Digital Twins for Molds.
Replace the $50K–$250K+ physical backup mold with a Virtual Backup Mold — a 100% digital, instantly activatable production backup held on OPEX's platform. Digital inventory on demand.
Idle asset · Storage · Re-qualification
$50K–$250K
Instant · No storage · Always current
$2K–$8K / yr
The redundancy problem
Most CMOs are contractually stuck.
Contract manufacturers are required to provide redundancy for critical plastic parts. Today, that means buying and maintaining a physical backup mold that sits idle — until it doesn't.
Physical backup mold
- · $50K–$250K capex per part family
- · Dedicated storage and depreciation
- · Periodic re-qualification cycles
- · Sits idle until disaster strikes
Virtual Backup Mold
- · 100% digital — no physical asset
- · Same-day activation for qualified parts
- · No depreciation, no re-qualification cycle
- · Annual retainer per qualified part family
The digital record
What OPEX permanently holds.
When a CMO qualifies a part on our platform, we retain the complete digital production record. Ready to run, always.
Part file
Locked geometry, revision-controlled.
Validated print profile
Machine, orientation, exposure, supports.
Resin lot qualification
Chemistry, batch, mechanical baseline.
Post-cure protocol
Cure dosimetry — time, intensity, environment.
Dimensional benchmark
First-article metrology and tolerance envelope.
Quality sign-off
Full inspection record, ready to audit.
How it works
From qualification to shipment.
- 01
Qualify
Validate geometry, resin, tolerances, and mechanicals on the OPEX platform.
- 02
Twin stored
OPEX retains the complete digital production record — indefinitely.
- 03
CMO triggers
The CMO declares an activation event through the OPEX dashboard.
- 04
Certified shipment
First shipment within 24–72 hours, fully inspected and signed off.
Activation triggers
Declared by the CMO. Activated by OPEX.
SLA tiers
Match redundancy to criticality.
Each tier is structured as an annual retainer per qualified part family, plus a per-activation fee.
Scheduled redundancy for non-critical part families.
Faster activation for revenue-critical parts.
Mission-critical parts with zero tolerance for downtime.
Cost comparison
90–97% less capital tied up.
The CMO's customer sees uninterrupted supply. The CMO's redundancy SLA is honoured — without a physical backup mold ever being purchased, stored, or re-qualified.
Turn every qualified part into digital inventory.
From vendor to structural ally. Let's map your critical part families and stand up their Virtual Backup Molds.
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