Avalon Sciences approached Omni3D while developing a thermal barrier for downhole tools. The project brought together a demanding service requirement, a PEEK processing challenge and a documented PEKK-A proposal. This application-development case explains the two material routes and the engineering questions that connect a print to its intended service.
A Tier-1 bearing manufacturer redesigned a complex production tool for dual-material industrial 3D printing. By combining ABS with soluble ODS-20 support material, the project reduced the assembly from 24 to 12 components, lowered its weight from 2.5 to 2.0 kg, and shortened production from 8–10 weeks to one week.
Case study: Common S.A. (Energy sector) High dimensional accuracy for end-use parts 3D printing is often associated with prototyping. This project highlights something different: 3D printing for end-use production, where dimensional accuracy and repeatability are...
Maintaining a fleet of BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicles—still deployed by several NATO militaries—presents major logistical hurdles. Designed in the Cold War era, these vehicles are still essential for modern defense operations, yet sourcing replacement parts has...
John Cockerill Services is a leading provider of industrial equipment maintenance solutions for a large number of industries such as chemicals, steelmaking, petro-chemicals, railways, ports, inland waterways, cement, mines and quarries, renewable and nuclear energy. It designs and supplies unique pieces of new industrial equipment, components and sub-assemblies (shunting locomotives, gearboxes, reducers, butterfly valves and diesel engines) along with spare parts for legacy equipment repair.
The possibilities offered by 3D printing technology have been used for a long time in the automotive industry and at every stage of production – from prototyping to the production of spare parts and final elements. The available materials allow us to print not...
