Applications

3D printing throughout the product development cycle

3D printing is all about customization, right down to when and where you use it. Discover the many ways this technology can benefit your product development, and choose the application that best suits your business needs.

View of the middle section of a geometrical, 3D-printed chair seat from a 3D-printed prototype of a customized, futuristic-looking wheelchair, using multiple 3D printing materials. The seat is lattice-structured and made of a translucent gray resin. The wheel spokes are made of 3D-printed metal.
Rapid prototyping

Build and test fully-functional or visual prototypes that match your final design with a wide range of materials and technologies

A series of metal 3D-printed production line parts
Small series production

Discover how you can reduce your time-to-market, improve performance, and optimize your supply chain with 3D printing's flexibility and scalability

Rows of 3D-printed eyewear frames in different colors
Mass customization

Take advantage of 3D printing’s potential to make mass customization scaleable and economically viable to ensure every product is right for your customers

A gripper with a rigid, round base and three flexible pneumatic fingers, shaped like bellows. The gripper is shown lying on its side, and is not currently mounted on a robot. A small box-like part is shown in the gripper fingers as an example of common pick-and-place assembly line tasks.
Production tooling

Produce jigs, fixtures, assembly aids, and other crucial tools to evolve, enhance, and de-risk your production lines

A series of 3D-printed repair kits with EASA 21.J quality labels. The kit contains small white plastic parts made of flame-retardant polyamide, designed by Expleo. These parts are used to replace commonly broken latches on Boeing 737 dado panels.
Spare parts

Design, order, and receive replacement parts on demand, reducing storage costs, over-production, and the risk of obsoletion