3T RPD
3T RPD
The new facility paves the way for further expansion of its metals and plastics AM production capacity in 2017
Leading plastic and metal additive manufacturing company, 3T RPD has announced the opening of a new metals AM production site.
The new facility is based near the company’s current facility on the Greenham Common Airbase in Berkshire.
This expansion builds on recent new AM machine acquisitions and represents the company’s latest investment in the future of AM production. It also paves the way for further expansion of its metals and plastics AM production capacity in 2017.
The new 10,000 square foot facility triples 3T RPD’s space for metal AM production. Providing extra space, the new site has also given 3T RPD the opportunity to expand and extend its finishing capability, which will bring the whole metals AM production process in-house and will create a one stop AM production service for customers around the world.
3T’s new site is already producing metal AM parts, and in addition to the current complement of AM machines, CMM, Blue Light Scanner and Quality Lab, it will shortly include an automated finishing machine, a laser marking machine, NDT, multi-axis CNC and a large vacuum furnace. The size of the site allows 3T RPD to continue to install more AM machines as demand for AM production continues to increase.
“This expansion has three aims, firstly to increase our production capability, secondly to increase the consistency of our production output, and thirdly to provide our customers an AM service covering the complete process chain,” said Ian Halliday, CEO of 3T RPD.
Halliday continued to explain that as the demand for AM production builds, 3T RPD is determined to grow to meet customers’ AM production requirements and to be their first choice for production metal and plastics AM.
This most recent expansion is part of a programme of investment and is the first of many planned additive manufacturing production developments from 3T RPD. Production on the site commenced in November and is already manufacturing AM parts for 3T RPD customers around the world.
