3D printed enclosures and housings
A printed enclosure is the fastest route from a working circuit to something that can be put in front of a customer, and for production runs under a few hundred it stays cheaper than a mould. The design constraints are different from moulding: walls can be any thickness, undercuts are free, and there is no draft angle to allow for. What has to be designed deliberately is heat, since a sealed printed box holds warmth better than a moulded one, and fastening, since printed threads behave differently.
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What actually decides the job
Threads: use inserts, not printed threads
A heat-set brass insert takes seconds to fit and gives a machine thread that survives repeated opening. Printed threads in a soft filament strip on the third assembly.
Heat is the constraint people forget
If the electronics inside dissipate more than a few watts, the enclosure needs vents or a material that tolerates the temperature. PLA in a sealed box near a regulator will soften.
Outdoors means ASA, indoors means PETG
UV degrades ABS and PLA. If the box lives outside, ASA is the material and the price difference is small.
Split large boxes at a designed joint
A large flat panel in ABS or ASA will bow as it cools. Splitting the enclosure at a joint that was going to exist anyway costs nothing and removes the problem.
Materials, in the order they are usually recommended
Every one of them is priced automatically, so the cheapest way to settle the choice is to quote the same file in two materials and compare. The full list is on the materials page.
The shop
| Scale | One of the largest 3D printing factories in Eastern Europe, 200+ printers |
|---|---|
| Process | FDM, filament extrusion |
| Maximum part size | 320 x 320 x 320 mm on the standard fleet, up to 500 x 500 x 500 mm on the large-format machines |
| Layer height | 0.12 mm to 0.28 mm, 0.20 mm by default |
| Minimum order | €20 |
| File formats accepted | STL, OBJ, 3MF, STEP, STP, up to 50 MB per file |
| Where it ships | Across the European Union, the United Kingdom, Switzerland and Norway, by courier from Romania |
| Uploaded files | Deleted 90 days after upload |
| Quality system | ISO 9001:2015 certified |
| Who prints it | TREIDESCUPRINT SRL, J18/753/2022, on its own machines |
Delivery
| Destination | Standard | Express |
|---|---|---|
| Romania | 1-2 business days | 1 business day |
| Bulgaria, Hungary | 2-3 business days | 1-2 business days |
| Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Greece, Austria, Croatia, Slovenia | 3-4 business days | 2 business days |
| Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia | 4-5 business days | 2 business days |
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Also called electronics enclosures, project boxes, instrument cases. Parts outside what the calculator prices are reviewed by an engineer who replies by hand.