Articles by Andy Simpson

Offshore Europe Exhibition

We are showing at this years Offshore Europe Exhibition between 5th to 8th September. We are exhibiting on the Business Angus stand (2E46) during this Exhibition, so we are looking forward to showing off the services we provide in conjunction with the team from Business Angus. Come and visit the Business Angus team and find

Pitfalls to be aware of with your 3D printing service.

3D printing continues to develop and to be a big influence in developing concept ideas to a prototype part to check ‘Fit, Form & Function’ and now being used on production components. However, like all manufacturing processes & services there are potential pitfalls and the 3D printing industry suffer from these also. Some of these

Why 3D Printing

Firstly, how does 3D printing work? The principle is similar to the traditional ink-jet printer you use for printing ink on paper. The main difference being the ink printers only print one level and 3D printing print several plastic or rubber (even metal) layers producing a part with depth. (The 3rd dimension). The printer head

Are you moving from Prototype to Production?

You will be faced at some point to move from the Prototype stage to the Production phase. This can be daunting as it bring additional challenges as it is never as easy as simply ordering more prototype product. Your Production product may not be even made in the same manner as the Prototype. This may

New Window & Signage

New window and signage installed this week. A big thanks to Bob Simpson (Dad) for doing a magnificent job on the window and Turner Graphics for the signage. What a difference this has made to the office.  

Projet MJP 3600 Arrives

We have had another week at Angus 3D Solutions. The new 3D Systems Projet MJP 3600 printer arrived and was installed and the training completed. The detail and quality of the test parts printed this week are amazing. We managed to print some customer parts on this machine and have these delivered to their office

A Busy Week @ Angus 3D Solutions

A busy week, moved in to our new premises, had our first customer visit, introduced our company to new customers, dealing with some interesting enquires, took delivery of our new 3D Printer. A great week. Next week will be even busier with the team from isodo3d flying in to complete the printer installation and training.

Keys to our new premises

Receiving the keys for our new premises from Fiona McDonald of Business Angus. I would like to thank all the team at Business Angus for their support in our new venture.

ARE TRADITIONAL JIG & FIXTURE MANUFACTURING METHODS OUTDATED?

We use jigs & fixtures to help with repeatability and maintain precision, these primarily reducing time and human error during production. The downside is the time and cost associated in manufacturing specialised tools and jigs & fixtures and the lack of ability to change them at the last minute. 3D printing removes these traditional challenges