Are you interested in working in the 3D printing industry? If you want to take your skills to the next level, then you’re in luck, because there are a number of ways to work in the industry. From developing engineering processes to marketing 3d printing services, the are countless opportunities to help drive mass production 3d printing forward.
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Slant 3D is a mass production 3D printing service. Our production 3D printing farms allow clients to manufacture their products quickly and at scale without the cost or limitations of tooling.
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Very interesting, can you suggest resources to get better at mass production 3d printing? All your points are very true and valuable! Thanks
I have my little farm of printers(only 2)
And it is very different to do it as a hobby than to do it for business, it took me a year to know how the hell my printer worked.
Now I can detect what problem it has with just the noise it makes xd. I've taken them apart more times than I'd like and have spent many sleepless nights learning how to fix it.
more like a mechanical engineer
Solid info
hey slant3d i have been wondering, as a 3d printing farm that does mass production of real end products, what filament do you use? and what filament companies do you use? thank you
I have more of an artistic background, but working in a shop that uses silicone molds and polyurethane casting in our process has activated huge interest in manufacturing and mass production.
Sometimes we have to sculpt certain things by hand, but I've been thinking of ways to offload some of the labor by modeling parts and printing them on my machines. It's pretty straightforward, but there are probably more things around the shop that I could simplify with printed parts.
I think it's easy to get swept up into the activity of hobby 3D printing, but printing with a purpose holds a lot more excitement. For me, the feeling of holding a part that I've designed myself easily trumps that of printing a model from somewhere else.
What phase in product development does slant prefer to start engaging with a new customer? Presuming this is the first part they are mass producing. I am guessing it is after product beta with a first order of some volume. I am sure this would change for established customers.
I really, really, want to know more from Slant 3D. Do I need to send in a job application to do that? Or is there a bag of money that I leave in a back alley or something.
Absolutely agree, I'm an industrial designer and engineer and the possibilities with mass production 3d printing are just amazing. I went to FormNext last year and I feel like this stuff is just getting started. The opportunities of a more agile product development process where you're able to test out different ideas on the fly and change how things are done are fascinating.
I whole-heartedly agree with this. 99% of people with a 3d printer or 2 or 3 have no idea what large scale production with those machines looks like. I have had experience selling a demanding product before my current job so I had a better idea of how to sell hundreds of a part which is much easier to scale to thousands rather than just the one or 2 parts to a friend. However, I am very happy to see people with 1 or 2 printers get excited to work in this field. As it continues to grow, we will need some people at least familiar with the technology to make the training easier.
Are you guys looking for any accountants?
still waiting for the response…
So if I want a job in 3d printing dont own a 3d printer? Got it.
What are these bad habbits 3d printers learn at home?
Hey, tremendous nuggets. Working with antiquated methods on established products that have little wiggle room for process deviation given the criticality of the industry.
I am ALWAYS assessing, on a daily basis where it is we could 'potentially' given the choice to make use of 3d printing for process optimization and how I would go about this.
It would take away so many ills (in terms of deficiencies, defects and inefficiencies). I do this for multiple material types and classes. Mainly product level is my interest but I also include the range of tooling, fixtures and gauges though the high value products being my real interest.
Your video here is a fantastic message.
Good stuff. Im going though alot of this stuff at work now going from hobby to professional. I kinda made my own job. I work at a custom battery company and started designing and printing work fixtures for the shop. From there a few chances to make simple spacers and parts for batteries came up. I now make 100s of parts per month working on getting it up to 1000s by inserting more printed spacers and simple yet crucial parts in to production units. So if you want a job in 3d printing, get a job in manufacturing and make work for yourself, make the company need your printed parts then print away.