Custom Injection Molder, In-house Design, Paint, and Hydrographic Abilities
Prototyping Services
Whether you are working as an individual inventor, a small startup team, or even a large corporation,
Jones Plastic & Engineering can help support your product development with 3D printed prototypes.
Some of the key attributes to address during product development are Color, Material and Finish (CMF). We help develop CMF models with the 3D Printing Prototype Lab at Jones Plastic.
Our lab consists of two 3D printers strategically chosen to support our customers in their product design process:
Stratasys F770 FDM 3D printer capable of printing parts up to 1000 mm x 610 mm x 610 mm / 39.4″ x 24″ x 24″.
This printer is ideal for printing large parts in one piece, as well as even larger parts made by gluing together multiple prints.
Stratasys J826 Prime 3D printer that is capable of printing prototype parts with multiple materials, colors, textures, and durometers.
Woodgrains, clear materials, soft touch over-molds, textures as well as Pantone colors are all possible with the J826 printer.
In addition to the two Stratasys 3D printers, we also have a Roland LEF-300 flatbed UV inkjet printer capable of printing directly onto plastic parts. This can be used to print images or graphics onto molded or 3D printed parts, as well as to help developing dead-front display graphics, which are commonly used on modern electronics and appliances.
Large Format / Functional Prototypes
Traditionally 3D printed parts were limited to small, fragile parts. With the latest FDM technology, we are now able to print large-format, functional parts. Lower-cost material options also make this a good choice for fit/function validation.
Stratasys F770 FDM Printer
The F770 FDM 3D printer offers one of the largest print volumes (39 x 24 x 24 inches) among Stratasys FDM systems.
Over 13 cubic feet of build volume and the widest build chamber (X direction) of any Stratasys FDM 3D printer, the F770 provides the capability to build large parts or sizable assortments of smaller parts.
3D Print prototypes, production support tooling, and end-use parts in a wide variety of colors including:
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3D Printed prototypes, production support fixtures, and end-use parts in a wide variety of colors including: • ABS Black • ASA Ivory • ASA Red • ASA Yellow • ASA White • ASA Blue • ASA Light Gray • ASA Black
Color Material Finish (CMF) Prototypes
In product development characteristics known as Color, Material, Finish, (CMF), in other words, how a product looks, feels and behaves, can have a large influence on its perceived value. In the past, many of these machines were purchased for in-house use only. As one of the few service bureaus that offers this capability, we are capable of supporting your product development by producing full color, multi-material prototypes to help validate the CMF properties of your design.
3D Printed Injection Mold Inserts
If your project requires parts that have been injection-molded in thermoplastic resin, we are able to 3D print mold inserts that can be loaded into a mold base and run a small sample of injection molded parts for testing. The number of parts we can run depends on the size, complexity, and specific grade of resin required, but in general, you can expect 10-100 shots or more from a 3D printed mold insert.
J826™ Prime 3D Printer
3D Polyjet Printer with a 10x10x8 build chamber is able to print up to 7
different materials at a time for a combination of material properties,
durometers, colors and overmolded materials.
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J826 Finishes
Speedforms Color Matching (printed plaques), Textures, Gloss/matte, transparency, Woodgrain, Simulated Liquids, Labels, Soft-Touch (buttons), Food Displays (donut, pizza, fruit), Pre-Production Product Samples (photo shoots), Digital ABS 3D printed mold inserts (functional injection-molded sample parts)
Contact us for your prototyping needs. We ship thoughout the USA and offer design services to help develop and add finishes to the 3D printed prototypes.
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