Take a look at what Mekah Design Studios has accomplished with 3D printing to develop their enterprise.
Posted on December 18, 2015
by
Erica Derrico
Congratulations to Mekah Design Studios, our July 2015 Hacker of the Month! Mekah Design Studios has implemeted 3D printing into a part of their craft. Printing for a couple of yr, the Mekah workforce has been enhancing the velocity and high quality of their work with using their SeeMeCNC Orion. Lower than a yr in the past, the workforce had a request for 20 trophies that they selected to satisfy with the assistance of 3D printing.
“As soon as we heard about 3D printing and what it may do, we thought we’d give it a strive,” stated Alejandro Candelo, proprietor of Mekah Design Studios.
Having no earlier information of 3D printers, the Mekah workforce took a pair weeks to mess around with their Orion doing quite a few check prints. Shortly after they discovered turn into Orion specialists, a mission got here to them that they immediately knew might be created not solely extra effectively, however at a extra speedy tempo when 3D printed.
Sayer Danforth, Inventive Director at Mekah, was approached to make a number of trophies for BouncherCon 2014 in Lengthy Seashore, CA. Danforth has been making trophies for years, nonetheless, he would do it manually both by carving wooden or sculpting clay. Because the order known as for 20 trophies, the Mekah workforce determined to strive utilizing the 3D printing expertise that they’d lately invested in.
Danforth created the chicken on the trophy with Cinema 4D. He then transformed it into an STL file, threw it into MatterControl, and printed the piece with help in MatterHackers Customary White PLA.
As soon as the print was completed, the piece was sanded and painted by Danforth and Artist/Manufacturing Supervisor, Erick Sauer. As soon as the end on the chicken was excellent and dry, the workforce mounted the plastic onto a wood base.
“That is simply to point out that you are able to do somewhat submit manufacturing to 3D prints and have excellent outcomes,” stated Candelo.
Since this mission, Candelo says that they’ve been utilizing the printer increasingly. Not solely are they ready to make use of it for trophies, however for prototype components and varied sculptures as properly.
“The expertise is wonderful as a result of it permits us to be extra correct with the element we need to produce at a fraction of the price and time,” said Candelo.
For extra on Mekah Design Studios go to www.mekahdesign.wordpress.com
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