Core Molding Technologies
Creative Biolabs delivers a full spectrum of molding technologies, each optimized for specific microfluidic materials, microscale part complexities, and production scales to ensure your microfluidic design requirements are met with exceptional precision.
We specialize in precision micro-part molding and processing services, with a focus on plastic components for microfluidics—including microfluidic chips, microvalves, and microchannel substrates. Equipped with a dedicated design and manufacturing department experienced in microscale fabrication.
Blow Molding
This process is used for manufacturing hollow plastic components in microfluidic systems. Additionally, we provide customized special surface treatment services for parts produced via these processes to enhance fluid compatibility and reduce surface adsorption, critical for reliable microfluidic operation.
Biocompatible Molding
We excel in biocompatible molding tailored for microfluidic devices used in life sciences and medical applications. We can manufacture custom molds tailored to laboratory microfluidic needs to meet diverse microfluidic applications.
Compression Molding
This process is suitable for manufacturing thick-walled or irregularly shaped microfluidic components. Parts produced via this process offer excellent high-temperature resistance and chemical stability, making them ideal for microfluidic applications.
Innovation in Molding Services
Integrated Design & Engineering
Modern molding services for microfluidics adopt concurrent engineering approaches, unifying microscale part and tool design from the prototyping stage. This prioritizes manufacturability of microchannels, feature resolution, and material compatibility alongside aesthetics and functionality early on. Engineers now optimize microfluidic designs for both fluidic performance and production efficiency, reducing later revisions.
Specialized Tooling & Micro-Molding
Advanced tooling attachments for existing equipment enable in-house production of hollow microfluidic parts without defects, supporting industries like medical microfluidic packaging and lab-on-a-chip systems. Micro-molding has evolved with vertically integrated systems combining precision tooling, micro-injection molding, and microscale measurement—ideal for intricate microfluidic components like microvalves, micropumps, and microchannel arrays.
Adaptive Process Control
New technologies split microfluidic molding into controlled stages, ensuring stability even with variable specialized materials. Real-time monitoring of cavity pressure and automatic adjustments minimize inconsistencies in microfeature dimensions, while low-pressure processes adapt to material viscosity changes—improving repeatability of microchannel geometry, a make-or-break factor for microfluidic performance.
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Service Advantages
Our molding services stand out in the market due to a focus on quality, efficiency, and adaptability—addressing the key pain points of manufacturers, startups, and product developers.
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Tooling Optimization - For high-volume, repeat production of microfluidic components, we use durable steel molds suitable for multiple cycles. For initial prototyping or small-batch microfluidic projects, we opt for cost-effective aluminum molds.
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Material Savings - Our machines intelligently calculate the minimum amount of specialized microfluidic materials. We also recommend recyclable or cost-effective alternative materials that maintain microfluidic performance, helping reduce your material costs.
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Scalability - We can seamlessly transition from initial microfluidic prototyping to high-volume production without any delays, while guaranteeing consistent microfeature quality and fluidic performance as your microfluidic product scales up.
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Prototype Turnaround - Our initial prototyping for microfluidic parts typically takes little time. Using aluminum injection molds, we can deliver functional microfluidic prototypes in a few days, accelerating your microfluidic product launch or research timeline.
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Client Testimonials
"Our group needed rapid iteration for a multi-layer chip prototype. The team provided clear communication, reasonable timelines, and reliable QC data. The molded devices performed as expected in our flow stability tests."
—Emma Carter, Product Engineering Manager
"Working with Creative Biolabs' microfluidic molding team has been straightforward and efficient. The engineers quickly understood our channel geometry requirements, and the final PDMS molds showed consistent dimensional accuracy across batches."
—Michael Torres, Manufacturing Operations Supervisor
"We needed customized molds for a multi-inlet droplet generation platform with relatively complex 3D features. Creative Biolabs provided a clear fabrication plan, including material selection, surface treatment options, and QC checkpoints. Their iterative communication and willingness to share process insights helped us finalize a design."
—Sophia Lin, Procurement Specialist
"Our microfluidic application involves integrating porous structures and narrow constriction channels, which required precise control over mold surface quality. Creative Biolabs delivered molds that met our specifications on roughness and channel continuity."
—Lisa Wong, Medical Device Design Engineer
Published Data
The performance of polymer inserts to produce PMMA microfluidic devices using the microinjection moulding process
The authors tested material jetting technology to produce polymer inserts for micro injection moulding. In this way, microfluidic devices should be prototyped with a mass production approach just at the early stages of the design phase to match the needs of changes in functionalities, producing few test devices with a considerable reduction of time and costs. The MJ technique, compared to other polymer AM processes, ensures higher dimensional accuracy, surface roughness, and high design complexity, thanks to the degradable support material.
Fig.1 Preliminary microfluidic tests of sample produced with microchannel geometry T300.1,2
