Established in 1989, Prairie Tool has expanded twice to its present size of 15 people and over 10,000 square feet of production space. We take pride in providing fast and innovative solutions to our customer’s molding needs.
We believe strongly that by providing our designers with the latest software tools, we are able to gain the greatest benefit from our investment in high speed machining and EDM technology. These products allow us the ability to deliver molds of the highest quality and accuracy with the shortest lead times for our customers.
Drawing from our years of experience in the plastics field, we are able to convert your ideas, sketches, or drawings into 3D designs suitable for molding. A good part design can provide returns in lower tooling costs, lower costs per piece, and a higher quality end product.
Silicone Molds
We mainly produce silicone molds for the medical field and are familiar with the special needs required in this area. The complex geometry and tight tolerances combined with the need to eliminate flash along parting lines creates some of the greatest challenges to us as mold builders.
Drawing from our years of experience in the plastics field, we are able to convert your ideas, sketches, or drawings into 3D designs suitable for molding. A good part design can provide returns in lower tooling costs, lower costs per piece, and a higher quality end product.Drawing from our years of experience in the plastics field, we are able to convert your ideas, sketches, or drawings into 3D designs suitable for molding. A good part design can provide returns in lower tooling costs, lower costs per piece, and a higher quality end product.Drawing from our years of experience in the plastics field, we are able to convert your ideas, sketches, or drawings into 3D designs suitable for molding. A good part design can provide returns in lower tooling costs, lower costs per piece, and a higher quality end product.
We manufacture production molds for many different industries. Medical, electronics, small engine, and consumer electronics are just a few. We manufacture production molds of all types (MUD inserts, self contained, three plate, and stripper plate) and materials (P20, S7, H13, Stainless Steel, MoldMAX, Aluminum, Ampco). We are able to provide any one of several different gating methods to satisfy our customer’s needs. Tab or tunnel gates, hot sprue busing or valve gate, or multi drop hot manifolds are all options. Multi cavity, family molds, unscrewing molds, interchangeable cores/cavities, multiple top or bottom halves are only a few of the design variations that we have produced. Every application is unique and requires a specific solution to provide the customer with the highest degree of quality and value.
We provide prototype molds for customers at their request. Materials for mold construction are either steel or aluminum. Because of the unique nature of prototype molds, the delivery, design, and any special functions or limitations are outlined at the beginning of the project.
We provide value-added services designed to streamline your manufacturing processes and reduce overall costs, empowering you to achieve greater efficiency and quality.
We provide custom graphite electrode design and milling. We use either Surfcam or WorkNC to calculate tool paths from the CAD data supplied by the customer. The electrodes are then cut on either our two graphite mills. Both graphite mills are setup to handle both the 3R Macro system for pallets and the 3R Micro system with 20mm stems. Graphite choice is based upon the application or customer request.
We provide value-added services designed to streamline your manufacturing processes and reduce overall costs, empowering you to achieve greater efficiency and quality.We also offer custom machining on an hourly or job basis. We are able to offer 4 axis wire EDM, plunge (sinker) EDM, and high speed machining services. Our lineup or Makino, OKK, GE Fanuc, and Hurco equipment is sized to handle almost any job large or small.
Here is a list of equimpment we have available at our facility.
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