Secondary Manufacturing Services
Supplementary services to meet your project needs
What are Secondary Manufacturing Services?
Manufactured parts are often delivered straight from the plastic injection moulding or CNC machining process, but some need an additional ‘secondary process’ performed.
For these parts, the secondary process, or ‘Secondary Manufacturing Service’, can be carried out to meet specific project requirements.
What are the advantages of Secondary Manufacturing Services?
Protolabs’ can facilitate Secondary Services for a project in a number of ways. For example, when specific production process monitoring is required, when additional part inspection, sampling and detailed measurement is required, or when assembly of individual parts is required.
Measurement, Inspection & Quality Documentation
Dimensional inspection and measurement services including documentation to support FAI, ISIR and PPAP.
Complex Mould Tooling
A specialist mould tool team that creates mould tools to your exact specification.
Post IM Part Drilling and Tapping
Hole and thread provision post process for IM and CNC machined parts.
3D Printed Metal Part: Post Machining
The post processing of surface features and finishes for 3D printed parts.
3D Printing: Painting and Custom Finishing
Surface treatments such as painting, grinding, varnishing and polishing.
Pad Printing
Process of transferring a 2D image onto a 3D object by using a silicone pad to transfer the image onto virtually any shaped surface.
Laser Etching
Highly precise laser beam to apply a permanent mark to a wide range of materials.
Vapour Smoothing
The advantages of 3D printing with the surface smoothness of injection moulding.