3D printer applications
Realizations from industrial, research & scientific companies of renowned Swiss/German companies and universities of applied sciences.
Experience reports and implementations
from our customers in industry and science
ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences
The Center for Product and Process Development (ZPP) at the ZHAW Winterthur has added a rapid prototyping lab with seven MakerBot Replicator 3D printers to its laboratory workshop. These are used for teaching on the one hand and for classic prototyping or for testing components on the other.
University Hospital Basel
Surgeons at the University Hospital Basel used to rely on time-consuming and expensive 3D printing processes to produce anatomical models for planning complex surgical procedures. For more than a year now, doctors Philipp Honigmann and Florian Thieringer have been using a MakerBot Replicator Desktop 3D Printer, among other things, to produce 3D models.
INNOCAMPUS Biel/Bienne
INNOCAMPUS AG operates a platform for application-oriented research and development in industrial technology in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. Among other things, the AG operates a Fabrication Laboratory (FabLab), an open workshop that gives customers and students access to production equipment and modern industrial production processes.
tpc – Technology and Production of Swiss Radio and Television SRF
As a subsidiary of SRG SSR, tpc ag is responsible for the entire technology and production of Swiss Radio and Television SRF’s television, radio and multimedia programs. 3D printers are used for mechanical prototypes as illustrative or test samples, for decorative elements or in costume design.
Uster Vocational School (BFSU)
The Bildungszentrum Uster (BZU) in Uster, Switzerland, combines target-group-specific educational offers from the cantonal school, the vocational school and the higher technical school at one location. Through joint projects and working groups, the schools at the BZU also link high school and vocational education with business and technology and promote the development of innovative and sustainable projects.
Secondary school community Niederhasli Niederglatt Hofstetten (Eduzis)
Eduzis looks after around 470 pupils, spread over the two school buildings Eichi and Seehalde. Year groups are taught in the Eichi school building and mixed-age classes in the Seehalde school building. For the past three quarters of a year, 3D printers have been integrated into the learning plan and used on a daily basis to promote the pupils’ individual learning process.
Dr. med. Wolf Schweitzer
The innovative power of 3D printing not only enables forensic pathologist Wolf Schweitzer to produce prosthetic parts privately. He regularly builds form-fitting parts that are not commercially available. The 3D printer is also used in his professional work in forensic medicine.
