Rapid Prototyping, Rapid Tooling & On-demand Production
Plastic, Metal & Elastomeric Components
Global Delivery in 7 days
Prototyping
Accelerate Hardware Development, Mitigate Risks & Build An Agile Supply Chain
Unlike software development, the risks and engineering involved in hardware startups and product development can be challenging. Iteration may be limited for startup companies due to budgetary constraints, technological capacity, and competitive timelines.
At First Part, we strive to help hardware startups level the playing field. Our low-volume manufacturing services and rapid prototyping solutions are ideal for quick testing, pilot runs, design iteration, and marketing showpieces to investors. Our engineers’ expertise from building with hardware startups over the years is available to make critical design evaluation, perform design-for-manufacturability analysis, and exploit opportunities to help you shorten your product development cycles.
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Why You Should Work With Us
Speed
We offer a myriad of finishing solutions to convey the much-needed beauty and aesthetics seen in premium consumer electronic parts. Our finishing solutions will increase user acceptance scores and drive variety in your product lines, making sure there is something for every customer. From anodizing to polishing, coating, texturing, media blasting, and unibody finishes, First Part is a one-stop-shop.
Low-volume solutions
First Part has flexible production volumes that help startups and hardware companies to spread their budget and deal with financial constraints. With zero minimum order quantities "MOQs," First Part can make 1-1000 parts at competitive rates.
Instant quoting
Our instant and free quoting service can help you truncate wait lines and get your first quote in a matter of hours. Simply upload your design file, and our automated quoting engine will perform a design evaluation and relay pricing as quickly as possible.
Design-for-manufacturability
First Part conducts a free design-for-manufacturability analysis on your part design to explore opportunities for cost savings, improved functionality, and enhanced performance.
Rapid tooling
Reap the benefits of our robust quality systems, ISO 9001:2015, AS9100 certification, and precision measuring components to get only the best parts for your hardware.
Quality Control And Standards
Reap the benefits of our robust quality systems, ISO 9001:2015, AS9100 certification, and precision measuring components to get only the best parts for your hardware.
Experience
Tap into the wealth of experience in our engineering teams to help you innovate, prototype, and test as quickly as possible. With over ten years of industrial manufacturing for electronics, semiconductors, chipsets, robotics, automotive, energy, and medical components, our multisector and multidisciplinary knowledge will come to the fore in improving your part design and functionality.
What Technologies Do We Use To Make Hardware Components?
CNC Machining
We use 3, 4, and 5-axis CNC machines to carry out turning and milling operations for making complex learning parts with tight tolerances, intricate geometries, and high dimensional accuracy. CNC is widely used in medicine, engineering, and other STEM disciplines to produce low volume units of hands-on parts for in depth learning.
Injection Molding
A high-volume thermoplastic part production method used in making all functional and aesthetic components. Injection molding involves tooling and is used for mass production when final design and prototypes have been made. First Part offers a wide range of thermoplastic materials to engage our injection molding service. We also over-mold and insert mold parts over plastic, rubber, and other materials to make composite parts that require different portions to be made from different materials for improved functionality.
Polyurethane Casting
Polyurethane vacuum casting is suitable for making quick prototypes and low-volume parts with silicone for functional testing and final production. Vacuum casted parts have excellent cosmetic finish and low tooling costs.
3D Printing
First Part uses 3D printing to make quick prototypes and complex low-volume (1-100) units of parts and components for all types of hardware parts. With the aid of the design CAD file, 3D printing can print, modify, and produce physical copies of hardware components in 24 hours. Depending on the part, you can choose from stereolithography (SLA) and selective laser sintering (SLS) to use along with a range of material resins.
Sheet Metal Fabrication
We use laser cutting, sheet metal forming operations like bending, pressing, and more to make quality enclosures, brackets, and enclosures for hardware parts and components that require lightweight and high precision.
Polyurethane Casting
Polyurethane vacuum casting is suitable for making quick prototypes and low-volume parts with silicone for functional testing and final production. Vacuum casted parts have excellent cosmetic finish and low tooling costs.
Sheet Metal Fabrication
We use laser cutting, sheet metal forming operations like bending, pressing, and more to make quality enclosures, brackets, and enclosures for hardware parts and components that require lightweight and high precision.
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You Can Trust Us
Client Base
500 Companies
2M+ projects
Cross Industry Experience
Medical & Dental, Aerospace, Defence, Automotive, Consumer Electronics, Agriculture, Engineering, Robotics, Construction.
Culture And Diversity
10+ Languages
Experience
10+ years of active business operations
Reach
Over 30 Countries served
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Hardware & Startups FAQs – Frequently Asked Questions
What Parts Can First Part Make?
We can make an array of hardware components that will serve as either part of a more significant project or the main project itself. Our material options allow us to fabricate parts for:
| Chipsets and Semiconductors | Chassis, brackets, and enclosures |
| Automotive hardware | CPUs and GPUs |
| Exterior unibody and housing compartments | Buttons, dials, and haptic sensors |
| Drives, ports, fans, heat sinks | Mobile device components |
| Wireless device modules | Laptop screens and external accessories |
| Printed circuit boards (PCBs) | Sensors and actuators |
| Hardware panels and ICUs | Medical devices |
What Materials Are Available For Hardware Manufacturing?
| Natural and synthetic rubber | Elastomers |
| Thermoplastics | Aluminum |
| Titanium | Brass |
| Nickel | Zinc |
| Silver | Chrome-cobalt |
| Copper | Stainless Steel |
| Inconel |
