Household appliance manufacturers use 3D Rapid Prototyping technology to speed and improve their design cycles, which helps them to get better products to market faster.

The design of household appliances requires accurate 3D models to communicate design concepts to internal and external customers.

3D models can also be subjected to a series of functional tests to assess critical performance attributes early in the design cycle. Weaknesses, or design flaws, can frequently be discovered early in the design cycle when 3D prototypes are subjected to demanding environmental conditions such as elevated temperatures, moisture, air flows, and vibrations.

Your parts can be finished in a variety of ways to yield high quality surfaces. Exact replicas of production models can be used to solicit focus-group feedback on proposed new features. Scale models of products can be built and transported to customer sites for evaluation, frequently eliminating the need to ship actual production units.

Utilizing 3D Rapid Prototyping's range of infiltration resins, manufacturers achieve application-specific functionality to gauge performance criteria. Infiltrated parts can be machined, drilled, and tapped. Additionally, infiltrants can be used to significantly improve the durability, humidity resistance and high temperature properties of 3D Rapid Prototyping parts during airflow, vibration and other rigorous environmental tests.

The ability to print parts in full color enables engineers to quickly understand the material stresses on their designs. Your parts can be printed in over 2 million colors to highlight potential weak points.