Case Studies
Construction/Tools
1.1 EZ Level Crown Master - Crown Molding Jig
Product Details - Crown Master Wedges allows installers to cut crown molding right side up - Threads are printed into the model (no need for thread inserts). The old model was produced in China and they were able to reshore the new model to the United States.
Production Rate - Up to 2000 pieces per day
Unit Size - 4in x 8in x 1/2in
Print Time - 16 Hours
Print Resolution - 100 micron
Units per Print - 60 Units
Material - DL110HB
Printer - Photocentric Magna
Buy yours here https://www.ez-level.com/
"Wow is all I can say. Merit3D did an amazing job producing this project. This gave us the ability to bring production back to America and we love it."
Brooks Courtney-Founder EZ Level
1.2 EZ Level StudFinder Pro
Product Details - StudFinder-Pro is used to find studs using an evenly distributed magnetic field that creates an 8 inch sweep zone - This previously required more assembly, but is now manufactured in one piece. After print, 4 neodymium magnets are placed in the 4 holes which will find any screw, nail or metal stud on a wall.
Production Rate -1000 pieces per day
Unit Size - 2in x 10in x 3in
Print Time - 14 Hours
Print Resolution - 100 micron
Units per Print - 50 Units
Material - ABS Like
Printer - Photocentric Magna
"Working with you through these two designs has been a pleasure. You move quick, you listen, and you deliver. You didn't give me a 3D version of our product, you gave me 'artwork'...and that matters a lot to us. You've earned the business."
Outdoor Products
2.1 Backslope Tools - Bucket Block
Product Details - Back Slope Tools makes high end tools for trail maintenance from shovels and rakes to carrying tools. They came to us for a need to mass produce this part for their system. Since then they have hade many more projects that have skipped injection molding and used additive manufacturing to mass produce their parts.
Production Rate -10,000 pieces per day
Order size- Orders 1000 at a time
Unit Size - 1in x 1in x 2in
Print Time - 2 Hours
Print Resolution - 100 micron
Units per Print - 50 Units
Material - ABS Like
Printer - Photocentric Magna
Website - https://toolsfortrails.com/
2.2 100,000 Binocular tethers
Product Details -This 3D print set a world record for the most 3D parts printed in one day. Alaska Guide creations ordered 5000 pieces then a few months later ordered 25,000 pieces then a few months later, ordered 60,000 pieces. We hit print at 8:00am and delivered 62,700 pieces to the customer at 4:30pm that same day
Production Rate- 2.4 pieces per second
Unit Size -1.5" x .25" x 1"
Print Time - 6 hr for 62,700 pieces
Print Resolution - 250 microns
Units per Print - 800
Material - Duramax
Texture- Customer added a sand blasted texture to surface
To buy- https://alaskaguidecreations.com/
"We love buying local. Alaska Guide Creations passions ourselves on American made and great quality. This was a great project and we have many more coming." AGC
2.3 GoPro adaptors for spoting scope
Product Details - The GoPro adaptor is used to adapt any GoPro to a spotting scope, binoculars and other device when you need to zoom in to take a picture. With the new releases each year, Additive manufacturing is a perfect solution for GoPro cases
Design Time - 3 weeks from design to production
Production Rate- 1000 per day
Unit Size - 4in x 3in x 3in
Print Time - 4hr for 30
Print Resolution - 250
Units per Print - 30
To buy - https://www.phoneskope.com/
Also available at Scheels, Sportsman's warehouse, Cabela's, Bass Pro Shop
2.3 GoPro adaptors for spoting scope
Gaming
3.1 Figurines/Gaming Pieces
Product Details - we can produce the finest detail with game figurines down to 50 microns or 100.
Production Rate- 1000 per day
Unit Size - 2in x 2in x 2in
Print Time - 3 hours
Print Resolution - 50 microns
Units per Print - 400
Material - Duramax
Printer - Photocentric Magna
Promotional Products
4.1 Mass-Produced Promotional Pens Made in the US
4.2 Bobby Dodd Trophy for Georga Peach Bowl
Product Details -The Bobby Dodd Trophy is given out to coaches at the chick-fil-A Georgia peach bowl. We were given the statue and we made some adjustments to the trophy as per the customers requirements. They wanted changes from the original to be an older looking man and also longer arms as per the actual look of Bobby Dodd. The Merit3D team made these changes and the customer was thrilled.
Production Rate-300/day
Unit Size - 4in x 4in x 8in
Print Time - 10hr
Print Resolution - 100
Units per Print - 12
Material - Duramax
Post process-Painted and clear coated
YouTube video showing detail
Bobby Dodd page link
"We love taking these pens to trade shows. People walk by and they are amazed to see them. They are more interested in the pens than our own products." Excited Customer in Cleveland UT. 🙂
4.3 Bike Medals for NICA-Utah
Product Details -These medals were printed and then painted for many different positions for NICA races. One of them spins inside it self creating a part that cant be made any other way besides additive manufacturing
Production Rate-5000/day
Unit Size - 2in, 4in, 6in, 8in, 10in
Print Time - 2hr-6hr
Print Resolution - 100
Units per Print - 50-300
Material - Any
Printer - Photocentric Magna
4.3 Texture blocks- give aways at trade shows
Product Details -These texture blocks are mass produced for trade show give aways to show that by the click of a mouse, you can add any texture to any surface. Traditional manufacturing methods of injection molding require a lot of time and are very expensive and you can't change once you have decided. This is SO AWESOME to demo the benefits of additive manufacturing.
