How we work
We support you through your innovation journey by offering flexible design and R&D resource that suits your needs. We accelerate your next breakthrough by blending our technical expertise with yours. Our services help you overcome some of the barriers and risks associated with exploring a new and largely unfamiliar approach to design and manufacturing, that is AM.
What makes us different
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Our strength lies in combining creativity, scientific knowledge and state-of-the-art tools and techniques to advance your ideas into designs that leverage the full potential of AM. We take concepts resulting from fundamental research and turn them into working prototypes that can be tested in their intended environment or lab setting. Wherever you are in this early-stage development phase, we are here to help.
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We pride ourselves on our agility, going rapidly from first contact to project start with a service tailored to your needs that delivers results quickly. If you are wondering where to start, our example services below should give you an idea of how we can work together.
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We pass on our knowledge, helping you build confidence with AM so that you can move forwards independently after the completion of your project.
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We want to see our clients succeed and grow as a result of our collaboration; hence they typically retain ownership of project outputs. You can rely on us for a secure development environment that protects your intellectual property. We are open to partnering with both industry and academia to generate IP together via alternative funding streams.
Who can benefit from our services
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SMEs and start-ups can gain a competitive advantage in their technology sector by introducing additive technologies early in their production process. Our tailored services provide you with the flexibility and engineering capability you need to get your ideas off the ground and evolve them towards disruptive commercial solutions.
If you are focusing on emerging technologies within your industry that are more suited to grant funding, we’re also open to partnerships!
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As an industrial partner in publicly funded projects, we can help you identify applications of additive manufacturing in your specific research area and support your funding application with our technical expertise.
Alternatively, we can offer our services as a subcontractor to accelerate your timeline. In this case, all intellectual property remains with the university and/or your existing industrial partners.
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We align our services with your product innovation strategy. We complement your team and structure our projects around your needs to extend your capability and help deliver against your timeline, with careful consideration over your existing processes and operations.
Whether it is working alongside your research and development team or exploring new product designs independently, we can help you get the most from AM by harnessing new design approaches to meet increasingly demanding requirements.
Wondering how Additive Manufacturing can fuel your next breakthrough?
Example services
Ideation Workshops
All great innovations begin with an idea. Join us in a series of workshops to kick-start your innovation journey or gain a fresh perspective on an existing project. We can accelerate the process of turning ideas into actions.
Feasibility Study
A feasibility study will help decide on the most appropriate design direction to ensure its technical and economic viability. This is where we explore different design approaches together and establish what is possible with AM. We can conduct preliminary design and development and assess performance through simulation, before committing to a larger project that involves manufacturing.
Proof of Concept
If you’re looking to bring your idea into the real world, we can take your requirements and accelerate your development right through to a physical proof-of-concept. This includes creating concepts, assessing their feasibility, and selecting the most appropriate AM process for your functional demonstrator. Alongside this, we will support the evaluation of the design in your intended application area and offer guidance to evolve it towards commercialisation.
Tailored Projects
We can also tailor a project around your specific requirements, based on your level of experience with AM. From delivering small defined work packages within a larger client-led project, through to offering a complete end-to-end design service, we can give you the flexibility you need.