3D Printing Jigs and Fixtures for Automotive with Ultimaker
Automotive Industry
Reduce Costs & Improve Efficiency with Ultimaker
Our applications engineer will go in depth with you to find efficiencies and determine your ROI.
Moving Manufacturing In-House with Ultimaker
“Since we have integrated Ultimaker’s 3D printing technology into our process, 93 percent of what we previously sourced externally is produced in-house.”
- Luis Pascoa of Volkswagen Autoeuropa
Ultimaker s5: the right choice for your application
Create Jigs, tools and fixtures that are functional and custom built right on the factory floor.
Give your engineers the ability to iterate everyday and improve on their designs.
Inexpensive but high quality prints allow functional testing in prototyping.
Don't get stuck waiting for parts to be delivered from the suppliers. Bring production in-house with the S5.
Determine your potential Roi
Print a sample part with us, have a site evaluation or discuss your needs with our applications engineer to determine your potential savings with 3D printing.
Cost Comparison
| Part | External Suppliers | Ultimaker 3D Printers | |||||||
| Iterations/Part | Cost/Part | Time/Part | Iterations/Part | Cost/Part | Time/Part | ||||
| MNNTHBX | Small Bore Motorcycle Parts |
5-10 | $1,500-2,500 | 1 week | 5-10 | $200 | 12 Hours | ||
*Costs include man hours and material. | |||||||||
| Parts Per Year | Annual Cost | Annual Cost | Total Savings | ||||||
| IMI Precision | Spring Key (Tough PLA) |
721 | $3118 | $872 | $2246 | ||||
| IMI Precision | Saddle (Nylon & Breakaway) |
8 | $6296 | $674 | $5622 | ||||
| IMI Precision | End Caps (TPU95A) |
22 | $486 | $99 | $387 | ||||
| Project Duration | Cost/Part | Project Duration | Cost/Part | ||||||
| Volkswagen Autoeropa |
Wheel Protection | 56 Days | €800 | 10 Days | €21 | ||||
| Volkswagen Autoeropa |
Gauges | 8 Days | €180 | 6 Days | €35 | ||||
| Volkswagen Autoeropa |
Badges | 35 Days | €400 | 4 Days | €10 | ||||
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MNNTHBX
small bore motorcycle partsExtenal Suppliers Cost/Part Time/Part $1,500-2,500 *Includes man hours/material
1 Week Ultimaker 3D Printers Cost/Part Time/Part $200 *Includes man hours/material
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IMI Precision
Spring Key (Tough PLA)Extenal Suppliers PARTS PER YEAR ANNUAL COST 721 $3118 Ultimaker 3D Printers PARTS PER YEAR TOTAL SAVINGS $872 $2246 -
IMI Precision
Saddle (Nylon & Breakaway)Extenal Suppliers PARTS PER YEAR ANNUAL COST 8 $6296 Ultimaker 3D Printers PARTS PER YEAR TOTAL SAVINGS $674 $5622 -
IMI Precision
Saddle (Nylon & Breakaway)Extenal Suppliers PARTS PER YEAR ANNUAL COST 22 $486 Ultimaker 3D Printers PARTS PER YEAR TOTAL SAVINGS $99 $387 -
Volkswagen Autoeropa
Wheel ProtectionExtenal Suppliers PROJECT DURATION COST/PART 56 Days €800 Ultimaker 3D Printers PROJECT DURATION COST/PART 10 Days €21 -
Volkswagen Autoeropa
GaugesExtenal Suppliers PROJECT DURATION COST/PART 8 Days €180 Ultimaker 3D Printers PROJECT DURATION COST/PART 6 Days €35 -
Volkswagen Autoeropa
BadgesExtenal Suppliers PROJECT DURATION COST/PART 35 Days €400 Ultimaker 3D Printers PROJECT DURATION COST/PART 4 Days €10
Whitepapers & Use Cases
How can you be sure that 3D printing makes financial sense for your business?
With 3D printed tools, jigs, and fixtures.
ABB Robotics was able to minimize risk in the development process with 3D printing.
Using the Ultimaker S5, IMI Precision Engineering saves over 1,900 hours and $17,500 per year.
and see what 3D printing with Ultimaker can do for your business
“The open filament system lets us use industrial materials which helps us to make even more durable tools and fixtures for our high volume production.”
- Lars Bognar, Research Engineer at Ford’s Research & Advanced Engineering Team in Aachen
Choose Shop3D.ca & Ultimaker
Shop3D.ca holds Canada’s largest inventory of Ultimaker OEM products and accessories both in Toronto and Vancouver.
Shop3D.ca is an authorized warranties and support for Ultimaker in Canada.
Work directly with our applications engineers to ensure a smooth and tested implementation.
Reduce iteration time and tooling costs, while moving production completely in-house.
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