Where the parts go

Manufacturers use the bureau to hold a design in their hands before committing to tooling. A printed part catches a clearance, a draft angle or an assembly problem that a render does not.

Work is design-for-manufacture aware: the part is priced and made with the production process it is heading towards in mind, so the prototype tells you something useful about the real thing.

Brackets, housings, jigs, adapters and fixtures for products and lines that are already in service. Often there is no drawing, only the existing part and a problem to solve around it.

Send the part or a scan and a description of what it has to do. Runs start at one and scale to small production batches.

Some parts are needed in twelves, not thousands, and still have to match the drawing in a named material. The bureau is set up to take that work rather than turn it away for being small.

The quote names the material and the process and states the tolerance in writing, and inspection against the drawing is available on request. Spraggs3D materials are not certified for food contact or medical use, so parts that need that certification are not supplied.