Jeff, the co-owner of ElementDriven, launched the company based on his Rear-Seat Floor-Latch Covers, a product that enables owners to get full use of their Element’s floor when they lift or remove their rear seats. Manufactured out of heavy-duty 16-gauge steel, they maximize the cargo space of the Element by securely leveling the floor to make it usable for transporting furniture, pets, kids, and more.
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More and more schools are adding 3D printing to their repertoire every year because of the many benefits they can offer students. They’re an opportunity for students to learn design and skills and get experience with CAD (computer-assisted design) software. Additive manufacturing (3D printing) also enables teachers to produce customized teaching aids and motivational trinkets for their students. However, the 3D printing market is very crowded and online forums are full of conflicting advice about the best printer to buy and how to implement it.
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Trial production of the Nautilus is officially underway! We completed assembly of the first of our six trial Nautili that will form our print farm and we’re very happy with how it turned out. The printer is looking and working great so we will begin producing parts for the final production run this week! It was awesome to build a Nautilus with all of the finalized components instead of the re-used and handmade parts we use for development. If you’ve been waiting to get your order in, now’s the time!
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These days, plastic parts are in almost every piece of hardware out there. Almost all plastic parts are injection molded; it’s a great method for producing a ton of parts without changing the design. However if production volume is small or the design changes frequently, 3D printing offers a powerful alternative that can save a lot of time and money. In fact, it is the cost savings of 3D printing that made developing the Nautilus possible to begin with! We wanted to show the power of 3D printing through a case study on one of the parts that appears on the Nautilus: a Z-Axis Gantry.
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