Rapid Injection Molding Can be Slow if You Don’t Pick the Right Supplier

Rapid injection molding is only ‘rapid’ if it is done right the first time. If you don’t qualify your rapid injection molding partner properly you will likely end up with a Frankenstein mold that may be longer to fix than it did to create.

Ideally, you want a vendor that can assist you in creating high quality prototypes as well as creating the actual injection mold tool for you. This will show you that they have experience in tight deadlines. The big benefits surrounding rapid injection molding is dramatically reduced mold costs and mold fabrication time, as well as the ability to produce and deliver parts that are identical to high volume production parts. Your choice of a rapid prototyping supplier can make or break production and your ability to truly be rapid, to deliver your design to the market or testing phase as desired in a quick timeframe.  

Look for a rapid injection molding partner that offers transparency when it comes to material selection. This way, you can make sure that the final product you will receive meets the needs of your application. Check to make sure that they only get resin from verified sources and not secondary black market sources.

Finding the right rapid injection molding partner is also crucial because when you miss your deadline the entire exercise of a rapid injection mold can be for nothing and you may have compromised your ability to make needed changes. Yes, rapid tools are cheaper. Yes, rapid tools are faster. But only if they are done right the first time. You cannot swing and miss with rapid tooling.