09.04.14
New Freedom, Pa.-based plastic injection molding company Crescent Industries is now offering 3-D printed parts for its customers. According to company officials, the 3-D printed models have been used to speed up the molding process by using them for design review, quality inspection, product fixtures and end of arm tooling.
Product design reviews help to fix potential problems in the design phase and determine type of material that best fit the application as well as optimization for manufacturing. The 3-D printing option provide an actual part to set up quality inspection parameters prior to production, eliminating the delay during production for this process. In addition, 3-D printing allows for the manufacture product fixtures and end-of-arm tooling before production, so there is no waiting for a production quality component to be manufactured before building the fixtures or end of arm tooling, officials noted.
"Crescent’s new Stratasys Eden 500V16 3-D printer gives us the ability to produce ultra-fine details for parts with complex geometries, smooth surface finishes and thin walls," officials said in a press release. "These components are produced using production grade thermoplastics so painting, gluing, sanding, drilling and bonding with other 3-D printed parts can be completed just like any plastic component."
The 3-D components can be used as prototypes, samples or even for small production runs.
Crescent Industries is an employee-owned custom injection molder of plastic components for the medical/pharmaceutical, dental, military, aerospace and electronic/electrical markets. The firm, which has founded more than 65 years ago, offers design and development, mold manufacturing, injection molding and secondary services.
Product design reviews help to fix potential problems in the design phase and determine type of material that best fit the application as well as optimization for manufacturing. The 3-D printing option provide an actual part to set up quality inspection parameters prior to production, eliminating the delay during production for this process. In addition, 3-D printing allows for the manufacture product fixtures and end-of-arm tooling before production, so there is no waiting for a production quality component to be manufactured before building the fixtures or end of arm tooling, officials noted.
"Crescent’s new Stratasys Eden 500V16 3-D printer gives us the ability to produce ultra-fine details for parts with complex geometries, smooth surface finishes and thin walls," officials said in a press release. "These components are produced using production grade thermoplastics so painting, gluing, sanding, drilling and bonding with other 3-D printed parts can be completed just like any plastic component."
The 3-D components can be used as prototypes, samples or even for small production runs.
Crescent Industries is an employee-owned custom injection molder of plastic components for the medical/pharmaceutical, dental, military, aerospace and electronic/electrical markets. The firm, which has founded more than 65 years ago, offers design and development, mold manufacturing, injection molding and secondary services.