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Product 3D printing is any of various 3D Prototypes Help
Design processes used to make a Save Money Testing
three-dimensional object.
Contributed by Jorge Casaus SNew Products
In 3D printing, additive pro- olving a problem for a cus-
4 cesses are used, in which tomers is a primary driving
successive layers of mate- force behind what makes
rial are laid down under a product sell and what
computer control. doesn’t. What P&H’s customers
are frequently attempting to do
These objects can be of with their purchasing is to solve
almost any shape or ge- a problem in their store’s opera-
ometry, and are produced tions.
from a 3D model or other
electronic data source. One such problem, Jorge Casaus,
head Engineer at P&H explained
A 3D printer is a type of recently involved putting new
industrial robot. protective bumper caps on swivel
casters on shopping carts. The
~WikiPedia~ caps help protect walls of stores
by covering and cushioning the
metal.
This bumper cap was made with a The problem is the labor and
3D printer. time that are required to re-
move and reinstall the casters
simply to replace the caps.
P&H product design ingenuity
was able to produce a solution
to this problem. By designing a
cap that was two separate pieces
that snapped together, no caster
removal will be needed to replace
the caps when they wear out, or
customers want to change the
color on their carts!
P&H utiliizes 3D printing to pro-
duce the part both for internal
testing and field testing, and for
marketing the new product to
customers. P&H can determine
the potential demand in the
marketplace, and sell the prod-
uct from this prototype prior to
investing in manufacturing the
product!
Design processes used to make a Save Money Testing
three-dimensional object.
Contributed by Jorge Casaus SNew Products
In 3D printing, additive pro- olving a problem for a cus-
4 cesses are used, in which tomers is a primary driving
successive layers of mate- force behind what makes
rial are laid down under a product sell and what
computer control. doesn’t. What P&H’s customers
are frequently attempting to do
These objects can be of with their purchasing is to solve
almost any shape or ge- a problem in their store’s opera-
ometry, and are produced tions.
from a 3D model or other
electronic data source. One such problem, Jorge Casaus,
head Engineer at P&H explained
A 3D printer is a type of recently involved putting new
industrial robot. protective bumper caps on swivel
casters on shopping carts. The
~WikiPedia~ caps help protect walls of stores
by covering and cushioning the
metal.
This bumper cap was made with a The problem is the labor and
3D printer. time that are required to re-
move and reinstall the casters
simply to replace the caps.
P&H product design ingenuity
was able to produce a solution
to this problem. By designing a
cap that was two separate pieces
that snapped together, no caster
removal will be needed to replace
the caps when they wear out, or
customers want to change the
color on their carts!
P&H utiliizes 3D printing to pro-
duce the part both for internal
testing and field testing, and for
marketing the new product to
customers. P&H can determine
the potential demand in the
marketplace, and sell the prod-
uct from this prototype prior to
investing in manufacturing the
product!
