3D : Grid faucet by KALLISTA Wins ‘Best In Show’ at KBIS 2018

Metal 3D printing can be highly advantageous, not just for rapid, tool-free production of parts, but in delivering new ways to design products that are not subject to the limitations of traditional manufacturing such as injection-molding and machining. This is not to say that traditional processes like machining and injection molding have not come a long way or do not remain key functions in production, they most certainly have and do, but traditional processes do continue to dictate limitations. Additive manufacturing, especially in metal, invites new ways that a part can be produced, including complex internal channels even at miniscule sizes, integration of parts into a single assembly, light-weighting of parts by adding latticework and voids, and the ability to create custom parts without tooling.

To achieve this kind of design for additive takes practice and experience, and service bureaus such as 3^rd Dimension are well versed in the skills required to help you develop your idea into an additive design. For KALLISTA's Grid faucet project, the 3^rd Dimension team spent about 2 months working with the engineers and designers from KALLISTA to develop the part design to perfection.