500 Production Units Supplied by Fomero in Just 5 days With DDM

12 Aug 09

Minelab Electronics manufacturer of advanced metal detectors was looking to extend the capabilities of the F3 Mine Detector to better meet its customer specific applications. In order to achieve this they needed to produce 500 pins. Rather than having to wait weeks or even months to receive the parts, Fomero had offered Minelab to benefit from the Direct Digital Manufacturing (DDM) process.

DDM is a rapid manufacturing process that utilises rapid prototyping technologies to manufacture components directly from computer generated (CAD) data. As this manufacturing process does not requires tooling it cuts production time to days, and allows for great design flexibility. DDM is an ideal solution for custom made, limited design or short run production.

Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) is the fastest growing DDM method of all layered manufacturing systems and is now readily known as the method of choice when sourcing low volume digitally manufactured parts. In the case of Minelab Electronics, it took approximately 38 hours to build the 500 units at ARRK’s Adelaide SLS plant. The parts were ordered 28th may and delivered 1st June. Minelab Electronics were extremely please with the quality of the parts and from the rapid delivery. According to Cosmo Luppino, Mechanical Engineering Manager at Minelab Electronics the biggest benefit of using the DDM process was that the company was able to meets its customer’s delivery schedule.

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Avital Bandel
Fomero
T: 03 9815 4422 M: 0417 333 752 E: avital.bandel@arrk.com.au

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