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Series production with cost-​effective 3D components

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3D print­ing is becom­ing increas­ingly impor­tant in indus­trial man­u­fac­tur­ing, espe­cially for smaller quan­ti­ties of 1–1,000, as can be read on Wikipedia.

Additive man­u­fac­tur­ing (3D print­ing) has been used for more than thirty years in pro­to­type con­struc­tion, i.e. in the tool-​free pro­duc­tion of com­po­nents as one-​offs or in small series. Today, the tech­nol­ogy has reached series pro­duc­tion matu­rity – in areas such as health­care, con­sumer goods, aero­space tech­nol­ogy and the auto­mo­tive indus­try.
In health­care, espe­cially in med­ical tech­nol­ogy, addi­tive man­u­fac­tur­ing is already stan­dard prac­tice – par­tic­u­larly where cus­tomised prod­ucts are man­u­fac­tured in small sizes: hear­ing aids, den­tures and implants. To put it bluntly, addi­tive man­u­fac­tur­ing makes one-​off prod­ucts ready for series pro­duc­tion.

At EP Electronic Print, we have been work­ing with plastic-​based 3D print­ing for sev­eral years. Here, we use mate­ri­als such as PET, PMMA & ABS.
In addi­tion to pro­to­type con­struc­tion, more and more com­po­nents are now being incor­po­rated into series production. 

In this spe­cific exam­ple, we are print­ing a white “sup­port frame” for attach­ing other com­po­nents and increas­ing inter­nal stability.

Benefits for the customer:

  • rapid pro­to­typ­ing and high flexibility
  • cost-​effective in pro­to­type con­struc­tion and series production

Advantages for the cus­tomer We can also find a solu­tion for your prod­uct, so please con­tact us.

For more than 30 years, EP has been devel­op­ing and man­u­fac­tur­ing cus­tomised HMIs as well as oper­at­ing and input sys­tems, such as glass touch­screens and mem­brane key­boards, based on a wide vari­ety of tech­nolo­gies. Our high level of ver­ti­cal inte­gra­tion allows us to imple­ment customer-​specific HMI projects com­pe­tently and quickly. At the same time, we can guar­an­tee high qual­ity and deliv­ery reli­a­bil­ity in pro­duc­tion.
Our core areas of appli­ca­tion are mechan­i­cal engi­neer­ing, automa­tion tech­nol­ogy and med­ical technology. 

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