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Injection mold prototyping operations are one of the most responsible ways to ensure an accurate manufacturing program. Through prototyping, contract manufacturers, OEMs, and their customers can truly see design for manufacturability reviews, material selection, part geometry, tolerance, and more come to life.
GAIM Plastics offers prototyping capabilities as part of our turnkey injection molding operations.
Ready to get your injection molded components in the GAIM? It all starts with our in-house prototyping capabilities. Learn more by contacting our team today and exploring the page below.
GAIM Plastics proudly partners with sister company Met-L-Flo Inc. for our injection mold prototyping capabilities. Our facility is less than an hour away from Met-L-Flo and we work together reviewing designs and creating feasible timelines for prototyping capabilities.
Our role in the injection mold prototyping operation entails coordinating with our prototyping vendor and our customers by creating space for dialogue, collaboration, and reviews.
Lead times on prototyping operations vary depending on project with driving factors including geometry complexity, material selection, and ongoing design changes.
Injection mold prototyping matters for numerous reasons, with the top being it can be a cost-saving measure throughout the lifeblood of a manufacturing program. Prototyping operations validate design and materials that work while simultaneously catching items that need correcting. This happens before the production tool is created with the expensive steel that is difficult to modify once it’s developed.
Proper prototyping operations can in some cases accelerate the market readiness of components. If production equivalent samples were generated during prototyping, customers can use them for trials, regulations testing, and more.
Additionally, prototyping allows contract manufacturers and customers to identify the need for any secondary operations that can further enhance the component, or if features can be designed into the manufacturing process.
GAIM Plastics adheres to its quality management systems in all facets of a manufacturing program, including injection mold prototyping. While we use an outside vendor to create the prototype, our name is associated with the project, and the prototyping follows our standard.
Our quality is managed through internal QC processes built around the requirements of long-running OEM programs.
GAIM Plastics, located in Elmhurst, Illinois, has served OEMs, supplier programs, and more since 1989 with the same mission: to create high-quality components for any application.
Our ability to follow this mission starts with injection mold prototyping. It allows us and our customers to learn hidden nuances at the start of an injection molding program that we otherwise wouldn’t have seen merely through a CAD file. Our team of engineers and design experts work directly with our prototyping vendor to ensure proper specs and material selection are followed.
When it’s time to start your injection molding program and you need prototyping services, our team is here for you. Contact GAIM Plastics for more information and get your components in the GAIM.