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RapidDirect supports an array of online rapid prototyping from rapid machining services, rapid 3d printing service, sheet metal fabrication, and more to help you verify and iterate your design as fast as 1 day.
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As a professional rapid prototyping company, RapidDirect rapidly delivers high-end, low-volume prototypes and provides one-stop rapid prototyping solutions from start to finish to meet your needs. Along with our product knowledge and impeccable design, our mature rapid prototyping technology works on plastic and metals to produce a wide variety of prototype parts in a fast manner, helping you meet production deadlines and reducing your rapid prototyping cost.
Our robust rapid prototyping services guarantee that you can conveniently receive your orders within deadlines without costly tooling.
Abundant rapid prototyping experience accumulated years allows us to make impeccable rapid prototypes in fast lead time.
Following your requirement, we supply a series of surface finishing to ensure your prototype can fulfill your project needs.
We support various ways to realize your rapid prototyping service that maintain their affordable pricing such as 3D printing, CNC machining, vacuum casting, and more.
We acquire a consistent stock of rapid prototyping materials and use the latest technology to work with any material your project demands.
With talented engineers and dedicated project managers, we can offer professional and responsive support to address your concerns and guarantee pleasure rapid prototyping process.
Seasoned engineers guarantee rapid prototyping services are completed as early as possible from the request.
For rapid prototyping of plastic and metal parts, CNC machining is the ideal production option, as we can create all the prototypes you need with precision detail and complete them within a short lead time.
Type | Tolerance |
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Linear dimension | +/- 0.025 mm (+/- 0.001 inch) |
Hole diameters (not reamed) | +/- 0.025 mm (+/- 0.001 inch) |
Shaft diameters | +/- 0.025 mm (+/- 0.001 inch) |
Part size limit | 950 * 550 * 480 mm(37.0 * 21.5 * 18.5 inch) |
Our proven injection molding process is fit for the task when it comes to creating low-volume molds and plastic parts. Along with injection molding, we also apply secondary processing and other techniques to produce impressive products for your brand.
Standard capabilities | Description |
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Mold cavity tolerances | ±0.05 mm |
Standard lead time | 15 business days or less |
Part to part repeatability | ±0.1 mm |
Production grade | 1-100,000 cycles |
Take advantage of RapidDirect’s streamlined sheet metal processing to produce metal parts. The combination of advanced equipment and in-house production ensures short lead times and strict quality standards.
Dimension detail | Tolerance |
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Edge to edge, single surface / Edge to hole, single surface / Hole to hole, single surface | +/- 0.005 inch |
Bend to edge / hole, single surface | +/- 0.010 inch |
Edge to feature, multiple surface / Over formed part, multiple surface | +/- 0.030 inch |
Bend angle | +/- 1° |
Utilizing the latest 3D printing technology, RapidDirect caters to your rapid 3D printing needs, such as SLA, SLS, FDM, and more. With our fast production capabilities and streamlined process, you’re guaranteed to get your custom parts within a few days.
Standard capabilities | Description |
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Min. wall thickness | 1.0 mm |
Layer height | 50 – 300 μm |
Max. build size | 250 * 250 * 250 mm (SLA), 420 * 500 * 420 mm (SLS), 500 * 500 * 500 mm (FDM) |
Tolerance | ± 0.5% with a lower limit of ± 0.5 mm (± 0.020″) |
If you’re looking for a quick and reliable source of elastomeric plastic parts, RapidDirect has you covered. Our vacuum casting process offers high-quality, consistent plastic pieces with intricate and impressive details.
Standard capabilities | Description |
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Maximum build size | +/- 0.025 mm (+/- 0.001 inch) |
Standard lead time | Up to 20 parts in 15 days or less |
Dimensional accuracy | ±0.05 mm |
Layer thickness | 1.5mm - 2.5mm |
We have been helping various industries such as aerospace, automotive, medical devices, and other industries to develop various prototypes since 2009.
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The 4 parts look great and work very well. This order was to solve a problem on some equipment, so only the 4 parts were needed.
We were very pleased with your quality, cost and delivery, and will certainly order from you in the future. I have also recommended you to friends who own other companies.
Hunt Dabney
– Owner at HDA Technology
The service at RapidDirect is phenomenal and Cherry has assisted us with great patience and understanding.
Great service as well as the product itself, exactly what we asked for and works amazingly. Especially considering the small details we were requesting. Good looking produckt.
Bjorn Steinar Blumenstein
– Product Designer at Plasplan
I couldn’t be happier with this order. The quality is as quoted and the lead time was very not only very fast and it was done on schedule. The service was absolute world-class. Thanks a lot to Linda Dong from the sales team for the outstanding assistance. Also, the contact with the engineer Laser was top-notch.
Lars Gerchow
– Scientist at STEER
Hi June, Yes we picked up the product and it looks great!
Thank you for your quick support in getting this done. We will be in contact shortly for future orders
Kaushik Bangalore
– Engineer at Orbital Sidekick
Many industries, like the medical and food service fields, rely on the rapid prototyping capabilities of RapidDirect to meet their growing demand for parts used on critical production equipment.
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