3D Printing Services

One of the advantages of 3D Printing has been the ability to manufacture 3D prototypes and low production runs quickly and affordably without the high cost of injection moulding. 3D Printed parts are no longer just for trinkets thanks to the advances in FDM 3D printing technology and material development.

In addition to our primary business supplying 3D printing equipment and consumables, we offer 3D printing services. Through our 3D printing services, we can help with your 3D prototyping or 3D print project with the perfect material for your application.

What do we need?

Time

• Plan an adequate time frame for your project to be printed. Timeline for our 3D printing service highly depends on the project complexity and requirements and how busy our schedule is.
• The three main factors of print time are model size, infil and resolution. Increasing the size of a 3D print by x2 will increase the printing time by x4 and halving the size of your model can dramatically decrease the printing time. Many small and medium sized objects can be printed quickly within 1 - 10 hours. When printing large objects the printing time may reach 20 - 100 hours depending on resolution and strength requirements.
• Some materials can also require specific processes or hardware which can also increase lead time in ways you may not expect.

Quotes Files Types and Tips

• To provide a quote we require an STL or OBJ file, this file type can be easily exported from most design software. We can accept STEP and SLDPRT files however it takes additional time to quote. 
• Please note that common file errors such as incorrect sizing or intersecting verticies can increase quote lead time as we work with you to resolve these errors.
• We generally quote parts individually.