Preciprint3D, located in the Haut-Doubs region, offers a production facility perfectly suited for unit parts, pre-series, small series as well as technical support in the design and manufacture of various components by 3D printing.
Installation for movement assembly
Combining this new printing technology with the requirements of industrial technology, Preciprint3D supplies fields such as watchmaking, jewellery, medical, aeronautics and special machines. The process is simple: the customer places a 3D file of his project on the company’s website, which is then sent to a printer. Once produced, the part is shipped by fast service, in France but also abroad.
3D resin printing 3D printers that use resin offer great freedom in concpet and design and allow prototypes to be produced in the desired shapes, even for very complex parts with no geometric limits. They work by photosensitive liquid polymerization. Several successive layers with a thickness of 16µm are projected to obtain the desired shape. They then pass under ultraviolet rays to be solidified. Perfectly rigid, the printed parts can nevertheless be reworked later on to obtain a most professional result. For example, they can be drilled, glued, painted or lacquered. The integration of metal inserts and bushes to reinforce the threads or ensure a precision bore is also possible.
Seven types of resins are commonly used, depending on their tensile or bending strength, tensile elasticity, elongation at break and bending under load.
Many advantages 3D resin printing has obvious advantages in many fields of application. For example, for the production of a prototype, it is ten times faster than a standard process. This allows the customer to quickly mechanically test his part. It is also very interesting for the manufacture of fast tools, modeling and design validation or for the manufacture of final or replacement parts. The pre-series allow to identify possible design errors. In terms of precision, this technology is capable of obtaining the desired shape at +/- 2 hundredths.
Virtual copying of objects The Preciprint3D workshop is also equipped with a 3D Sense scanner. This device can scan small and large objects as well as scenes or characters up to three meters high and wide. Starting from the object to be scanned, the device creates a virtual copy in the form of a cloud of points which, combined with the 3D printer, makes it possible to produce replicas. Mobile, this scanner can be used at the customer’s premises.
Strict quality control In order to ensure the follow-up of the manufacturing process and guarantee the quality of its products, Preciprint3D has invested in high-performance inspection equipment such as binoculars, measuring columns, digital micrometers, gauges, calibres and others. The company also offers a three-dimensional inspection of printed parts through an external metrology laboratory. On request, it also provides computerised control reports.
