3D Printing For Manufacturing & Tooling

Inevitable supply chain disruptions and high tooling costs?

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Revolutionizes manufacturing & tooling production by enabling rapid prototyping, custom tooling, and efficient low-volume production, enhancing agility and innovation.

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Overview Of Manufacturing & Tooling Industry

Industry Challenges

Manufacturers grapple with supply chain inconsistencies, escalating costs, and the demand for complex, customized parts. Traditional methods often involve lengthy lead times and inflexible processes, hindering rapid innovation and responsiveness.

Innovation Opportunities

Re-imagine the power of rapid prototyping, on-demand production, and the creation of intricate geometries, leading to cost reductions, accelerated R&D, and more resilient, localized supply chains

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The Role of 3D Printing

3D printing enables on-demand, customized tooling and parts, reducing inventory and supply-chain risk while accelerating prototyping and iteration. Produce complex geometries, adapt to design changes quickly, and cut time-to-market with minimal retooling.

Popular Applications

Rapid Prototyping

Accelerate your design cycle with rapid 3D prototyping. Turning concept into physical models for design validation, product iteration, and accelerated innovation cycles. Let your design ideas take flight.

Manufacturing Support

Keep your factory floor agile with on-demand 3D-printed solutions that boost efficiency, cut downtime, and ensure accuracy where it matters most.

Jigs & Fixtures

Offer an efficient solution to your team to create jigs and fixtures, assembly and inspection aids, end-of-arm tooling, soft jaws, and forming dies with speed, precision and design flexibility.

Toolings

Create composite tooling molds, lay-up tools, metal processing tooling, trimming fixtures, and production tooling with reduced cost and time.

Materials for Manufacturing Agility

Manufacturing demands durable, heat-resistant, and cost-efficient materials. From reinforced polymers like ABS-CF10, Nylon-CF12, and ULTEM™ 1010 to technical ceramics such as Alumina and Zirconia, 3D printing enables strong tooling, rapid prototyping, and resilient production parts with reduced costs and faster turnaround.

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How Materialise e-Stage helps Shree Rapid Technologies cut Support Resin usage by 50%

Materialise e-Stage automated support generation for SRT, cutting support material use and printing time by 50%, reducing crashes, costs, and manual intervention.

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