Manufacturing capability
Polymer Additive Manufacturing
Polymer additive manufacturing creates plastic components directly from digital designs using layer-by-layer production technologies. It is widely used for functional prototypes, custom fixtures, low-volume components, complex housings, and products requiring rapid design iteration without conventional tooling investment.
Related process: Additive Manufacturing
Manufacturing overview
Polymer additive manufacturing includes several technologies with different material properties, dimensional capabilities, and production economics.
Common processes include fused filament fabrication (FFF/FDM), selective laser sintering (SLS), multi jet fusion (MJF), stereolithography (SLA), and digital light processing (DLP).
Suitable materials include ABS-like polymers, PA12 nylon, TPU, photopolymer resins, and selected high-performance thermoplastics.
Typical applications include prototype housings, manufacturing fixtures, custom brackets, ducts, protective covers, and low-volume mechanical components.
Technology selection depends on required strength, flexibility, accuracy, surface finish, temperature resistance, and production quantity.
Design considerations include build orientation, layer anisotropy, support removal, minimum wall thickness, dimensional shrinkage, and post-processing.
Buyers should provide 3D CAD models, material preferences, mechanical requirements, quantity, tolerances, color, and finishing expectations.
Inspection may include dimensional measurement, visual assessment, functional testing, and material verification.
Metraxio supports polymer additive manufacturing RFQs for prototypes and production-ready custom components.