Thule, a consumer goods manufacturer, embraces additive manufacturing with FDM Nylon 12 carbon fiber and Stratasys Fortus 3D Printers. With less than a full year of the Fortus 450mc under its belt, the company has already printed numerous designs and saved over $45,000 so far this year, and countless days of time.
Utah Trikes, a company that specializes in manufacturing trikes, quads, and custom wheelchairs, has adopted additive manufacturing in order to tackle projects with high customization requirements. Their Stratasys 3D printer has allowed them to product jigs and fixtures, and low-volume production runs in-house.
For Built-Rite, the Desktop Metal Studio System™ introduces the ability to make quick-turn mold assembly components with a metal 3D printing process that is far less labor-intensive than other equipment in their machine shop and more cost competitive than a third-party prototyping firm.
Custom Injection Molder Embraces 3D Printing Minneapolis-based Diversified Plastics was founded in 1977 and specializes in custom injection for molding…