You need a prototype. Yesterday. You needed 25 components to meet a deadline—last Thursday. But your special order keeps getting bumped.
Estes Express Prototyping can help. We turn jobs like these quickly. Our dedicated prototype shop is designed to respond to our customers’ speed-to-market needs.
Estes Express Prototyping uses state-of-the-art equipment and the latest programming software to reduce product development time. Project managers, with expansive shop floor experience, run the entire operation from design through programming and fabrication.
We'll move you to the front of the line.
Estes Express Prototyping equipment
New prototype equipment includes:
- PRIMA® Laser Cutter/Welder—Features both 2D and 3D cutting, in addition to 3D laser welding. Laser welding is faster than traditional welding and produces a higher quality product with little or no finishing required.
- TRUMPF® TruBend 3120 Press Brake
- Salvagnini® PERformER Panel Bender
- Computes Inc. software—Unifies the equipment for final prototype creation. The software electronically unfolds formed parts on drawings and then programs the cutting on the laser and the forming on the press brake.
Estes Express Prototyping services
Estes Express Prototyping overcomes capacity problems by creating a dedicated shop with speed as the primary focus to address our customers' time-critical projects.
Estes Express Prototyping can:
- manage the complete design and development process
- produce and refine prototypes from customers’ existing designs
- optimize designs for manufacturability and assembly
- value engineer products to ensure cost-effective manufacturing
- transition products into full production
- short-run manufacturing for quantities less than 50
