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Enhance Your Production Efficiency with Custom Tools

Manufacturing aids are devices used to facilitate, inspect, assemble, or test parts during production. By leveraging 3D  printers, you can rapidly prototype jigs, fixtures, assembly guides, gauges, and ergonomic tools tailored to your manufacturing needs.

Why Transition to Digital?

Reduced Costs

Skip the large initial investment in tooling and minimize labor expenses.

Quick Turnaround

Create high-precision tools or parts in under 24 hours.

Adaptable Production

Enable just-in-time manufacturing to boost agility and reduce the need for stockpiling inventory.

Creative Design Freedom

Easily design complex, organic geometries, consolidate multi-part assemblies, and allow full customization.

High Accuracy & Repeatability

Ensure consistent output and precision over time—outperforming many manual processes.

Ergonomic and Lightweight

Enhance usability and machine longevity with lightweight, user-friendly plastic tools.

Metalworking Operations

Enhance in-house flexibility by producing durable, high-precision tools capable of withstanding intense manufacturing environments such as machining and welding. 3D printing boosts metalworking operations by minimizing expenses, shortening lead times, and enabling quick customization of jigs and fixtures.

Tooling and Replacement Parts

Create specialized tools in less than 24 hours and minimize equipment downtime by fabricating replacement parts on demand. Polymer-based 3D printed parts deliver remarkable design versatility, reduced weight, and robust mechanical properties—making them suitable substitutes for metal components in various scenarios.

Assembly and Inspection

Streamline production with tailored alignment tools, assembly jigs, test fixtures, component holders, and more. Whether you need flexible materials or ESD-safe options, 3D printing provides a comprehensive solution for assembly and inspection needs.

Finishing and Masking

Reduce manual labor with cost-effective, reusable masking tools designed to fit complex shapes. 3D printing allows the creation of precise, custom masks that optimize your post-processing workflows.

Cut Tool-Making to 24 hours

Stop waiting weeks for tools to arrive from a service provider or for your CNC machine to free up. With in-house 3D printing, you can create custom jigs and fixtures within a day, run tests, tweak your design, and print again.

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Step 1

Design

Model your mold or tooling pattern using CAD software.

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Step 2

3D Print

Select an appropriate resin from our comprehensive material library and 3D print your part using a Formlabs SLA printer.

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Step 3

Manufacture

Place the printed tool into your machine or incorporate the printed pattern into your production flow to create your parts.

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Step 4

Post-Process

Remove the finished part and perform any required post-processing steps.

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Get Started 3D Printing for Manufacturing Aids

Contact a EYE2EYE Solution Specialist to get started with manufacturing aids production powered by 3D printing.

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