Additive manufacturing service provider 3D People has deployed AMIS Runtime across its London production facility.
The company is leveraging AMIS' programmable build preparation engine to complement its powder bed fusion capacity.
It expects the implementation of AMIS Runtime to deliver faster turnaround times, higher consistency across shifts, and increased production capacity. In recent months, AMIS and 3D People have collaboratively developed and tested Runtime across the 3D People facility with real-world validation.
Sasha Bruml, Co-founder of 3D People, said: “This project marked a key step in our long-term digital manufacturing strategy. It builds upon our existing MES platform, closing the loop between digital order management and physical production. The results are exciting with a more efficient, data-driven workflow that reduces human error, increases repeatability and strengthens our position as one of the UK’s leading advanced 3D printing services. The full deployment of AMIS Runtime is now reaping rewards across the whole business.”
The implementation of AMIS Runtime follows a grant from UK Made Smarter, which 3D People has harnessed to develop and integrate an automated process for the preparation, nesting and scheduling of 3D print builds. 3D People has been seeking to enhance its delivery of end-use polymer components to the automotive, marine, robotics, electronics and film & TV sectors.
Increasingly, it is facing demands from customers to enhance the quality, reduce lead times, and deliver greater repeatability. AMIS Runtime has been identified as a tool that can be integrated directly into its existing set-up, automating build preparation from file import to intelligent nesting, slicing, exporting and continuous re-nesting.
“AMIS Runtime is a perfect complement to how we manufacture,” said Felix Manley, Co-founder of 3D People. “Our production relies on consistency and the ability to respond quickly when priorities change. Runtime lets us automate the repetitive tasks, so our team can focus on engineering, quality and customer support — the areas where we add the most value.”
3D People recently expanded its factory with new SLS production capacity and additional material offerings. Per the company, the introduction of AMIS Runtime has eliminated many of the bottlenecks associated with manual build prep, specifically with end-to-end scripted workflows for importing, repairing, nesting, slicing and exporting every part. High-density Q*Nest builds are now generated automatically with consistent rules applied across every operator and every shift as well as continuous re-nesting that enables ‘always up-to-date’ batches.
Kris Binon, Managing Director at AMIS, offered: “3D People represents exactly the type of partner Runtime was built for. They’re fast, industrially-focused and committed to quality. Their input during development helped shape Runtime into a practical tool for their real production environment — not just a lab experiment.”
Before full deployment, 3D People validated Runtime on multiple live use cases. This included daily automated nesting for MJF and SLS builds, batch regeneration when urgent customer orders arrived, density- and part-aware nesting to maximise throughput, automated metadata pipelines for traceability and clean 3MF exports as well as part lists for internal tracking and customer documentation. These workflows are now said to run reliably and predictably, dramatically improving efficiencies across production, reducing human errors and allowing the team to handle more orders with more of their time invested into ensuring quality rather than simple repetitive tasks, all supporting improved right-first-time, on-time and quality for customers.
