Product Design & Prototyping

Prototyping is the ultimate tool for validating your idea. That’s why Kickstart Design iterates, using the latest in rapid prototyping technology until your idea is fully realized.

Specialties

  • Silicone and Urethane Casting

  • Post Processing and Finishing

  • Injection Molded Assemblies

  • Battery-Powered Devices

  • Consumer Electronics

  • 3D CAD

Functional Prototypes

Designing and fabricating a fully functional, production look-a-like prototype is what we strive to deliver at the end of your product’s development phase. Fabricated using materials analogous to production units, our prototyping expertise gives you the confidence to proceed into the manufacturing phase without the worry of retooling or redesigns.

PCB(A) Design

If your design requires custom electrical components, then look no further. Our team has extensive experience designing complex PCB assemblies from the ground up.

Our process for developing PCBA’s begins by outlining requirements, constraints, and goals. We then use these to select appropriate components, generate an electrical schematic, and begin laying out the physical board. The design is then sent to a PCB manufacturer. Once we receive the bare boards, we populate them in-house and begin testing.

What Kind of Equipment & Materials Do We Use For Our Prototypes

  • Large format FDM printing

    • Low temp thermo-plastics

      • PLA

      • PET/PETG

  • Medium format FDM printing

    • Low temp thermo-plastics

      • PLA

      • PET/PETG

      • TPU

    • High temp thermo-plastics

      • ABS

      • ASA

      • Nylon

      • Polycarbonate

    • Specialty thermo-plastics

      • Conductive

      • Magnetic

*Contact for a full list of specialty thermo-plastics

  • Medium format SLA printing (Form 3+)

    • General-purpose resins

      • Draft resin

      • Greyscale resins

      • Clear resin

      • Grey pro resin

    • Engineering grade resins

      • Rigid 10K resin

      • Tough 1500 resin

      • Tough 2000 resin

      • Durable resin

    • Specialty resins

      • ESD resin

      • High temp resin