Growing Wehl & Partner's Business with the Stratasys Origin One

How footwear manufacturers slash costs and lead time with 3D printed shoe moulds

Origin One partnered with two companies to design and 3D print an innovative new C3175 hydraulic clamp for the Air Force's F-16 aircraft. Using Henkel LOCTITE 3955 for the clamp and LOCTITE IND402 for its flexible tether, the team printed 54 clamp halves in 24 minutes. 1,296 clamp halves can be printed using one printer in a single day. Post-processing a printed batch can be completed in roughly 20 minutes. The final, optimised clamp design for the C3175-9J employed on F-16 aircraft doubled the strength of the original part while weighing less.