Metal 3D printed mold inserts that go from drawing to injected plastic parts faster than conventional tooling — without sacrificing material accuracy, surface quality, or dimensional precision.
Rapid tooling uses metal 3D printing to produce injection mold inserts much faster than traditional machining. Unlike soft tooling (epoxy or aluminum), our inserts are made in 420 mold steel or 18Ni300 maraging steel — the same alloys used in full production tooling.
This means you get real injection-molded plastic parts — in your chosen production material, with proper wall thickness, draft angles, and surface finish — weeks before conventional tooling would be ready.
Validate part geometry, wall thickness, draft angles, and fit before committing to full production tooling. Real plastic parts reveal what CAD cannot.
Compress your NPI timeline. Get to market faster with rapid tooling for first samples, then transition to full production tooling without re-designing the part.
Production tooling isn't ready yet. Rapid tooling fills the gap — delivering real injected parts for early orders, customer pilots, or regulatory testing.
When volumes don't justify the cost of full production tooling, rapid tooling inserts provide a cost-effective path to injected plastic parts in quantities from 100–10,000 pieces.
Test conformal cooling performance on prototype tools before specifying it for full production tooling — proving cycle time gains with data before scaling.
Parts that would require multiple setups or expensive EDM work in conventional machining can often be 3D printed in one step, at a fraction of the lead time.
Retrofit insert vs. hybrid mold vs. full conformal — 5-question framework, 4 ROI scenarios, and simulation requirements before specifying any solution.
Read Decision Guide →Real cycle time data across automotive, electronics, and medical applications with full payback calculations at different production volumes.
Read ROI Guide →Pricing, lead times by phase, supplier evaluation questions, red flags to watch for, and real payback data from 13 documented projects.
Read Buyer's Guide →Send your part drawing or CAD file. We'll respond within 24 hours with a timeline and quote.
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