Case Studies

The Brief:

RPG Manufacturing is a new company that makes miniature models for collectors, wargamers and role playing.  They are focusing on producing accurate models and came to 3T to discover if additive manufacturing (AM) could play a part in producing models.
The Solution:

By producing a number of sample parts, 3T was able...

The Brief:

Professors Keane and Scanlan from the Southampton University worked in partnership with 3T to produce 'the world's first 3D-printed plane'* - The Southampton University Laser Sintered Aircraft (SULSA) - which has successfully taken flight. 
The brief from the Professors included...

The Brief:

FANUC Robotics, one of the world’s leading companies in factory automation, has integrated cameras onto its robotic arms. This “vision engineering system” effectively enables a robot to see an object’s location, orientation, measurement and identity giving the robot the flexibility to handle...

The Brief:

Stewart Golf design, develop and manufacture luxury powered golf caddies and is proud to lead the industry through continued product development, innovation and engineering. Their products are built to the highest standards, use the most advanced technology and enjoy a distinctive, individual character.


They have...

The Brief:

In the technological battle that is international motor racing, products are designed, built and tested to spectacularly demanding schedules. During the Formula One season there is usually a two week gap between races, in which time the teams' designers and engineers must respond to issues uncovered during the previous...

The Brief:

VR Technology is the world’s most innovative diving technology company.  It makes diving equipment such as dive computers and underwater breathing equipment and has a world-wide market and reputation. 


VR Technology came to 3T with the challenge of producing the bezel for their latest NHeO dive computer. ...

The Brief:

Codamotion, the world leader in real-time movement analysis, wanted to manufacture ‘marker clusters’ in relatively small volumes and to have the ability to change designs quickly as new requirements dictated.  The material utilised needed to be lightweight and robust as well as be able to be handled many...

The Brief:

Lionel Dean is an Engineer, Designer and Artist at FutureFactories: a digital manufacturing (Rapid Prototyping) concept for the mass individualization of products. In partnership with 3T RPD Ltd, Lionel has taken Philippe Stark's iconic Louis Ghost chair and fitted an alternative back to it, which has been created using...

The Brief:

Zaha Hadid Architects wanted to produce a powerful 3D model over 2m long to give visual impact for presentation purposes of the Guggenheim Museum in Taichung, Taiwan. The proposal was based on the concept of the museum as an ever-changing event space.
The Solution:

Due to the complex organic forms of Zaha Hadid's...

The Brief:

Marks Barfield Architects believe that good design transforms the quality of the environment and aim to provide an architecture that is innovative, sustainable, an imaginative response to context and a pleasure to experience.
One such example of this is the Xstrata Treetop Walkway in Kew Gardens...