MeulenWorks designs plastic parts, prints prototypes, builds printed prototype molds so you can test injection-molded parts before anyone cuts steel, and reverse-engineers parts from 3D scans. One engineer, start to finish, in the Twin Cities.
Pick the one that matches where you are. Most projects start with design and move through the others as they need to. Each has its own page.
From a sketch, a sample or a problem statement to CAD you own. Designed for the process it will be made with, whether that is printing today or molding later.
FDM for tough, functional parts; SLA for fine detail and smooth surfaces. Check fit and function on a real part before you commit to anything.
The part designed for molding, then an SLA-printed prototype mold and a short run of molded parts in the production resin. Prove the design before steel tooling.
Have the part but not the file? Send the part, or your scan data, and get back clean CAD you can modify, print or mold. Replacement parts, obsolete parts, improved parts.
Not a fit: food-contact, medical or safety-critical parts. I will say so up front rather than take the job.
I'm a mechanical engineer in the Twin Cities. I've spent my career designing plastic parts and the tooling and processes that make them: injection molding, rotational molding, thermoforming, profile extrusion, and 3D printing. MeulenWorks is where I take on the design, prototyping and short-run work that a one-person customer can't get from a big shop: you talk to the engineer, the engineer does the work, and you get the files.
Meulen is Flemish for mill. The family name came from people who ran one, and the wheel on the mark is the whole idea: a steady input, turned into finished work.
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No. A sketch, a photo, a sample part or a plain description is enough. If you have CAD, send it and the design step gets shorter.
Native CAD plus STEP and STL files, a PDF drawing where one is useful, and a short design note explaining the choices. They are yours to take anywhere.
Printed parts from one to a few hundred, quoted per tier so you can see the price break. Printed prototype molds are for short runs of molded parts; when you need thousands, I design for it and hand you off to a molder with the drawings ready.
FDM in PLA, PETG, TPU and engineering filaments; SLA resins for detail and for molds; molded samples in the production resin you plan to use, within what a printed mold can handle.
Yes. A mutual NDA before you share details is fine; send yours or ask for a simple one.
Design: a fixed design fee plus a per-revision fee, quoted before work starts. Parts and molds: a written quote per quantity tier with a delivery date. No hourly meter running in the background.
Minneapolis–St. Paul. Local pickup and drop-off by arrangement; parts and molds ship anywhere in the US.
The quote form below is the surest way to start; it lands on the job board with everything you typed.
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Twin Cities, Minnesota. Local pickup and drop-off by arrangement; parts ship anywhere in the US.
This lands directly on the job board as a new inquiry. You get a reply with questions or a quote, usually within two business days.