Plastic components for electronic applications must be precise, functional, and reliable. 1zu1scale develops and manufactures plastic solutions for electrical engineering—from delicate functional parts to production-ready housings. Ideal for developers who need flexibility and for purchasing departments that value quality, delivery reliability, and cost stability.
Plastic Parts for Electronics
Electronics products are becoming smaller, smarter, and more functional all the time. This also increases the demands placed on housings, mountings, connectors, and functional parts. Plastics offer decisive advantages in electrical engineering: they are lightweight, can be molded precisely, are electrically insulating, heat-resistant, and can be manufactured economically.
As a manufacturer of plastic components for electronics, 1zu1scale develops and manufactures tailor-made solutions for demanding applications. Depending on the stage of development, technical requirements, and quantity, we use the appropriate technology—from additive manufacturing to series injection molding. This results in high-quality plastic parts for electrical engineering that combine function, design, and process reliability.
Selective laser Sintering (SLS) for Electrical Engineering
In electrical engineering, every tenth of a millimeter often counts. This is precisely where selective laser sintering (SLS) comes into its own. With Fine Detail Resolution (FDR), it is possible to produce particularly delicate plastic parts with extremely fine structures.
In combination with the material polyamide 11 (PA1101), stable components with minimum wall thicknesses of approx. 0.22 mm are produced. Chemically smoothed, these SLS components hardly differ visually or haptically from injection-molded parts. At the same time, you benefit from high speed and maximum design freedom: components are available within a few days – without any tooling costs.
SLS enables complex geometries, integrated functions, and high dimensional accuracy without tools. Ideal for functional components, housings, and brackets in small to medium series production.
Typical examples are PA12, PA11 (SLS-FDR), glass-reinforced or flame-retardant variants for mechanical stability, insulation, and temperature resistance.
Yes, quantities of up to approx. 100,000 are feasible—especially for complex components, a wide range of variants, or short product life cycles.
SLS delivers high dimensional accuracy, especially with Fine Detail Resolution (FDR) for intricate structures and tight fits.
Hot Lithography – High-Performance Additive Manufacturing
As a complement to SLS, hot lithography offers powerful 3D printing technology for high-precision, temperature-, impact-, and flame-resistant plastic components. High-viscosity photopolymers are heated and built up layer by layer to produce functional parts that are ready for immediate use.
Hot lithography is a high-resolution 3D printing process for extremely precise, smooth, and temperature-resistant plastic components—ideal for the most delicate electronic components.
Very high detail resolution, excellent surface quality, high dimensional accuracy, and better thermal properties.
When components need to be particularly resistant to temperature, flame, or impact—e.g., for connectors, housings, or sensors. Components that are ready for immediate use often achieve injection molding quality.
For miniature housings, connectors, insulation components, precision mounts, or complex functional parts with tight tolerances.
Yes, especially for small and medium series with high quality and precision requirements.
Plastic Injection Molding for Electronics
For medium to high quantities, plastic injection molding, optionally also in ISO Class 8 clean rooms, is the most economical solution. It enables reproducible quality in original materials, as required for many applications in plastic electrical engineering.
Aluminum and steel tools also allow for efficient pre-production and small series production. At the same time, a seamless transition to later large-scale production is ensured.
Injection molding enables high quantities, reproducible quality, and the use of series-approved materials with defined electrical and thermal properties.
Housings, covers, connectors, insulation components, cable overmolding, functional and assembly components.
PA, POM, PP, ABS, PC, as well as flame-retardant or glass fiber-reinforced materials, depending on standard and temperature requirements.
Yes, injection molding in ISO class 8 is feasible for sensitive electronics or medical applications.
Plastics and Electrical Engineering – everything from a single Source
1zu1scale offers integrated solutions along the entire process chain—from material selection to additive manufacturing (SLS & hot lithography) and injection molding to quality assurance. The focus is on technical precision, process reliability, and series production expertise—consistent with our areas of cleanroom manufacturing and plastic injection molding.
Electrical insulation, temperature resistance, mechanical stability, dimensional accuracy, and compliance with standards (e.g., UL, IEC).
Depending on quantity, geometry, material requirements, tolerances, and economic conditions.
Yes, due to low weight, better insulation properties, design freedom, and cost-efficient series production.
Yes, e.g., SLS or hot lithography for small series and design freedom, injection molding for economical series production.