Should You 3D Print Your Product? When you Should (and should not) Consider 3D Printing

Should you print your product? This is a question we often get asked and there’s no true “one size fits all” solution. There’s a lot of factors that go into determining your manufacturing method and more often than enough, additive manufacturing just might not be the right solution especially when it comes to mass production.

The first thing to consider is volume. How many of these parts are needed? If you’re aiming to make just a couple parts, maybe you need a replacement part for a project you’re working on, 3D printing might be the best solution. Low volume parts and products benefit from additive manufacturing because of a massive cost saving when compared to other solutions such as injection molding. If you need to produce thousands or tens of thousands of products, traditional manufacturing methods make a lot more sense. The efficiency of current mass production methods will save you time and make more sense from a cost perspective.

3D printing parts and products will save time and money in certain situations. As mentioned previously, low volume production and customizability at no extra costs are the strong suits of additive manufacturing. Numerous industries have found 3D printing as a very cost effective solution. In previous news episodes we covered big industry names like AirBus and even the US Air Force saving big with printing low volume spare parts to service planes and jets and even seeing massive cost and lead time savings of well over 50%.

USAF: https://youtu.be/VnL5qCfQDSQ?t=76

AIRBUS: https://youtu.be/6L-PCHkbXpA?t=469

In this video, we go over a number of parts we’ve printed, their use cases and whether there's any cost or lead time benefits to printing them.

At Vision Miner, we specialize in Functional 3D printing, especially high-performance plastics like PEEK, ULTEM, PPSU, PPS, CFPA, and more. If you're interested in using functional 3D printing and materials in your business, feel free to reach out, and we can help you make the right choice for your application.

Call 833-774-6863 or email contact@visionminer.com, and we're here to help!

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