| Ely based Cambridge Scientific Instruments Limited is a 5 year old multi-skilled product design and development company targeting the European Analytical Instrument market.
With in-depth expertise in both liquid and gas chromatography and with several successful products already launched attention is currently focused on a novel gas chromatography oven.
CSI employ state of the art software and hardware to pre-visualise, prototype and to produce the systems they design both for their own instrument range and foe design and supply to other instrument manufacturers and distributors.
In this case we were selected to prototype and produce the unique housing which forms the basis for a range of products.
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| Finished Mouldings in 6HI Material Look Good and Feel Strong Satisfying both Functional and Aesthetic Requirements |
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Today's designers are very aware of modelling and manufacturing options and the first step of obtaining a quality 3D model using stereolithography is seen as essential.
Phil James, Managing Director of CSI picks up the story at this point.
"We needed a complete art to part service including not only the modelling but also the capability to take the product right through tooling and on to market ready production mouldings. A quality SLA was provided by us initially for final fit and function check and minor details were added by us prior to tooling.
One of the attractions of the Cellular Mouldings process is that the first resin clone from an SLA remains available as a stable resin master for the life of the product. This is important insurance since the SLA itself has no function after tooling and is unsuitable as a long term master pattern.
Starting from this master it will therefore be possible at a later date to introduce niche market variants or uprated designs as the product gains market acceptance so picking up any changes at natural F.O.C retooling point thus minimising development costs."
Chris Brooker states
"More and more designers are providing magnetic data and requesting Cellular Mouldings to source the SLA which we now do on a routine basis just as we source our conventional patterns and models.
We have our own approved suppliers who appreciate the standards we require for our unique tooling process.
Both stereolithography and Cellular Mouldings tooling are ultra rapid techniques however speed is not always the primary criterion. In many cases it is the capability to produce quality mouldings in ongoing quantities without changes in process or supplier from art to part through prototype to commercial production."
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