Artus3D has demonstrated how additive manufacturing can be integrated into orthopaedic production workflows to deliver patient-specific devices more efficiently.

This case study explores the use of digital design, advanced manufacturing technologies and scalable production methods to improve customisation, consistency and manufacturing throughput in the orthopaedic sector.

LutraCAD has transformed the production of custom orthotic insoles by combining advanced digital design tools with additive manufacturing workflows.

This case study explores how patient-specific orthotics can be designed, customised and manufactured more efficiently, reducing manual processes while improving consistency and repeatability.

Discover how digital orthotics and 3D printing technologies are helping practitioners deliver personalised outcomes at scale.

Aerospace manufacturing presents some of the most complex challenges in modern industry. Components and tooling must meet strict requirements for dimensional accuracy, structural stability, repeatability, and material performance, while development timelines continue to shorten. Traditional manufacturing methods often rely on complex tooling, long outsourcing cycles, and high upfront costs—particularly for large components, customized fixtures, and low-volume functional parts.

Large-format industrial 3D printing offers a compelling alternative. By eliminating the need for molds and enabling direct digital-to-physical production, additive manufacturing allows aerospace manufacturers to respond rapidly to design changes, accelerate validation processes, and reduce overall production costs.

Boeing Malaysia Facility uses the MD-600D printer to produce tooling fixtures and aircraft models – two key application scenarios in aerospace manufacturing.

As core tools for precise assembly and positioning of aircraft components, tooling fixtures can be quickly and cost-effectively printed in customized and complex structures with the MD-600D, replacing the time-consuming and inflexible traditional manufacturing processes.

Aircraft models, mainly used for design verification, personnel training and demonstration, will accurately replicate intricate aircraft details thanks to the printer's high precision and compatibility with various engineering filaments.

The 3D printing of injection molds for low-volume manufacturing is emerging as an attractive application of additive manufacturing. New generations of high-performance printer resins, featuring sacrificial mold features and ceramic enforcements, are enabling the molding of increasingly complex parts in increasingly challenging materials.

3DPMolds is a Danish company fully dedicated to the use of 3D printed molds in the development workstream of injection molders.

More than a decade of hands-on experience has provided 3DPMolds an in-depth understanding of the factors that determine successful manufacturing outcomes.