Mold Making Comparison

We will help you decide what the right Metal Mold for your project is. The table below provides some key decision criteria.

  
    
    3D Print
    Aluminum Mold
    Steel Mold
  

    Volume
    Sample
    Low to Medium 100 to 100,000
    Medium to High 10,000 to 1,000,000 plus
  

    Product Maturity
    Developing
    Prototype, Early model with potential future changes
    Proven product
  

    Lifetime of Product
    Very short develoment purposes
    One to three years
    Multiple years
  

    Cavities
    N/A
    Usually one to two
    Multiple 4,8,12 plus
  

    Quality and precision
    Low
    High
    Very high
  

    Best and final material choice
    Not always
    Yes
    Yes
  

    Investment Cost
    Low
    Medium
    High
  

    Piece part cost
    High
    Low
    Best
  

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