Insights
3D Consultancy is a division of RBR Engineering Solutions Ltd. We are a UK company whose heritage and pedigree is established in the highly demanding and competitive world of Formula One Racing.
An engineering design and manufacturing consultancy we provide technical solutions utilising advanced 3D Printing/Additive Manufacturing, 3D scanning and CAD digital processes using the latest materials and processes, with industry leading expertise in composite materials technologies.
We help clients to embrace and exploit new technologies, materials and processes and we hope that you will find our Insights below of interest.
Why use Additive Manufacturing?
Our customers come to us often looking to see whether Additive Manufacturing can replace existing technologies and methods for a variety of reasons such as cost, weight reduction, speed, a more sustainable/less waste process or to improve the performance of the part....
Mitsubishi 3D Scanning L200
Introduction: Shogun Retail as part of Mitsubishi Motors provides a full range of motor vehicles to UK consumers. As well as the introduction and supply of new vehicles their marketing team provides associated marketing materials and content to support launches of new...
Additive Manufacturing: Seven categories
There are lots of individual processes which vary in their method of layer or additive manufacturing. The individual processes will differ depending on the material and machine technology used. In 2010, the American Society for Testing and Materials formulated a set...
Speciality Materials
Speciality Materials The most common materials used in 3D printing are plastics, which can range from high-performance engineering grade like PEEK, or basic like PLA. Resin is another common material and it is used with SLA printers. Composites are another category...
New for 2020: Advanced Carbon SLS 3D Printing
Technical Data Sheet for the latest addition to our composite materials catalogue. Parts infiltration service with Dichtol also available to provide enhanced material properties including chemical resistance. View whole sheet here
The Future of 3D Printing: Architectural and Construction
The main benefits of 3D printing in this field are enhanced modelling phases and cheaper projects. Sophisticated Models Architects periodically produce scale models to communicate their visions to colleagues and clients, and 3D printing is a prime technology for this...
Auxiliary cooling with 3D Printing in Motorsport and Formula One
Ducting and pipework The performance of an F1 car is dominated by the efficiency of the aerodynamics. A large amount of time and resource is spent by F1 teams on optimising the aerodynamic design. Modern F1 cars are powered by fully hybrid systems that have multiple...