What we do not print

This shop prints filament and resin, and nothing else. Everything below is a real process that a part is sometimes specified for, and telling you now is cheaper for both of us than telling you after you have uploaded a file and waited. In several of these cases the part does not actually need the process it was specified for, and that is said plainly too. CNC machining is the one exception: it is not printed here, but it is available on request through our partner network.

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SLS, selective laser sintering

A laser fuses nylon powder in a heated bed, and the unfused powder supports the part, so there are no support marks and geometry that could not be printed any other way comes out in one piece.

What covers it here: For most parts that get specified as SLS, printed nylon in filament does the same job at this shop. The difference shows up on thin unsupported geometry and on parts with fully enclosed internal channels.

If nothing here covers it: look for a powder-bed bureau, searching for SLS or PA12 powder rather than for 3D printing.

MJF, multi jet fusion

Also a nylon powder process, with a fusing agent jetted onto the bed instead of a laser tracing it. Faster per part in volume, and it gives a consistent grey finish.

What covers it here: The same answer as SLS: filament nylon covers most of what MJF is asked for. Where it does not is high volumes of small complex parts, where the powder processes are genuinely cheaper per piece.

If nothing here covers it: look for a powder-bed bureau that lists MJF specifically, as it is a single vendor process.

Metal printing, DMLS and SLM

A laser melts metal powder, layer by layer, into a fully dense metal part. It is a different industry with different machines, different safety requirements and a different price bracket.

What covers it here: Nothing here substitutes for a metal part that has to be metal. Where a metal part is being printed only because the original was metal, it is worth asking what it actually has to survive, because a filled filament sometimes covers it at a fraction of the cost.

If nothing here covers it: look for a metal additive bureau or a machine shop, and expect a quote by hand rather than instantly.

Injection moulding

Moulding injects plastic into a steel tool. It beats printing on the right job.

What covers it here: Past a few thousand identical parts that will not change, moulding is cheaper per piece and printing is the wrong process. Saying so early is worth more than winning the order. Under that, and while the design is still moving, printing wins on both cost and time.

If nothing here covers it: look for a moulder, once the volume and the design are both settled.

Why publish this at all

Because the alternative is a buyer uploading a part for a process nobody here has, waiting, and being told no by email. A shop that only ever tells you what it can do is a shop you cannot calibrate. What this one runs, in full, is on the processes page, and the materials it quotes automatically are on the materials page.

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