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Rapid Protoyping
Production-Grade Prototypes. Delivered Fast—With Manufacturing in Mind.
Accelerate your design validation with functional prototypes built on production-intent processes, materials, and tolerances—ready to bridge directly into manufacturing.
Capabilities
Capabilities That Bridge Design and Manufacturing
Stamped Prototypes (Progressive, Single-Stage, Soft Tooling)
Stamped Prototypes (Progressive, Single-Stage, Soft Tooling)
Stamped using production-grade or prototype dies to replicate forming forces, feature integrity, and assembly interaction.
CNC Machined Prototypes
CNC Machined Prototypes
Precision prototypes for low-volume builds, complex geometries, or pre-stamping feasibility checks.
Bridge Tooling (Pilot Production Dies)
Bridge Tooling (Pilot Production Dies)
Custom-built short-run dies for pilot runs and early-stage validation under near-production conditions.
Prototype Secondary Ops
Prototype Secondary Ops
In-house or sourced processes (tapping, countersinking, plating, welding) to deliver functionally complete prototypes for assembly and testing.
Overmold-Ready Inserts
Overmold-Ready Inserts
Stamped or machined metal inserts validated for downstream injection molding integration.
Integrated DFM Feedback
Integrated DFM Feedback
Engineering input on tolerances, feature manufacturability, and cost levers—collaboratively reviewed with die/tooling experts.
Prototype Inspection Reports & Documentation
Prototype Inspection Reports & Documentation
Dimensional inspection data, material certs, and traceability available to support validation, qualification, and compliance documentation.
Seamless Prototype-to-Production Path
Seamless Prototype-to-Production Path
Prototypes developed with downstream tooling transition in mind, reducing rework and ensuring production readiness.
Fast Turnaround Times
Fast Turnaround Times:
In-house tooling and stamping to meet compressed development schedules and critical milestone deadlines.
Industry
Application
Prototyping for High-Performance, Regulated, and Integrated Applications
Electrical & Power
• Copper and aluminum busbars
• Electrical terminals and contact blades
• Grounding clips and power connectors
• Power distribution brackets and plates
• Electrical terminals and contact blades
• Grounding clips and power connectors
• Power distribution brackets and plates
Key Benefits
• Validate current-carrying performance under thermal load
• Confirm dimensional fit in power enclosures and switchgear
• Assess formability of high-conductivity alloys before tooling commitment
• Prototype to UL, RoHS, and other compliance pathways
• Confirm dimensional fit in power enclosures and switchgear
• Assess formability of high-conductivity alloys before tooling commitment
• Prototype to UL, RoHS, and other compliance pathways
Electronics & Sensors
• EMI/RFI shields and covers
• Sensor lead frames and carriers
• Thin-gauge brackets for PCBA support
• Connector terminals and signal contacts
• Sensor lead frames and carriers
• Thin-gauge brackets for PCBA support
• Connector terminals and signal contacts
Key Benefits
• Test signal shielding and EMI compliance early in design
• Validate thin-gauge forming without stress cracking
• Check integration with PCB assemblies and overmolded housings
• Reduce risk of downstream assembly interference
• Validate thin-gauge forming without stress cracking
• Check integration with PCB assemblies and overmolded housings
• Reduce risk of downstream assembly interference
Defense & Aerospace
• Avionics and communications EMI shields
• Mission-critical terminals and contacts
• Lightweight brackets and structural clips
• Sensor housings and precision-stamped covers
• Mission-critical terminals and contacts
• Lightweight brackets and structural clips
• Sensor housings and precision-stamped covers
Key Benefits
• Validate mission-critical tolerances prior to qualification builds
• Prototype with ITAR-compliant materials and traceability
• Early testing for vibration, thermal, and mechanical durability
• Enable supplier approval and compliance documentation for military contracts
• Prototype with ITAR-compliant materials and traceability
• Early testing for vibration, thermal, and mechanical durability
• Enable supplier approval and compliance documentation for military contracts
Medical Device & Equipment
• Surgical staples, blades, and micro-stamped medical components
• Sensor housings and implantable metal components
• EMI shielding for medical electronics
• Lead frames for diagnostic devices
• Sensor housings and implantable metal components
• EMI shielding for medical electronics
• Lead frames for diagnostic devices
Key Benefits
• Prototype with biocompatible and medical-grade alloys
• Support clinical testing and pre-submission validation
• Provide material certs and inspection reports for FDA pathways
