3D Reverse Engineering Article in Business in Vancouver magazine

3D Reverse Engineering article in Business In Vancouver Magazine.

For 3D Reverse Engineering of  Langley, the future of 3-D printing arrived in November in the form of a $150,000 Fortus 360MC. The size of a large refrigerator, the machine was too big for comany
owner Matthew Percival’s home-based office. So he keeps it at Dependable Industries in Surrey, where he and Dependable owner Gary Amstutz operate a rapid prototyping service bureau. The Fortus uses the fuse depostion technology and can print with two materials, ABS and polycarbonate.

It can build things as large as about half a metre on each side. Printing an item the size of a computer mouse would take about five hours and, depending on the numer of pieces, cost about $300.

“That’s cheaper than buying an injection mould for a part you’re not sure [about],” Percival said. Such a mould can cost tens of thouands of dollars, depending on the complexity. It’s lights out, right.

You send a part to it and it might take 100 hours to print and you’re done”

– Matthew Percival,
owner,
3D Reverse Engineering

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