Sizers

Many tinted SLA models were made to ensure the design was correct. Once the customer approved the design, a few spec material parts were requested for testing in the field. Rapid tooling was used, and the first shots were completed in nine calendar days. More polishing was needed for the sizers to meet the callout on the print before final parts were shot. We supplied final parts that were over-molded and laser-marked in three to four weeks.

The sizer parts were insert-molded over a nitinol rod, and the handle was molded over the same rod after the sizer was shot. These tools were used until the production tools were online. The handle tool shot over 30,000 parts while being insert molded.