Case Study
Steel Company Embraces 3D Printing into thier Workflow
Highlights of this video
- Custom potato shapes using 3D printed moulds (1:05)
- 3D Printed machine piston composed of a single moving part (1:24)
- Made of a single piece
- No fasteners needed = no risk of components coming loose and falling into the machine
- Food sanitation problems solved
- Part is much stronger than the traditional part with assemble components
- Machine piston comparison to traditional machining:
- 250 hours @ 10 hours per day = 25 days per set on CNC (1:38)
- 3D Printed equivalent (with above advantages) = 90 hours straight time (no machine minders needed) = under 4 days per set (1:49)
- Sensor housing (2:09)
- CNC Production Part vs 3D Printed Production Part (2:49)
- CNC part cost R 6,530
- 3D Printed part cost R 652