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Prototypes in limited numbers
Materialise offers a few prototyping and copying techniques, which allow you to perform your design, colour, technology and marketing research on a small series of prototypes:
SLS is an interesting and cost-effective alternative to injection moulding. With the EOSINT P700 machine, which has a large build area, a series of small pieces can be built in one single laser sintering process. This process dramatically decreases the price, as the cost of an SLS part depends on the volume of powder it takes to build it and not by an initial investment in an injection moulding tool. Moreover, series of SLS parts are available in a few days. So no need for high start-up investments, no long lead times to produce a tool and mould the parts, no difficulties in complex parts.
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Vacuum casting is an interesting, cost-efficient choice when you need a series of 10 to 20 prototypes to perform research on.
Read more about vacuum casting in our technology overview on this website
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In case you need volumes of a few hundred copies to perform functional tests with, it is best to turn to injection mould tooling using aluminium moulds.
Our tooling team is able to offer top-class prototypes at very competitive prices with short lead times.
Read more about tooling in our technology overview on this website
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