Prototypes & Production

Fast, precise prototyping for flawless product development, ensuring accuracy, efficiency, and seamless production.

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Rapid Prototyping

Prototyping in PCB manufacturing is essential for validating design and performance before full production. It helps identify errors, test power, components, and RF performance, and ensures the design meets application needs and compliance standards, avoiding costly delays and rework.

Our rapid prototyping services will significantly improve your production yield.

Low-Volume Production

Low-volume production tests market demand and product performance with small batches, usually under 100,000 units.

Production Quality

Cosmetic prototypes assess a product’s design, comfort, and shape, allowing engineers to user interaction.

Mock-Ups

Mock-ups offer a realistic visual preview of a product’s design, helping refine decisions and attract investors.

Small Quantity

Early small-batch prototypes enable quick design changes to meet market needs without heavy investment.

Rapid Prototyping

3D printing and CNC machining enable fast, affordable creation of parts or models, helping designers and engineers test ideas, check fit, and refine designs.

Cosmetic Prototypes

Cosmetic prototypes assess a product’s design, comfort, and shape, allowing engineers to observe user interaction.

Configurations

Configuration prototypes test different components on a single PCB to evaluate performance and assess risks in a specific material setup.

3D Printing

3D printing creates precise, complex parts from CAD files, reducing waste and ensuring strong mechanical properties. We offer quick, reliable prototypes and production parts with high accuracy, using quality materials and advanced software. Our expert team can print your CAD design with fast turnaround, often in one day.

Our Services and Capabilities

Selective Laser Sintering (SLS)

SLS 3D printing uses high-powered lasers to fuse together particles of plastic, metal, or ceramic powder, resulting in a 3D object. This method is significantly stronger than other additive manufacturing methods, as the particles are fused together to form a single, solid object, making it more durable and able to withstand real-world testing without becoming brittle over time.

MultiJet Fusion (MJF)

MJF 3D printing is a process that can produce high-quality parts at relatively low cost and at faster speed that other processes such as SLS and SLA. MJF enables the production of complex geometries, with intricate internal structures, that can be produced in a single piece.

Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM)

FDM uses a thermoplastic filament which is melted and extruded to create a 3D object layer by layer. This process is known for speed, accuracy, and low cost compared to other 3D printing methods, and allows parts to be made directly from 3D CAD to thermoplastic materials without tooling.

Stereolithography (SLA)

SLA 3D printing can produce parts with fine details and tight tolerances, making them highly accurate and an excellent choice for creating prototypes. These parts are highly durable, making them suitable for testing, snap-fit assemblies, mechanical measurement verification, and end-use applications.

ColorJet Printing (CJP)

CJP 3D printing technology uses a range of colored powder materials to create full-colour 3D models in a single build. The technology utilizes a binder to adhere and fuse the powder layers together to produce a smooth, glossy finish. This technology is well-suited for prototypes and concept, and demonstration models as it allows for fast, cost-effective prints with vibrant color.

Carbon Digital Light Synthesis (DLS)

Carbon DLS uses light and oxygen to create parts with complex geometries, superior properties and performance such as strength and stiffness, and intricate surface details. This process eliminates the need for molds, tooling, and other traditional manufacturing methods.

Polyjet

Ployjet 3D printing uses a liquid photopolymer to produce highly accurate parts with smooth surfaces and intricate details. This method enables producing multi-colored and multi-material parts in one build.

Direct Metal Laser Sintering (DMLS)

DMLS is a method of manufacturing that is also known as selective laser melting, laser powder bed fusion, and laser sintering. This method involves using a high powered laser to melt and fuse metal powder into a 3D shape. The high precision of DMLS makes it suitable for both prototyping and production end-use of complex metal parts for medical, automotive, and industrial applications.

CNC Machining

Computer Numerical Control (CNC) machining is a process used to control machine tools with highly accurate programmed commands. It is used to produce parts with complex shapes and features, as well as components with tight tolerances and complex geometries. We understand that each customer has different needs, and utilize a range of machining methods to ensure that we can provide the most efficient and accurate solutions for any scale of project. Our wide range of CNC mills and turning centers allow us to work with a variety of materials and achieve a high degree of accuracy and precision.

We provide instant access to a global network of machine shops that can fulfill your orders quickly and efficiently. Our commitment to providing a single point of contact for our customers makes it easy to benefit from consolidated orders and the efficiency of our partner shops – all without the hassle of managing multiple orders.

Injection Molding

Injection molding produces durable plastic parts for high-volume runs by injecting molten thermoplastic into a metal mold. Send us your CAD file, work with our engineers to refine the design, and proceed to production. Specify finishing and inspection needs, and we’ll package and ship your parts when ready.

Plastic injection molding

Liquid silicone rubber molding

Over-molding

Insert molding

Multi-cavity / Family molds

Production Packages

Comprehensive manufacturing and testing suites are essential for evaluating product performance during and after production. These packages provide the data needed to assess both the product and process, along with documentation to ensure the product meets all standards and specifications for customer approval.

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