Vibratory conveyors and separators use engineered brush mats to channel vibration into motion. After one particular mat product for small, delicate parts was discontinued by its supplier, users like machined part provider Swiss Automation were left without without a replacement for a brush mat that, in this company’s case, is critical to the operation of an automated system it has come to rely on. But 3D printing offered the answer: OPT Industries delivered a polymer replacement for this brush mat thanks to a digital light processing system able to create long mat or fabric sections by printing continuously.

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- OPT Industries https://optindustries.com/
- Swiss Automation https://www.swissautomation.com/
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- Other examples of 3D printing as an aid to automation, including end-of-arm tooling and a bracket for a coolant refilling system
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- Swiss Automation's early experience with 3D printing (our first visit with them goes way back) https://www.additivemanufacturing.med...

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