, we carry out a targeted search with the producers and verify suitability before proposing anything.
ShapeA longer handle to reach the bottom of a deep container, a scooping geometry designed around one specific product, an edge that works in a particular way. Shape follows gesture, and you know the gesture better than we do.
ColourOn the polypropylene range, a dedicated colour serves to identify a department, separate processes or match the tool to your corporate identity. It requires no new mould: it is the quickest of the four routes.

Why we can do it

We develop the part together, we design and build the mould ourselves, in the same plant where we mould it: one contact person, one party answerable for the result.

For you this means two concrete things. The first is that the product does not change underneath you: the tooling stays here, and the size you bought this year is still there next year. The second is that corrections are made without negotiations between suppliers, so they cost less and arrive sooner.

Your brand, and where it stops

On products developed for you the brand is yours: on the part, on the label, on the packaging. It does not apply to the catalogue range, which remains dariorasero®. A product created for you may carry your name; one we sell to everyone may not.

Before you commit: the prototype

From a model we produce a prototype you can see and hold before deciding whether to build the mould. It closes in advance the questions a drawing leaves open: how it sits in the hand, whether the capacity is right, whether the shape convinces the people who will use it every day.

Changes made at this stage cost a fraction of changes made to the mould. It is the step that turns a customisation into an informed decision rather than a gamble.

The mould: who pays for it, who owns it

This is the question that comes up immediately, and there is more than one answer. The mould can be yours, ours, or shared, depending on who carries the investment.

Customer's mouldYou carry the investment and the mould is your property. Maximum freedom: the part is yours and stays yours.
Euro Satip's mouldWe carry the investment, against volumes that justify it and a commitment defined in the agreement. You do not pay for tooling up front; you pay for the part.
Shared ownershipThe investment is split according to the agreement, and so is ownership. It is often the most balanced solution when the product interests both parties.

Minimum quantities change accordingly: a dedicated colour has the lowest threshold, because it only has to justify a colour change in production; a new part with the mould at our expense has the highest, and is assessed on expected volume over time, not on the first order. We would rather tell you straight away if a project does not stand up than let you spend money to find out later.

How it starts

An idea is enough. No drawing required, no specification: if you know what you are missing, we will build the rest.

What helps us, when it exists:

  • What the part is for and the conditions it works in. This is the information that matters most, and often the only one we get at the start.
  • A drawing, a 3D model or a sample, if you have one. A sketch on a sheet of paper is fine too, or a photo of the tool you are using now.
  • Expected quantities, even just as an annual order of magnitude. Without an order of magnitude there is no way to tell whether an idea stands up.
  • Particular constraints: food contact, chemical or mechanical resistance, temperatures, colour, marking.

What we are equipped with

Injection pressesUp to 250 tonnes, with a machine fleet sized for production flexibility
DesignIn-house, with integrated solid and surface modelling and cavity filling analysis
Mould makingIn-house, with standardised components from European suppliers
MaterialsFood-grade polypropylene for food contact; engineering polymers, including reinforced grades, for non-food applications
AluminiumTo our design and with our moulds, produced by a specialised Italian foundry
QualityISO 9001 certified system since 2003, certified by Intertek, accredited by ACCREDIA

Mould design and mould making fall within the scope of the certification. The certificate and its scope →

Let's talk

A made-to-measure request is not a form: it is a technical conversation. Write and tell us what you need, and we will answer with questions, not with a price list.

Euro Satip Srl — Via Nicomede Bianchi 109, 10146 Turin, Italy
info@dariorasero.com · tel. +39 011 7492922 (Mon–Fri, 8–12 / 14–17 CET)

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