{"id":19926,"date":"2022-10-31T12:32:54","date_gmt":"2022-10-31T11:32:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcs-it.com\/finished-products-with-the-best-finish-in-3d-printing\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T17:02:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T15:02:18","slug":"3d-printed-products-complete-with-the-best-finish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.mcs-it.com\/en\/3d-printed-products-complete-with-the-best-finish\/","title":{"rendered":"3D printed products, complete, with the best finish"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n

Ready and operational is the new 3D printing plant, which will enable us to provide significant added value to customers: on the one hand, greater levels of production flexibility and product customization, and on the other hand, a significant enrichment of product design and functionality.<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n

Today, the market demands products characterized by ever-increasing functionality and customization, products that must simultaneously be lighter, stronger and more flexible.<\/p>\n\n\n

A demand that in our opinion can be answered effectively with 3D printing technology, as indeed we have already pointed out in the post outlining the advantages of this technology<\/a> for electronics enclosures.<\/p>\n\n\n

The new 3D plant will enable us to reap all the benefits of what is known as mixed additive manufacturing<\/em>, that is, complementing 3D printing with all other business processes<\/strong> with the aim of producing finished and exclusive products for our customers.<\/p>\n\n\n

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“Design is the method<\/em> of bringing together<\/em> form and content.”<\/em><\/strong>
(Paula Rand, designer USA)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n

A partner in professional 3D printing<\/h2>\n\n\n
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What distinguishes us from a typical 3D printing service? At MCS we have a clear vision of the finished<\/strong> product; we know that, for an electronic product, the expectations from a technical, functional and aesthetic point of view are very high.<\/p>\n\n\n

Each project is approached from the concept design phase, whereby the characteristics and performance of a product are defined, which is followed by the manufacturing phase that integrates the new technologies of additive manufacturing<\/a><\/em> .<\/p>\n\n\n

Why so much attention to design?<\/strong> Because a well-studied, manufactured and finished object will surely be more successful: this concept was also explored in depth in a previous post<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n

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“Good design, when well done, becomes invisible.<\/em>
It is only when it is done wrong that we notice it.”<\/em><\/strong>
(Jared Spool, US usability and design expert)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n

The benefits of investing in R&D<\/h2>\n\n\n

We have some years of experience with 3D printing technology<\/strong> behind us. At the time, we invested about a year in R&D to choose the most suitable material and technology for our products, and to arrive at a post-processing<\/em> that would ensure that we would get finishes that lived up to our expectations.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Our finishing levels are appreciated by customers<\/strong> (often also from companies that offer 3D printing machines or services): only after seeing our finished products, they realize the real potential that is achievable with additive manufacturing<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n

However, not everyone can reach these levels, because they do not have our full mastery of all the processes of transformation and customization<\/strong> (design, liquid coating, CNC machining, silkscreen printing, digital printing, assemblies, etc.). That is why we do not need external contractors.<\/p>\n\n\n

Very often client companies see the raw results of a 3D printed object, but fail to get a clear sense of a transformation into a finished product as we understand it.<\/p>\n\n\n

For this reason, they discard 3D printing a priori as a product realization possibility, often assigning it to generic mechanical parts that do not need special aesthetic finishes; until they see our achievements<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n

Why we chose HP MultiJet Fusion 3D printing.<\/h2>\n\n\n
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For our plant, we chose HP MultiJet Fusion technology<\/strong> (usable print volume 380x284x380 mm) combined with Nylon 12<\/strong> (or PA12) material. There are, of course, other materials, but we chose this one because we believe it is the most suitable for our field of application.<\/p>\n

The PA12<\/strong> used in HP technology comes from very fine powders, with a thickness of only a few microns (in size and consistency it appears similar to talcum powder): this enables parts with very high density and therefore very low porosity to be printed<\/strong>, when compared, for example, with a laser sintering 3D printing technology. The print resolution is also very high and detailed.<\/p>\n\n\n

As a result, the material and “molded” parts are very robust and can be used for both prototypes and functional end products<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n

Technical characteristics of PA12 in 3D printing<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n