Protomold® - From 3D CAD to real plastic parts in as fast as one business day.

Protomold®, a Proto Labs service, is the world’s fastest source for custom injection molded parts. The company fills a unique niche in the manufacturing of plastic parts, using a combination of advanced, proprietary software and sophisticated equipment to produce prototype and low volume runs of custom injection molded parts. The material properties of Protomold’s real molded parts surpass those of parts produced by additive prototyping processes. At the same time, delivery is faster and costs are lower than those associated with traditional injection molding.

Protomold supports most engineering grade resins and offers a range of cosmetic finishes, making the parts ideal for functional testing during product development. And while Protomold parts have none of the shortcomings—limited resin choice and rough finish—typical of additive prototyping processes, they provide the same advantages of speed and low price. In fact, the functionality of Protomold parts has led hundreds of customers to turn to Protomold for bridge tooling, reducing by weeks or even months their products’ time to market. In many cases, rapid injection molding has even replaced traditional injection molding for final production.

Protomold’s process automation begins with quoting. The company’s automated quoting system accepts customers’ 3D CAD models and returns a detailed ProtoQuote® interactive quote (along with suggested design changes, if appropriate) typically within hours of your 3D CAD upload. Customers can interact freely with ProtoQuote®, changing resins, delivery times, and other parameters and getting adjusted mold and piece-part pricing as they do so. Once a design is ready and the customer submits a purchase order, parts can be completed and shipped as fast as the next business day.

While Protomold automates many of its processes, the company provides accessible, live customer support before, during, and after an order is placed. And while offering personalized service, Protomold has the capacity to produce dozens of designs simultaneously, now with facilities in the US, UK and Japan.

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www.protomold.com
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