Rapid protyping can be some cool stuff. When you need something done in less than 24 hours, it can be real cool!
Such was the case last week. It was Friday at 3:30, and our customer called with a request. They needed a fixture made to check a plastic part in their video microscope. Their requirement was they needed it no later than Monday morning, and would like it sooner to make sure it would work. The end user of the product was scheduled to be at their plant that Monday to see everything running including the inspection process.
The first thought was to machine something, but that would be costly, and take some time. So I gave Bill Craig bcraig@3drp.com at 3D Rapid Protyping a call to see if he could assist us. So I sent him a Pack & Go of the assembly, and within 10 minutes he was able to estimate, and quote the project for me. He said it should be no problem for his Zcorp printer! After sending our customer an eDrawings of the proposal, and selling the price and concept to them, we issued Bill a P.O., and I scheduled to pick it up from him the next day.
I was able to pick it up the next day with no problem, and deliver it. The fixture worked out perfectly. This shows how seamless the process was because of the ability of our company to interact with our vendor, and our customer with Solidworks and its partner products.
Thanks to Bill and 3D Rapid Protyping for their help, and allowing us to deliver to our customer ahead of schedule.
Here is a screenshot of the fixture:
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