Stiff extrusion machinery manufacturer J.C. Steele & Sons has realised a 50% increase in time-to-production capabilities with the implementation of a large format 3D printer. The company has reported a 75% reduction in costs for the creation of sand casting moulds since installing a BigRep ONE 3D printer. The investment has enabled the company to develop and test 60 new patterns in under a year while redefining its production process.

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“Introducing AM into our production has greatly improved our operations,” says JC Steele’s Pattern Shop Supervisor, Chris Watts. “We have streamlined our workflow by eliminating those parts of the design process that are the longest, most fault-prone and expensive ones – the manual designing of a pattern, the interpretation of design drawings and the management of reductive waste.” 3D printed bearing mount pattern. Previously, the creation of a sand casting pattern by hand could take up to a month, […]

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