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Injection Molding in Bloomington, Indiana

When your prototype is proven and you need a hundred (or a few thousand) real molded parts, we bridge the gap between 3D printing and big-factory minimums. Shot sizes up to five cubic inches, molds we can machine and iterate in-house, and honest advice about when molding actually makes sense.

Specifications

Shot size
Up to 5 in³ (82 cm³)
Run sizes
Tens to thousands of parts
Tooling
In-house machined molds, rapid iteration
Materials
Common thermoplastics; talk to us about your spec
Benchtop automated injection molding machine at Shibui Tech in Bloomington, Indiana
Plate 05.A · machine detail

Common jobs

  • 01

    Bridge production before hard tooling

  • 02

    Market-test runs of consumer products

  • 03

    Replacement and legacy parts

  • 04

    Real-material validation of printed designs

Questions, answered

QHow many parts before molding beats printing?

Usually somewhere between 50 and 200 parts, depending on size and material. Send us the model and we'll quote both paths and show you the crossover.

QDo I have to pay big-factory tooling prices?

No. Our molds are machined in-house and sized to the job. Tooling for a small part typically costs a fraction of production-factory quotes.