Packaging & food equipment
Rethink grippers, format parts and assemblies around motion, cleanability, changeover and maintenance.
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Industrial 3D printing expertise
Additive manufacturing.Better parts. Stronger teams.
Engineering support for packaging, food, semiconductor and high-tech equipment. We help your team use industrial 3D printing to improve performance, reduce lead times and simplify assemblies.
Bring a part or an engineering challenge. Let’s discuss requirements, feasibility and your next step.
In practice / Sidel Group
Seven components.
One better gripper.
The opportunity wasn’t to print the old design. Together with Sidel, we rethought the gripper around operating loads, cleanability and maintenance.
Your engineering environment
Built around your equipment.
Semiconductor & high-tech
Connect complex geometry to precision, thermal performance, cleanliness and the evidence needed for implementation.
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How we work alongside you
Your engineering team.
Extended.
Start with the application, manufacturing question or capability gap in front of you. These are entry points, not compulsory stages.
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Find a credible starting point. Assess candidate parts, requirements and the business case.
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Develop the application and your team’s ability to make engineering decisions.
Application engineeringScale
Connect the finished component to manufacturing, inspection and repeat supply.
Manufacturing supportDeveloping a team around its own applications?
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Better decisions start here.
Business cases, engineering trade-offs and team capability. Practical guidance, freely accessible.
Evaluate the complete part. Not just the print price.
Start with the decisions your organization needs to make—not a technology shopping list.
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Make adoption serve your business.
A strategic advantage comes from how an organization applies additive manufacturing, not from having access to the technology.
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Find value across the product lifecycle.
Different lifecycle stages create different opportunities. Benefits depend on the application and the complete manufacturing route.
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Take the engineering further.
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Start with the right questions.
Consider function, requirements and the complete business case before committing to a manufacturing route.
How do I know whether my part is suitable for industrial 3D printing?
Start with the function, not the existing geometry. Good candidates may involve complex internal features, costly assemblies, frequent format changes or supply constraints. Share the loads, operating environment, annual quantities and current cost or lead-time problem so the opportunity can be compared with conventional manufacturing.
What information should I bring to an initial engineering discussion?
A drawing or model, a description of the function, critical interfaces, material requirements, expected volumes and the business problem provide a useful starting point. Include any known cleaning, temperature, pressure or inspection requirements. You do not need a fully redesigned part before discussing feasibility.
How is the business case assessed beyond the printing price?
Compare the complete usable part, including engineering, qualification, finishing and inspection. Then consider assembly labour, inventory, replacement lead time and any measurable effect on machine performance or downtime. A sensible first step is a bounded application assessment, not a commitment to replace every conventionally manufactured part.