3D Printed Jigs and Fixtures

Save time, reduce cost and improve safety by making jigs, fixtures and other manufacturing tools with 3D printing.

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Change your paradigm about manufacturing tools.

There’s an alternative to heavy, non-ergonomic, expensive tooling that takes weeks or months to get into production.

3D printing offers a much more efficient way to create jigs and fixtures, assembly and inspection aids, end-of-arm tooling, machining soft jaws and forming dies. That’s because these tools can be printed in hours vs. days or weeks it takes with traditional fabrication methods. Jigs and fixtures manufacturing with strong thermoplastics offers a lighter alternative to metal, and 3D printing’s design freedom allows for optimal ergonomics and user-friendly tool designs.

Tooling Applications

Assembly Fixtures

End-of-Arm Tooling

Inspection Fixtures

Printers most relevant for this application

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These 3D printers represent suitable systems for jigs, fixtures and other tooling applications.

F123CR Series FDM Printers

Make strong 3D printed tools with F123CR carbon fiber materials.

F770 FDM Printer

The F770 offers large-format FDM printing at an accessible price.

Fortus 450mc FDM Printer

The Fortus 450mc delivers industrial-grade printing with a highly versatile range of materials.

F900 FDM Printer

Large capacity and high-performance materials make the F900 suitable for many tooling applications.

H350 SAF Printer

H350 powder bed technology offers the most cost-effective way to print tools and parts at scale.

F3300 FDM Printer

F3300 next-gen FDM technology offers up to 2X the print speed and throughput of legacy printers.

Make strong 3D printed tools with F123CR carbon fiber materials.

The F770 offers large-format FDM printing at an accessible price.

The Fortus 450mc delivers industrial-grade printing with a highly versatile range of materials.

Large capacity and high-performance materials make the F900 suitable for many tooling applications.

H350 powder bed technology offers the most cost-effective way to print tools and parts at scale.

F3300 next-gen FDM technology offers up to 2X the print speed and throughput of legacy printers.

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Traditional vs. 3D Printing

3D printed tooling can make your factory floor more efficient, safe and cost effective.

All manufacturing operations use jigs and fixtures in some form, but making them with outdated methods is costly and time consuming. As this guide shows, 3D printing offers a better alternative.

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Main Industries

All Industries

3D printed jigs and fixtures offer benefits across multiple industries.

Aerospace

Aerospace companies leverage 3D printed drill guides, ground support equipment and other tools to meet schedules and cut costs.

Automotive

3D printing allows faster, on-demand tool creation to minimize downtime and keep production lines operational.

Medical

3D printing’s limitless design capability lets doctors create patient-specific surgical guides for more effective outcomes.

Aerospace companies leverage 3D printed drill guides, ground support equipment and other tools to meet schedules and cut costs.

3D printing allows faster, on-demand tool creation to minimize downtime and keep production lines operational.

3D printing’s limitless design capability lets doctors create patient-specific surgical guides for more effective outcomes.

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"The 3D printer offers us the enhanced geometric freedom to create previously unthought-of 3D printed tools, which then enable us to manufacture extremely complex parts that would be uneconomical or just physically impossible to create by any other means."

Rachel Trimble, GKN Aerospace

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Medtronic Sees Significant Savings With 3D Printed Tooling

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