Production Rate-5000/day
Unit Size - 2in
Print Time - 3hr
Print Resolution - 100
Units per Print - 50
Material - Any
Printer - Photocentric Magna
Textures- Organic, Carbon fiber, Sand rough, Sand smooth, Cut Through
Medical Products
5.1 3D printed Casts
Product Details - Did you know that casts can be made that are washable, breathable and don't stink? Well now they can! Doctors can scan a broken arm with their iPhone and we can then print the cast for them. Technology is amazing. We have partnered with Exiom and Xkelet to bring 3D technology to the medical industry.
Production Rate- 200
Unit Size - 10in x 4in x 4in
Print Time -2 hrs
Print Resolution - 500 microns
Units per Print - 8
Material - Biocompatible
Printer - Photocentric Magna
"This was the coolest to have on my arm. I was injured playing football and broke my arm. Merit3D and the local Dr, took care of my arm and placed a very cool looking cast on it." Craig Olson
NFT's
6.1 Dragon Federation-Dragon Eggs
Product Details -Dragon Federation came to us and needed thousands of dragon eggs. They make a cool NFT that comes with a physical egg as well. Post processing is done with these eggs to the owner can raise the egg. This can only be made using additive manufacturing.
Production Rate-1000
Unit Size - 7in x 5in x 5in
Print Time - 7hr
Print Resolution - 250 microns
Units per Print -6
Material - Duramax
Printer - Photocentric Magna
Home Products/Decor
7.1. Manti Temple night light and Christmas tree ornament
Product Details - The project was done for a ward in the LDS church. They wanted many of these Manti temple Christmas tree ornaments for their kids. Merit3D downloaded a free SLT file then modified it to accept a light in the middle then started printing away. The kids (and Families) Loved them.
Customer- LDS church
Part Size -4" X 3" X 2"
Print Time - 3 hours per print
Print Resolution -100 microns
Units per Print -50
Material - Durable off white
Cool feature 1- Amazing Detail
Cool feature 2-Hollowed out for internal light
7.2 Micro screw-watch stand
Product Details -This micro screw was part of a watch stand for a customer. The part turned out well and we were amazed at the detail that we were able to print. The customer ended up combining many parts and eliminated this part but not before we printed 1000 is 15 minutes.
Production Rate- 500,000 per day
Unit Size - 1mm x 1mm
Print Time - 15 min
Print Resolution - 50 microns
Units per Print - 3000
Material - Hard Black
Printer - Photocentric Magna
7.3 HappiOutdoor - Cooler Hinges & Pins
Product Details - This pin was produced in the thousands. It had to have an end that allowed for it to be inserted in a receiving hole. This had many iterations before we perfected the manufacturing process for Happy Outdoors.
Production Rate- 20,000 per day
Unit Size - .5in x .5in x 4in
Print Time - 5hr
Print Resolution - 250 microns
Units per Print - 300
Material -Hard Black
Printer - Photocentric Magna
4. PhoneSkope - Scope-Mountable Phone Cases
Product Details -Great relationship with phonescope to the point that they tell us which phones they want their case adapted to and either they send us a design or we design the case from the ground up. This is a great example for additive manufacturing because phones come out every year so making a mold will only last for a few years before you won't need it anymore.
Production Rate-2000/day
Unit Size - .75in x 4in x 7in
Print Time -6hr
Print Resolution -250 microns
Units per Print -30
Material - DL110HB
Printer - Photocentric Magna
"The work and quick turnaround time is amazing from Merit3D. It has helped us be able go produce cases for the most popular phones to the least popular phones." Phone Skope
5. Sight In 1 - Tool for sighting in rifle scopes
Product Details - Great reshoring project. Sight in One was working with a company over the water for 2 years before we tried mass producing his part using additive manufacturing. He was amazed at the speed to get to production and had to wait for his boxes to be produced longer than his physical part.
Production Rate- 1000/day
Unit Size - 3in x 3in x 5in
Print Time - 5hr
Print Resolution -250 micron
Units per Print -30
Material - Duramax
Cool feature-Threads were put in the part in the printing process so a secondary process was eliminated
"I was working with a company for 2 years in China and Merit3d accomplished more in 2 weeks then we did in 2 years going over seas. THANKS!!!" Tom Lasso-Founder
Just cool projects
1. 3D Promotions - Bobby Dodd Trophies
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Production Rate- Up to X pieces per day
Unit Size - Xin x Xin x Xin
Print Time - X Hours
Print Resolution - X micron
Units per Print - X Units
Material - X
Printer - Photocentric Magna
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Print Time - X Hours
Print Resolution - X micron
Units per Print - X Units
Material - X
Printer - Photocentric Magna
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