{
  "_about": "Public mirror of https://invent.art/capabilities/. Confirmed facts only.",
  "organization": "Invent Art Inc.",
  "description": "Invent Art is a design and fabrication shop at 192 Main Street North in Uxbridge, Ontario. We design and build aluminum injection molds and run the parts, machine parts with CNC and sinker EDM, and design and build custom pieces such as furniture, fit-outs and signs.",
  "url": "https://invent.art/capabilities/",
  "built_on": "2026-11-06",
  "capabilities": [
    {
      "id": "press-60",
      "category": "molding",
      "name": "Molding press, 60-ton",
      "detail": "Runs logged on it since 2018.",
      "in_house": true,
      "last_checked": "2026-10-15"
    },
    {
      "id": "press-150",
      "category": "molding",
      "name": "Molding press, 150-ton",
      "detail": "Runs logged on it since 2018.",
      "in_house": true,
      "last_checked": "2026-10-15"
    },
    {
      "id": "mold-aluminum",
      "category": "molding",
      "name": "Aluminum injection molds",
      "detail": "Designed and machined in the shop, for plastic parts.",
      "in_house": true,
      "last_checked": "2026-10-15"
    },
    {
      "id": "mold-p20",
      "category": "molding",
      "name": "P20 steel molds",
      "detail": "We can make steel molds, and we'll tell you if one of our partner shops is better suited.",
      "in_house": true,
      "last_checked": "2026-10-31"
    },
    {
      "id": "mold-sizes",
      "category": "molding",
      "name": "Common aluminum mold sizes",
      "detail": "About 8 x 8 and 9 x 16 inches. Large steel tools go to partners.",
      "in_house": true,
      "last_checked": "2026-10-31"
    },
    {
      "id": "run-sizes",
      "category": "molding",
      "name": "Molding runs",
      "detail": "From tens of parts to tens of thousands, in the shop's record for 2020 to 2025.",
      "in_house": true,
      "last_checked": "2026-10-15"
    },
    {
      "id": "mold-repair",
      "category": "molding",
      "name": "Injection mold repair and modification",
      "detail": "Repairs and changes to existing molds, steel as well as aluminum.",
      "in_house": true,
      "last_checked": "2026-10-15"
    },
    {
      "id": "molds-rerun",
      "category": "molding",
      "name": "Injection molds kept on record and rerun",
      "detail": "The shop keeps a record of each mold and can run it again when you need more parts.",
      "in_house": true,
      "last_checked": "2026-10-15"
    },
    {
      "id": "mold-features",
      "category": "molding",
      "name": "Side actions, inserts and overmolding",
      "detail": "Available. Hot runner as well as cold runner molds.",
      "in_house": true,
      "last_checked": "2026-10-15"
    },
    {
      "id": "outside-molds",
      "category": "molding",
      "name": "Running injection molds built elsewhere",
      "detail": "Yes, after an inspection. If it is not the right fit, we say so and point you to a partner in our network.",
      "in_house": true,
      "last_checked": "2026-10-31"
    },
    {
      "id": "mold-storage",
      "category": "molding",
      "name": "Client mold storage",
      "detail": "We store client molds between runs.",
      "in_house": true,
      "last_checked": "2026-10-15"
    },
    {
      "id": "cnc-milling",
      "category": "machining",
      "name": "CNC milling",
      "detail": "Machined parts and mold work.",
      "in_house": true,
      "last_checked": "2026-10-15"
    },
    {
      "id": "cnc-turning",
      "category": "machining",
      "name": "CNC turning",
      "detail": "Turned parts.",
      "in_house": true,
      "last_checked": "2026-10-15"
    },
    {
      "id": "sinker-edm",
      "category": "machining",
      "name": "Sinker EDM",
      "detail": "In-house, including broken tap removal. Before EDM, as much material as possible is milled away.",
      "in_house": true,
      "last_checked": "2026-10-31"
    },
    {
      "id": "fixtures",
      "category": "machining",
      "name": "Fixtures and fixture repair",
      "detail": "Fixtures and test rigs, and repairs to existing fixtures.",
      "in_house": true,
      "last_checked": "2026-10-31"
    },
    {
      "id": "laser-cutting",
      "category": "processes",
      "name": "Laser cutting",
      "detail": "Cutting and engraving of non-metal sheet and architectural pieces, in-house.",
      "in_house": true,
      "last_checked": "2026-10-31"
    },
    {
      "id": "3d-printing",
      "category": "processes",
      "name": "3D printing",
      "detail": "In-house.",
      "in_house": true,
      "last_checked": "2026-10-15"
    },
    {
      "id": "vacuum-forming",
      "category": "processes",
      "name": "Vacuum forming",
      "detail": "In-house for prototypes and small runs. Volume runs go to a partner in our network.",
