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Clickfold Plastics is a company that provides quick turn around manufacturing of low to mid volume CNC-machines, 3D printed, plastic sheet, and UV printed custom parts for production, testing, and prototypes. They serve industries such as; Industrial Controls, Medical Devices, Communications, Gaming/Simulators, Building Controls, Measuring Equipment, Military and Commercial Vehicles. Their facility is based in Charlotte, North Carolina.
| Industry | Manufacturing |
|---|---|
| Founder | Patrick Oltmanns |
| Headquarters | Charlotte, NC U.S.A |
Number of employees | (6) |
| Website | www |
History
editClickfold Plastics opened in 2000 as a franchise within the United States of TTK that functions within Munich, Germany. TTK offered Clickfold their proprietary design process and equipment under a licensed agreement. There are currently two other companies that were licensed with TTK that also still operate in the US; Tool-less plastics and Envision plastics.
TTK's business layout was to supply buyers with parts manufactured on CNC machines with an automatic tool-changer, and a table top V-cut blade. Their CNC controlled bender feeds from the same files as the CNC machines to obtain bent angles and positions. Eventually TTK was unable to secure funding for their growing franchise and filed bankruptcy ending their technical support for the franchises.
Come 2008 the original TTK machines were phased out and Techno Isel CNC machines were ushered in. Solidworks and Nester became the new software that the company utilized for communicating each parts layout and cutting pathways. During this period Clickfold discontinued their use of Polystyrene and began working with UV-resistant ABS plastic sheets.
ISO 9001 Certification
editIn 2015 Clickfold recognized the influence the certification has and the higher standard it sets for their own company. ISO 9001.[1] certifies that the business continues to eliminate their waste, ensure product quality to specific standards and listen to customers complaints and notes to produce a better part or product among many other criteria. They have renewed it annually with in person and virtual audits to stay up to date on the certification and complete 3 internal audits to demonstrate their want to continue improvement.
Digital Printing
editIn 2013 Clickfold introduced a new addition to their list of capabilities, digital flatbed printing. Under the TTK franchise they were required to outsource to screen printing shops but now free of restrictions Clickfold purchased their own EFI Rastek T660 UV printer. Eventually the printer was traded in 2015 for a smaller bed with a faster print time, the Logojet UV2400. Then once more the introduced a new printer the Logojet UV-90RX[2] for their UV printing needs.
3D Printing
editInitially Clickfold started with a small 3D printer to test if printing was a viable option for a manufacturing facility. They quickly branched into a Creality unit, then expanded to two and quickly into four printers in early 2024, scaling up for the demand of low volume printed parts.
In 2024, ClickFold implemented an enclosed BambuLab X1E printer, for its enclosed build chamber, a controlled environment for printing of advanced materials. This enclosure supports higher-temperature filaments for FR-ABS. Flame safe-grade ABS such as UL-94[3] V-0 or V-1 rated variants must maintain stable heat throughout the print.
Robotics Assistance
editClickfold plastics connects with local communities through working with a local robotics team, Infinite Turtles. Infinite Turtles (FTC Team 16461) is a student-led high school robotics team from Matthews, North Carolina, competing in the global FIRST Tech Challenge. Since 2019, they’ve designed, built, and programmed robots that take on complex engineering challenges, using advanced CAD, custom fabrication, and innovative coding techniques like vision tracking and PID control. The team has earned multiple state and regional titles,[4] competed at the FIRST World Championship, and consistently ranks among the top teams in the Carolinas. Clickfold Plastics held a tour of their facility and received manufactured, branded panels for their robotics, and offers them mentorship[5]
See Also
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editReferences
edit- ^ "ISO 9001:2015". ISO. Retrieved 2025-08-14.
- ^ "LogoJET UVx90R-SE Commercial UV Printer". LogoJET Inc. Retrieved 2025-08-14.
- ^ "Combustion (Fire) Tests for Plastics". UL Solutions. Retrieved 2025-08-14.
- ^ "FTC Event Web : Team 16461 (2021)". ftc-events.firstinspires.org. Retrieved 2025-08-14.
- ^ "Infinite Turtles (16461)". 16461.org. Retrieved 2025-08-14.
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