Flovv and Flovv-e Aim to Make Injection Molding More Accessible Thanks to 3D printing

3D printing has seen a lot of success on Kickstarter, with notable examples including the likes of Formlabs and Bambu Lab. These projects have demonstrated the platform’s potential to fund innovations, propel them forward and bring them to fruition. Now, Flovv and Flovv-e, new projects combining desktop injection molding and 3D printing, are following in these footsteps, having already raised over $165,181 from an initial target of $10,000, and with 28 campaign days remaining.

Neckog Industries, the company behind this project, is working to combine the strengths of 3D printing and reaction injection molding (RIM). Flovv and Flovv-e are the first products to be marketed by the American manufacturer. They promise to push back the boundaries of both additive manufacturing and injection molding by producing durable, precise and versatile parts at greater speed and cost-efficiency.

The Flovv-e printer and the Flovv machine both enable reaction injection to be used with 3D printing

Combining 3D Printing and Reaction Injection Molding (RIM)

Flovv and Flovv-e aim to combine the complementary advantages of 3D printing and injection molding. 3D printing offers unrivalled design flexibility, but is ill-suited to mass production. Injection molding, on the other hand, excels in the rapid production of high-quality parts, but its high cost and lack of design flexibility make it inaccessible to many users.