What is a rapid prototyping?

R: Hello, Jennifer, what products does your company do?

J: Hi, Robbie, our company is doing rapid prototyping in china.

R: Rapid prototyping? How fast?

J:We can quote within 24 hours and deliver it within a week.

R: Oh, I still don't understand rapid prototyping, is it mold?

J: It is normal. Many people don't know the existence of this industry unless they work with it . It's not mold, As you know, the cost of the mold is relatively high. From the concepts to mass production, the product needs to do a lot of tests, including appearance test, functional test, structural test, etc. When uncertain factors remains to be verified,prototypes(Appearance prototype,structure prototype, Functional prototype) are required; once all the factors are finalized and according to market research, this product also meets market demand, then they will start the mold for mass production,Otherwise much money will cost once modify mold or re-make mold required.on the same time, the product development cycle will be delayed.

R: Oh,I see. That said, although rapid prototype manufacturer industry is not well known, the market demand is still very large.

J: Yes, basically all new product development needs prototype.

R: Yeah, and now on the market, Product upgrading is fast and many consumers are pursuing personalized customization products.

J: Yeah, for many customized products, the quantity needed is small .we can also provide low-volume custom manufacturing, the quantity increasing, the unit price will be low; For the products with small quantity but high quality reqiured, rapid prototyping is the best choice which can save mold costs as well as time.

R: Oh, it sounds really good. Then I would like to know, will you be limited by the industry?

J: All the parts are processing according to the drawings from client, so we basically do not pick the industry, such as home appliance industry, electronics industry, automotive industry, medical equipment, office equipment, we all have processing experience.

R: Oh, I see, what choices do we have for the materials machined? For example, medical equipment and home appliance,they should be machined form different materials, right?

J:Yeah, Commonly used plastic and metal materials are available here, for example: ABS, PC, PMMA, PP, POM, Bakelite Resin, Peek, PTFE, Epoxy Tooling Board, Aluminum, Brass, Copper, Zinc Alloy, magnesium alloy , stainless steel

R: Oh I see, there are some prototypes that need special surface finishing,Can you deal with them together?

J: Yeah, customers only need to tell us the demand, such as grinding, sandblasting, oxidation, painting, dusting, electroplating, water plating, silk screen printing, laser engraving, drawing, passivation, UV coating, anti- Rust, black, and so on, we can finish them all.

R: Wow, it sounds great.

J: Yeah, we are very happy to have access to some of the latest information in various industries and see the transformation from concepts into a real product.