Product design on computer screens is a valuable and critical part of the process, but it can be challenging, even with animation, to form a mental image of the finished product, or to envision how parts will work together. Nor does CAD design offer a physical part that you can hold, examine, and manipulate. Traditional prototyping is an expensive and time-consuming process, meaning designers may take fewer risks or be less creative in their designs.

Rapid prototyping is a process where a detailed 3D object can be quickly created from a computerized CAD design, most frequently by using 3D printing. Innovations in the process and reduced costs offer a speedy, reliable, cost-effective way to turn digital designs into tangible objects which look, feel, and function like the desired end products.

While speed and cost are important details in designing a part, functionality is often critical. CAD designs do an excellent job, but having a high-fidelity, accurate, physical copy of the part that design produces is even more valuable. With a physical product to evaluate, a design team, customers, focus groups, and others can see the part in action, review its appearance and function, and imagine improvements. Design flaws can be more easily discovered, experimental concepts explored, visual appeal improved, and enhancements made, all with minimal investment of time and resources. 

At Bennett Plastics, our expert design and production teams can bring your concepts to life with rapid prototyping and our full array of plastic manufacturing services, all here in our New Jersey facility. Contact us today to take advantage of our decades of expertise in product development and manufacturing.