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Prototyping & 3D Printing
Tooling is the most expensive decision in your program. Prototypes make it a safe one — printed, machined or soft-tooled parts in your hand in days, so you validate before you commit.
Home / Capabilities / Prototyping
Tooling is the most expensive decision in your program. Prototypes make it a safe one — printed, machined or soft-tooled parts in your hand in days, so you validate before you commit.
Prototype routes
FDM for quick geometry checks, SLA for fine detail and surface, SLS / MJF for functional nylon parts without support scars. Typical turnaround: days.
Machined one-offs in the production material — real aluminum, real POM, real stainless — when material behavior matters to the validation.
Aluminum molds and urethane casting bridge the gap: tens to hundreds of parts in near-production materials while hard tooling is built.
First articles off the production tool, dimensionally inspected and submitted for your approval — the formal gate before serial production starts.
Why it matters
A $300 print that catches an interference saves a $30,000 tool revision. We plan prototype loops deliberately — each one answers a specific question about fit, function or manufacturability before capital is committed.
Send the model — we'll recommend the fastest sensible prototype route.