Production tools.
On engineering time.
Mold inserts and complete tools built fast for prototyping, bridge production, and short runs — without skipping the engineering discipline. From CAD to first shot in 3–10 days. Applied across plastic packaging, medical, automotive, white-goods, and defense NPI programs.
We design, print, and finish your prototype tool in days, not weeks. Drop-in compatible with your standard mold base, ready for pilot runs and bridge production.
Tooling that
keeps up with iteration.
Production tooling takes 8–12 weeks because hardened steel is hard. We use photopolymer SLA, aluminum CNC, or P20 pre-hardened steel — choosing the fastest path that meets your cycle-count target. Same engineering discipline, fraction of the time.
When you're iterating on a design, you need shots fast. When you're launching a low-volume product, you don't need a €40k mold. Rapid tools deliver exactly enough quality and exactly enough cycles for what you actually need.
Simpler geometry.
Same engineering.
Rapid tools focus on the essentials — a clean cavity, simple cooling, drop-in mounting. Less geometric complexity than a full production insert, but every part still designed and validated by our engineering team.
- Cavity face — mirror-polished
- Cooling channels — simple straight-drilled
- Water ports — threaded, in/out
- Mounting bolts — M6 × 4 corners
- Ejector pin clearances
Bridge to production.
No commitment.
Test 100 parts with a photopolymer SLA tool. Test 1,000 with an aluminum build. Run a low-volume product launch on P20. Each step is a real production tool, not a workshop prototype.
When you're ready for full production, we move you to the cooling-optimised maraging-steel build. Until then, you're shipping real parts.
Why steel tooling
is overkill for validation.
Built for millions of cycles
FIG.A · Conventional steel
- 8–12 week lead time for hardened steel tooling
- €20k–€80k for a single-cavity production mold
- Forces final design commitment before validation
- Overkill for low-volume products or design iterations
Days, not weeks
FIG.B · Rapid SLA / Aluminum
- 3–10 days from CAD to delivered, tested tool
- €0.5–2k for prototype + bridge production builds
- Iterate the design 5× while your competitor is still waiting
- Right-sized engineering — exactly enough quality for the use case
From idea
to running tool.
Engineering
specifications.
| Materials | SLA photopolymer · Aluminum 6061-T6 · P20 pre-hardened steel |
| Cavity tolerance | ±0.10 mm SLA · ±0.05 mm aluminum · ±0.05 mm P20 |
| Cooling option | Drilled straight channels on aluminum/P20 · None on SLA prototypes |
| Insert envelope | 30×30×20 mm to 200×200×100 mm |
| Surface finish | SLA Ra 1.6 µm · Aluminum Ra 0.8 µm · P20 Ra 0.4 µm polished |
| Cycle warranty | 1,000 (SLA) · 10,000 (Aluminum) · 50,000+ (P20 hardened) |
| Mold base compatibility | Drops into your existing mold base — DME, Hasco, Meusburger standard inserts |
| Typical lead time | 1–3 days SLA · 5–10 days aluminum · 7–14 days P20 |
Need it next week?
Send your part geometry. We'll spec the right material path and quote the fastest route to a tested mold.