• Validate fine-feature forming prior to tooling investment
• Support clinical testing and pre-submission validation
• Provide material certs and inspection reports for FDA pathways
• Validate fine-feature forming prior to tooling investment
Industrial Machinery
• Structural brackets and reinforcement plates
• Custom springs and flat springs
• Linkages, levers, and stamped mechanical connectors
• Protective shields and guards
• Custom springs and flat springs
• Linkages, levers, and stamped mechanical connectors
• Protective shields and guards
Key Benefits
• Validate mechanical performance under load/stress conditions
• Check assembly clearances and mechanical movement
• Confirm material selection for fatigue, wear, or corrosion resistance
• Early fit-up validation for downstream assembly integration
• Check assembly clearances and mechanical movement
• Confirm material selection for fatigue, wear, or corrosion resistance
• Early fit-up validation for downstream assembly integration
Molding-Integrated Applications
• Stamped metal inserts for injection overmolding
• Insert-molded sensor housings
• Lead frames integrated into molded connectors
• Busbars embedded within plastic assemblies
• Insert-molded sensor housings
• Lead frames integrated into molded connectors
• Busbars embedded within plastic assemblies
Key Benefits
• Validate metal insert geometry for mold fit and flow
• Check plating or coating compatibility with overmolding
• Reduce mold design iteration by confirming insert tolerances early
• Support combined mechanical/electrical prototype evaluation
• Check plating or coating compatibility with overmolding
• Reduce mold design iteration by confirming insert tolerances early
• Support combined mechanical/electrical prototype evaluation
Quality Systems & Compliance
ISO 9001:2015 Certified
Our ISO-certified quality system ensures that even prototype builds follow controlled processes, inspection protocols, and documentation standards—giving you reliable, repeatable results to inform your production decisions.
ITAR Registered Facility
We’re authorized to handle ITAR-controlled designs and data from prototype through production, allowing defense and aerospace customers to prototype sensitive parts without compliance risk or export concerns.
PPAP-Ready Documentation Available
Need early-stage documentation? We can provide prototype builds with pre-PPAP documentation (dimensional reports, material certs) to help you jumpstart qualification activities before production tooling investment.
Direct Engineering Access Throughout Prototype Development
Collaborate directly with our tooling and stamping engineers during prototyping to refine tolerances, features, and material choices—reducing costly design iterations and ensuring prototypes align with manufacturing realities.
Material Certifications & Traceability Upon Request
Prototype shipments can include full material certifications and traceability reports to validate raw material specs, support compliance testing, or meet regulatory submission requirements—even at the prototype stage.
Featured
Case Study
THE CLIENT
Industry: Electric Vehicle (EV) Power Systems
Company Type: Emerging OEM developing proprietary battery management and power distribution modules
Location: West Coast USA
Stage: Pre-Series B funding, scaling from prototype to pilot production
Team Profile: Small in-house engineering team (5 engineers) with outsourced production partnerships
Primary Need: Production-representative stamped copper busbars to validate thermal, electrical, and mechanical performance ahead of investor demonstration and supplier qualification
THE CHALLENGE
Required 100 copper busbars for thermal and electrical validation before investor demo
Busbars featured multiple bends, ±0.005” bend-to-hole tolerances, and in-die deburring requirement
Tight 4-week turnaround driven by investor milestone and downstream supplier qualification
Needed parts built in C110 copper (0.063” thick) with material certs for validation testing
THE SOLUTION
Designed and built a short-run progressive die in-house, optimized for prototype quantities
Integrated in-die deburring and coined radii to meet electrical contact surface specs
Collaborated directly with customer’s engineering team to adjust bend radii and relief cuts for formability
Performed first-article inspection with CMM reports prior to short-run stamping
THE RESULTS
Delivered 100 production-grade prototypes in 26 days, including material certs and dimensional report
Customer successfully completed thermal, electrical, and assembly testing with prototype parts
Enabled customer to meet investor demo and secure Series B funding
Approved prototype design was transitioned directly into production tooling design with no rework needed
Start Validating Your Design—Without Delay...
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