Manufacturing packaging from scratch is an expensive endeavour, especially when that packaging needs to be a custom fit or form. As you scale the production of packaging it becomes economical, but short runs (for limited edition products, for example) always have a high cost. 80% of that cost is setup cost.
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When a 35-year old patient was admitted to the Tokuda Hospital for tonsillitis treatment, he and his doctors were surprised to discover the man also had a neoplasm in the rib. A neoplasm is an abnormal mass of tissue, or tumour, in the body. In this case, the neoplasm was benign but
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We recently helped a pet food manufacturer modernise their manufacturing facility by introducing additive manufactured parts to their production line. Our customer, a European pet food manufacturer, was interested in 3D printing as a way to manufacture parts for their machines in-house. Their equipment was fitted with legacy parts that
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3D Printing Aircraft Tools with UltiMaker and the Royal Netherlands Air Force The Royal Netherlands Air Force operates a fleet of military aircraft which they are tasked with maintaining to operational standards. From Chinooks and Apaches to NH90s and F16s, their fleet is incredibly diverse and the military base in
Riegler is a medium-sized company specialising in the manufacture of components for the pharmaceutical, diagnostics, and cosmetics industries. They manufacture a large number of complex, custom system components. Parts are produced in production runs of several million, and Riegler use CAD to transform initial customer ideas into moulds. For highly complex
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Theo Ford is an award-winning London-based industrial designer. He uses the Mayku FormBox to make short run prototypes of products like custom furniture. His small model making setup makes use of injection moulding with the FormBox and 3D printing to prototype products. With these modern manufacturing techniques, he helps his
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Confectionery is the art of making confections. Whether this is performed by hand or machine, the principle is the same. A high-quality product is always the desired outcome and automated production lines spit out a consistent quality. It’s a case of setting up the machine, pressing go and letting the batch run. We
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InMotion want to be the first team to compete at Le Mans with an electric racing car. They aim to have a car ready for 2023, with a target to reduce charging times down to the time it takes to refuel a normal car. They will show off their fully
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Ford has led the way for innovation in the motoring industry since 1914. Their pilot plant in Cologne, Germany, develops new cars years before they go into production. With a small manufacturing line all their own, they develop models and the tools, jigs and fixtures that build them. Outsourcing the
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Morrison Tech, formally Morrison Institute of Technology, is one of the leading engineering and computer science educational institutions in Colorado. They recently dispatched of their last manual drafting table, and in doing so, created a fully digital learning environment. Part of this includes 3D printers. The institution’s president, Chris Scott,
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