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About low volume injection moulding

Since 1999, Materialise have been providing innovative low volume injection moulding solutions to many high profile organisations across a wide range of industries throughout Europe. The addition of low volume injection moulding capabilities to the portfolio makes Materialise a complete one-stop shop for rapid product development; providing solutions from next day concept models all the way through to low volume injection moulded components in real engineering plastics.

Injection moulding process

High Speed Milling of an aluminium mould

  • According to the surface finish and quantity requirements we select the most appropriate and cost-effective material to produce the mould tool from, which is usually aluminium or pre-hardened steel.

 

  •  Mould design is tailored to meet the exaxt requirements of your project.

 

  • Conventional machining using the latest High Speed Milling (HSM) and CNC spark erosion techniques.

 

  • The mould tool is polished and can be textured using acid etching to create the desired surface finish.

 

  • Detailed CMM inspections are carried out to ensure that mouldigs are within tolerance and of high quality.

 

  • Post processing of parts; including assembly, printing, painting and chrome plating. All this is fully project managed by Materialise.

Benefits of low volume injection moulding

Aluminium mould: low volume production for EIA Electronics

  • Low investment costs 
  • Short lead-times (from 3 weeks)
  • Up to 10, 000 parts from a single mould tool 
  • Parts in real engineering plastics

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