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Laser marking, cutting, and engineering-grade 3D printing in Traverse City, Michigan — with design help from the person who actually makes your part.
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Three ways we turn a file into a finished part.
No middlemen, no guesswork. Send a drawing, a sketch, or just the problem — we handle design through production under one roof.
Laser Marking & Engraving
Permanent, high-contrast marks on metals and plastics. Serial numbers, logos, data-matrix codes, and part IDs that survive the field.
- Annealing, etching & deep engraving
- Serialization & 2D/QR codes
- Anodized aluminum & stainless
- Fine detail down to sub-millimeter
Laser Cutting
Clean, accurate cuts and profiles in sheet stock. Gaskets, panels, signage, inlays, and prototypes — same day when it counts.
- Acrylic, wood, MDF & leather
- Gaskets, panels & enclosure fronts
- Vector cutting & raster engraving
- One-offs to small production runs
FDM 3D Printing
Functional, load-bearing parts from a heated-chamber printer. Engineering and fiber-filled materials that hold up to heat, chemicals, and real stress.
- High-temp chamber — PPS & below
- Fiber-filled PA-CF, PETG-CF & more
- Flexibles in TPU / TPE
- Jigs, fixtures, brackets & housings
The materials we work in every week.
Two laser systems and a high-temp FDM platform cover a wide range. If your material isn't listed, ask — chances are we've run it.
Fiber LaserMARK
→ 1064nm galvo · fine detail, permanent marks
CO₂ LaserCUT
→ 10.6µm gantry · sheet & flat stock
FDM FilamentsPRINT
→ heated chamber · functional, load-bearing
Rethink how your parts get made.
A lot of parts get machined, outsourced, or ordered overseas out of habit. Send us yours — often a laser or a printer gets it done faster and cheaper, and we'll tell you straight when it doesn't.
Send it over
A drawing, a photo, or just the problem. We scope material, method, and tolerance up front.
→Design & DFM
We refine the model for how it'll actually be made — cost, strength, and manufacturability baked in.
→Mark, cut & print
Production on the right machine for the job. Prototype first when it matters, then run the batch.
→Inspect & ship
Checked against spec and out the door. One point of contact from first email to final part.
How your part gets made.
Click any process to see what it is, how it works, and what it's best for.
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Annealing uses a focused fiber-laser beam to heat metal just enough to grow a thin oxide layer beneath the surface — no material is removed. The result is a smooth, high-contrast black or amber mark that leaves the part's finish and corrosion resistance fully intact.
It's the go-to for medical, food-grade, and stainless components where an engraved groove could trap contaminants or invite rust.
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Etching melts the top layer of metal to raise contrast fast, while engraving removes material for a mark you can feel — ideal for parts that see abrasion, heat, or rough handling.
We run serial numbers, logos, and data-matrix / QR codes with repeatable placement, so every part in a batch traces back to its source.
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A 10.6-micron CO₂ beam vaporizes a narrow kerf through non-metals, leaving crisp edges and — on acrylic — a flame-polished finish with no secondary sanding.
We cut gaskets, enclosure panels, inlays, signage, and prototypes straight from your vector files, holding tight, repeatable geometry across a full sheet.
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By rastering the beam back and forth like an inkjet, we burn fine tonal detail and lettering into a surface without cutting through it.
Great for branded goods, control-panel legends, awards, and signage. Depth and contrast are dialed in per material so grain and color read exactly as intended.
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Our heated-chamber printer runs demanding materials — fiber-filled nylons, polycarbonate, and up to PPS — that stay dimensionally stable and strong under heat, chemicals, and mechanical load.
That makes it a real option for end-use fixtures, brackets, housings, and jigs — not just looks-like prototypes. Need it to flex? We also print TPU and TPE.
Built by people who've actually shipped hardware.
PFM Design comes out of years spent taking products from a napkin sketch to something you can hold — and manufacture at scale. We co-founded and grew a robotic inspection company whose systems still run in industrial plants around the world, then built the manufacturing equipment behind a thermoplastics venture.
That background shapes how we work: design decisions are made with the machine in mind, so parts are manufacturable, durable, and cost-aware from the first revision. Based in Traverse City, Michigan, we bring that same discipline to laser and additive work for product teams, shops, and local businesses.
Rather talk it through first? Same here.
Email the drawing, the sketch, or just the problem you're trying to solve. You'll hear back from the person who'll actually make your part — usually the same day.