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SLS: Designing for value

The crucial aspect of designing and making anything, is understanding the cost implications of selecting different materials and technologies.


For many years designers have been trying to achieve their heart’s desire through the liberating technology of 3D printing and Additive Manufacturing.  In many instances they have been throwing these designs against

the cost wall to see if they stick.  Without a full understanding of the cost drivers of the process, most of these bounce.  When they bounce, it is easy to regard SLS as too expensive or unproductive, when in reality it is simply that the characteristics of the design do not correspond to the economic capacity of the technology. Knowing what AM can make is step one. Understanding what is worth making is step two.


Jonathan’s experience is in understanding the cost drivers involved in using SLS and how it is not intrinsically expensive.  This simply requires an understanding of what effects cost and then how to design within these considerations in order to maximise value. These boundaries should not be regarded as constraints.  They actually assist any designer looking to produce objects with SLS, as they provide a creative framework within which to start conceiving objects that extract high value from the technology.


An exciting  prospect for further increasing the value of SLS in a production context is EOS’s forthcoming “Laser  Pro  Fusion“ technology.

A 3D printed COVID 19 protective visor designed and produced by Digits2Widgets

A 3D printed COVID 19 protective visor designed and produced by Additive

High Value SLS Parts

2 Part Bird Box - produced by Digits2Widgets

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    Jonathan  Rowley  collaborated  with  Martin  Baumers  of  The  University  of  Nottingham  and  Matthias  Holweg  of  the  University  of  Oxford  on  a  research  project  investigating  the  Economics  of  3D  Printing  with  SLS

    Economics of 3D Printing with SLS (pdf)

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