Case Studies
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3D Systems recently revealed that Stockholm-based product design firm Splitvision Design was one of the first companies in the Nordic region to adopt its Figure 4 Standalone 3D printer. Since installing the scalable additive manufacturing solution, the Swedish agency has seen drastic improvements in its product development and prototyping processes—especially…
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ServoFly T4/1, a 3D printed flight control device produced by Italian AM parts production service Aidro, enabled Mattia Negusanti to obtain his pilot license at the Fano airport, in Central Italy. This is the first case in Italy, and perhaps in the world, in which a person who’d lost an arm…
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For quantum technologies to fulfill their promise, the systems that support them need to shrink. Laurence Coles from Added Scientific, an AM consultancy service which spun off from the University of Nottingham, wrote an article for Physics World (full article here) on how advances in additive manufacturing are bringing miniaturization within…
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After successfully optimizing its design processes for aircraft and motorcycle engines in collaboration with UK-based metal AM company Renishaw, engine manufacturer Cobra Aero has decided to invest in its own AM 400 3D printer. Prior to the investment, Cobra Aero worked in close collaboration with Renishaw to learn about the…
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Across the board, additive manufacturing is enabling OEMs and manufacturing businesses to streamline and improve their production workflows. These success stories, often shared as case studies, help to demonstrate to other manufacturers the specific impacts that 3D printing can have. Today’s case study comes from Dunlop Systems and Components, a…
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In the world of prototyping, Italy-based 3ntr has proven its worth, demonstrating time and time again that its 3D printing solutions offer the speed, precision and reliability needed to prototype viable products. The company’s 3D printers have even proven capable in one of the most demanding fields around—healthcare—through a recent…
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Texas-based precision machining company Knust-Godwin recently acquired four RenAM 500Q metal 3D printers from UK-based Renishaw. Since implementing the metal AM systems, the company has reported a drastic reduction in lead times for the production of large, complex components for oilfield instrumentation. Like many industrial companies, when Knust-Godwin first adopted…
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UK-based precision engineering company Frazer-Nash Manufacturing works with a broad range of clients, many of them in the food manufacturing and aerospace sectors. Since as early as 2014, the company has relied on Renishaw’s metal additive manufacturing technology to produce complex, high quality parts for its clients. Recently, Frazer-Nash added…
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At the Paris Air Show International Aerospace Exhibition, TRUMPF aerospace applications are focusing on how its additive manufacturing technologies can improve satellites and aircraft. As demands on satellites parts and performances increase, every kilogram that a rocket carries into space can cost several hundred thousand euros. At the same time, the…
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Italian manufacturing company CRP Technology has revealed yet another interesting case study for its composite Windform 3D printing materials, this time in collaboration with the Department of Aerospace Science and Technology at the Politecnico di Milano (PoliMi). CRP Technology provided its 3D printing expertise and composite materials to support PoliMi’s…
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