Working notes from the engineering team: how a process gets chosen, what a quotation actually needs, where small-batch production stops being cheap.
Machined, printed, cast, formed or moulded: the route changes with quantity, geometry and how the surface will be read at arm’s length. A decision table by stage of the programme.
Process selection · 6 min read
The five items that turn an enquiry into a firm number, what a sketch alone can and cannot get you, and what comes back within one working day.
Quotation · 4 min read
Where the break-even really sits, what a silicone mould gives up in material choice, and when a rapid tool beats both.
Small batch · 5 min read
These pages describe how programmes run at the Suzhou base. They do not quote prices: a number needs your data and your quantity, and we would rather ask than guess.
Rocky Chen replies with a process route, the tolerance risks we see in your data and a quotation — usually within one working day.
