PRODUCT DESIGN & PROTOTYPING

engineering excellence for packaging design

From the day Plastic Ingenuity’s mission was conceived, we’ve placed an emphasis on engineering to make it a driving force—from sample packaging designs to final production tooling. We’ve always stressed the latest technical innovations need to be coupled with maximum customer input to ensure delivery of the most flexible and creative packaging design solutions.

Coupled with our strong commitment to technical innovation is our dedication to flexibilty and creative packaging designs. We encourage the fullest possible input from you, the customer, to identify new and innovative packaging design solutions. We pride ourselves on our ability to design out potential problems before they develop.

Tools Used for Packaging Design

Hand driven digitizers
5-Axis DCC driven Coordinate Measuring Machine
Romer-Cimcore Stinger Arm
Digital calipers
Rapid prototyping utilizing high speed CNC's and Z-Corp 3D printer

Software Packages Used for Packaging Design

SolidWorks
VersaCAD
Ability to import STEP, X_T, IGES, Pro-E, Unigraphics, and Catia file formats

If product is supplied without drawings, we can utilize Coordinate Measuring Machine equipment, hand digitizers, and many other pieces of in-house equipment to get pertinent data from that product.

Our engineering staff consists of creative thinkers versed in a wide range of technical backgrounds, all working together to provide the tools necessary to ensure our customers receive packaging designs that suits their specific needs.

Rapid Prototyping

Our rapid prototyping machine significantly reduces the time it takes to create a sample prototype mold, which allows us to quickly get parts in the hands of customers to test the form, fit and function before full production runs.

The rapid prototyping process typically begins in our packaging design department where a mold is drawn in 3D, generating CAD files which are loaded into software that drives the rapid prototyping, Z-corp printer. The machine continually deposits a layer of fine powder over each previous layer, anchoring the powder with an adhesive binder.

Once complete, the part is cleaned, baked in an oven, and bathed in another adhesive to further strengthen the part. This process completes a prototype mold 40% faster than traditional methods, which gets our customers' products to market faster than the competitions.