      "in_house": true,
      "last_checked": "2026-10-15"
    },
    {
      "id": "welding",
      "category": "processes",
      "name": "Welding",
      "detail": "In-house.",
      "in_house": true,
      "last_checked": "2026-10-31"
    },
    {
      "id": "woodworking",
      "category": "processes",
      "name": "Woodworking and carpentry",
      "detail": "In-house.",
      "in_house": true,
      "last_checked": "2026-10-31"
    },
    {
      "id": "embedded-electronics",
      "category": "processes",
      "name": "Embedded electronics",
      "detail": "Embedded-electronics builds, device integration, controllers and firmware, in-house.",
      "in_house": true,
      "last_checked": "2026-10-31"
    },
    {
      "id": "finishing",
      "category": "processes",
      "name": "Finishing",
      "detail": "Polishing in-house. Texture and anodizing through partners, handled on your behalf.",
      "in_house": true,
      "last_checked": "2026-10-15"
    },
    {
      "id": "gdt",
      "category": "quality",
      "name": "GD&T and tolerance stack-up",
      "detail": "We read GD&T and work through tolerance stack-ups with you.",
      "in_house": true,
      "last_checked": "2026-10-31"
    },
    {
      "id": "fai",
      "category": "quality",
      "name": "First article inspection reports",
      "detail": "Supplied when you need them.",
      "in_house": true,
      "last_checked": "2026-10-31"
    },
    {
      "id": "time-records",
      "category": "quality",
      "name": "Time records",
      "detail": "On request.",
      "in_house": true,
      "last_checked": "2026-10-31"
    },
    {
      "id": "sred-records",
      "category": "quality",
      "name": "Job records for SR&ED",
      "detail": "Every job keeps one job number, time records and its design iterations. That record can support your SR&ED claim. What goes into a claim is for you and your tax adviser.",
      "in_house": true,
      "last_checked": "2026-10-15"
    },
    {
      "id": "inspection-equipment",
      "category": "quality",
      "name": "Inspection equipment",
      "detail": "Calipers, micrometers and feeler gauges, plus a surface grinder in-house. Specialist grinding and lapping go to partners.",
      "in_house": true,
      "last_checked": "2026-10-31"
    },
    {
      "id": "tight-tolerance",
      "category": "quality",
      "name": "Tight-tolerance work",
      "detail": "Contracts with tolerances down to fractions of a thousandth of an inch.",
      "in_house": true,
      "last_checked": "2026-10-31"
    },
    {
      "id": "file-formats",
      "category": "quality",
      "name": "Files accepted",
      "detail": "All accepted: STEP, IGES, native CAD, DXF, PDF.",
      "in_house": true,
      "last_checked": "2026-10-15"
    },
    {
      "id": "tool-ownership",
      "category": "terms",
      "name": "Tool ownership",
      "detail": "Your molds, tools and fixtures are yours once they are paid for.",
      "in_house": true,
      "last_checked": "2026-10-15"
    },
    {
      "id": "no-minimum",
      "category": "terms",
      "name": "Minimum order",
      "detail": "None.",
      "in_house": true,
      "last_checked": "2026-10-15"
    },
    {
      "id": "first-conversation",
      "category": "terms",
      "name": "First conversation",
      "detail": "Free, by phone, Zoom or in person.",
      "in_house": true,
      "last_checked": "2026-10-31"
    },
    {
      "id": "scan-3d",
      "category": "network",
      "name": "3D scanning",
      "detail": "Not in-house. Through a partner we use.",
      "in_house": false,
      "last_checked": "2026-10-31"
    },
    {
      "id": "wire-edm",
      "category": "network",
      "name": "Wire EDM",
      "detail": "Through a partner shop.",
      "in_house": false,
      "last_checked": "2026-10-31"
    },
    {
      "id": "fiber-laser-waterjet",
      "category": "network",
      "name": "Fiber laser and waterjet",
      "detail": "For heavy sheet metal, through partners.",
      "in_house": false,
      "last_checked": "2026-10-31"
    },
    {
      "id": "specialist-grinding",
      "category": "network",
      "name": "Specialist grinding and lapping",
      "detail": "Through partners.",
      "in_house": false,
      "last_checked": "2026-10-31"
    },
    {
      "id": "pcb-design",
      "category": "network",
      "name": "PCB and circuit design",
      "detail": "Through partner engineers.",
      "in_house": false,
      "last_checked": "2026-10-31"
    },
    {
      "id": "electronic-soldering",
      "category": "network",
      "name": "Electronic soldering and manufacture",
      "detail": "Through partners, when a job needs it.",
      "in_house": false,
      "last_checked": "2026-10-31"
    }
  ]
}