FEATURED CASE STUDY: EDUCATION

Brunel students enjoy design freedom with a new central additive manufacturing centre

Cutting-edge engineering and Brunel University are synonymous. Named after one of the greatest figures of the industrial revolution, the engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the university has been at...

CASE STUDY: LOW VOLUME PRODUCTION

VTT Technical Research Centre

How a Finnish company used the power of additive manufacturing to re-design a valve block that is 66% smaller than the original, saving weight, space and material.

CASE STUDY: EDUCATION

Nishuane Elementary

How MakerBot 3D printers helped introduce 7-year old schoolchildren to the wonders of additive manufacturing.

CASE STUDY: CONSUMER PRODUCTS

Synergy

Synergy is a product development company in Israel and has used a Stratasys J750 to produce photorealistic prototypes.

CASE STUDY: AUTOMOTIVE

Using a bureau saves time for automotive jigs and fixtures

Roaring Forties specialise in manufacturing Ford GT40 replicas & have been using FDM parts sourced through a bureau service for years. Roaring Forties buy FDM jigs & fixtures as it decreases lead times & saves on expensive...

CASE STUDY: AEROSPACE

FDM Bureau Builds 3D Printed Parts for Recreational Aviation

Recreational aeroplane manufacturer ICON is working on their products becoming as popular as motorcycles & powerboats. ICON have used a FDM service bureau to not only save time & money but design end use parts for their latest A5...

CASE STUDY: DEFENCE

Lockheed Martin 3D Prints a Large Prototype Fuel Tank

Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company designs, develops & manufactures high-tech systems for civil, defence & commercial applications. In 2012 Lockheed Martin SSC were working on a new project to improve their satellite by...

CASE STUDY: MEDICAL

Altimate

On purchasing a Dimension 3D Printer, Altimate Medical immediately saw the benefits. Production costs were cut by 90% and were able to produce parts in-house rather than then taking 3 weeks through a service bureau.

CASE STUDY: MEDICAL

Casa

Surgeons are now using the CT scan to produce an ABS model of a patient’s jaw and facial structure using a Dimension 3D Printer. The model enables the surgeon to discuss treatment with the patient as well as to simulate the entire...

CASE STUDY: JIGS AND FIXTURES

Peak Group delivers 3D printed ‘shop floor-ready’ parts in record time

Better designed and a faster time to the market – investing in a Fortus 360 has increased production capacity for The Peak Group by 3D printing the most high quality "impossible parts" and making incredibly substantial time...

CASE STUDY: ENTERTAINMENT

Nakazato

3D Printing is revolutionising the fashion industry; Japanese designer creates a motorcycle-riding-punks-playing-basketball look for his 2014 collection of neo-futuristic sportswear.

CASE STUDY: EDUCATION

Benilde

The Dimension 3D Printer at the school has not only proved popular in the classroom and changed the learning dynamic of the students, but has also encouraged them to pursue engineering careers after leaving the school.

CASE STUDY: EDUCATION

Berea

Dimension 3D Printer enabled engineering students to quickly identify attention to detail deficits as soon as their model was printed. Traditional methods to produce the part would have taken up many teaching hours whereas the 3D Printer...