3D printing for jigs & fixtures
Jigs and fixtures are invaluable tools in manufacturing. By 3D printing these tools, you can drastically reduce cost and improve lead times. You also release bandwidth of traditional manufacturing methods, such as CNC milling.
Cut lead times and reduce costs with 3D printed jigs & fixtures
Production tools such as jigs & fixtures have traditionally been machined, often in metal. Many tools are therefore heavy and ergonomically unfit. The manufacturing is a costly process and lead times can be several weeks especially when outsourced.
By 3D printing these production tools, you can drastically reduce cost, weight and lead times. In some cases, you will see a 90% weight and cost reduction. If you have access to an inhouse 3D printer, you can iterate as many times as you want, to refine your tools, or adapt to specific ergonomic needs.
Check out the best 3D printers for jigs & fixtures
Markforged Mark Two
Flagship Continuous Fiber Composite 3D Printer, built to revolutionize your manufacturing operation.
Markforged X7
The turnkey industrial carbon fiber 3D printer for many types of functional parts.
HP MJF 5200
Unleash new growth and scale your production with HP’s workhorse.
3D Systems Figure 4
Making 3D production real with scalable, modular high speed digital molding factory solutions
What our customers say
”Now, we only need one person for CAD, 3D printing and inspection, and the cost of an inhouse printed CMM fixture can be as little as on tenth of a traditionally manufactured fixture.”
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