Case Studies

Maine Air National Guard Uses Essentium Technology to Increase Readiness
Using the Essentium High-Speed Extrusion (HSE™) 3D Printing Platform and Essentium PCTG, the 101st Air Refueling Wing (ARW), Maine Air National Guard printed flight control repair training aids to help maintain proficiency for traditional guardsmen.
December 15, 2022 | The Essentium Team

Worlds Protect 3D Prints 13 End-Use Components for COVID-19 Breathalyzers
Using the Essentium High Speed Extrusion (HSE™) 3D Printing Platform and Essentium PA-CF and PLA, Worlds Protect was able to print end-use parts.
May 5, 2022 | The Essentium Team

Additive at Scale Creates an Asset Tracker in 60 Days Using Essentium Technology
Using the Essentium technology, Additive at Scale designed and manufactured 100 pilot units for an asset tracking solution for a multinational chemical company in just 60 days.
April 30, 2022 | The Essentium Team

VirTex Reduces Custom Fixture Costs By 99% With Essentium High Speed Extrusion
September 13, 2021 | The Essentium Team

Axle Box Innovations Uses Essentium Solutions to Contribute to U.S. Made Drone Platform
July 22, 2021 | The Essentium Team

Mercury Systems Slashes Cost by 95% Using Essentium Solutions
Learn how Mercury Systems cut costs by 95% using Essentium solutions in this detailed case study.
April 5, 2021 | The Essentium Team

TTM Uses ESD-Safe Materials to Reduce Customer’s Time-to-Market
Learn how Essentium’s industrial-grade ESD-safe materials helped TTM get their customer’s time-to-market this detailed case study.
March 8, 2021 | The Essentium Team

KAM Cuts Labor Time by 77% With 3D Printed Fixtures
Advanced manufacturing facility uses Essentium’s industrial-grade materials and 3D printing platform to support its hybrid manufacturing approach.
December 16, 2020 | The Essentium Team
Whitepapers

2022 Trends in 3D Printing at Scale
April 4, 2023 | The Essentium Team
Trends in 3D Printing at Scale, summarizes the results of a third party industry report that surveyed 170 managers and executives working at manufacturing companies with responsibility for 3D printing. Download the white paper for a close look at these key findings.

Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Composites for Additive Manufacturing Applications
September 9, 2022 | The Essentium Team
Carbon fiber-reinforced composites formulated for additive manufacturing provide exceptional strength, durability, thermal stability, and stiffness. For these reasons, carbon fiber is used in an increasing number of industrial applications in the aerospace, automotive, electronic manufacturing, medical devices, and battery industries, as well as countless others.

Crawl, Walk, Run: Adoption of AM in the Defense Industry
March 28, 2022 | The Essentium Team
Additive manufacturing (AM) is among the key technologies identified as critical to future defense efforts. However, for the defense industry to realize the full potential of AM technology, there must be greater emphasis on near-term AM exposure and education across all functional areas within the military on a much larger scale than is currently in place.

2021 Trends in 3D Printing at Scale
January 12, 2022 | The Essentium Team
Trends in 3D Printing at Scale, summarizes the results of a third party industry report that surveyed 161 managers and executives working at manufacturing companies with responsibility for 3D printing. Download the white paper for a close look at these key findings.

Enabling ESD-Safe Electronics Production Through Additive Manufacturing
August 11, 2021 | The Essentium Team
In this white paper you will learn, why manufacturers take every precaution to avoid Electrostatic discharge (ESD) events including using additive manufacturing (AM) to quickly and affordably produce many of the ESD-safe tools needed on the factory floor.

Bridging the Hybrid Era of Additive Manufacturing
April 26, 2021 | The Essentium Team
In this white paper, we highlight Essentium’s response to the PPE shortage and illustrate how using Essentium technology for direct manufacturing can move the cost curve.

A Guide to 3D Printing Jigs and Fixtures
December 29, 2020 | The Essentium Team
In our guide, you will learn: tips for proper material selection, best practices for 3D printed jig and fixture design, and advantages of the Essentium HSE 3D Printing Platform.

Trends in 3D Printing at Scale – 2020
December 16, 2020 | The Essentium Team
This white paper summarizes the results of 3rd party industry report that surveyed executives and managers working at manufacturing companies responsible for decisions regarding 3D printing for production parts.

The Rise of Additive Manufacturing in Aerospace
June 22, 2020 | The Essentium Team
Operate at the Speed of Relevant to Maintain Flight Readiness

Essentium Materials Handling Guide
June 15, 2020 | The Essentium Team
Today’s industrial 3D printer operators demand that their additive manufacturing equipment have the same freedom and flexibility as their injection molding and CNC machining equipment. With that freedom, however, comes the many challenges of proper material handling.

Trends in 3D Printing at Scale – 2019
March 26, 2020 | The Essentium Team
This white paper summarizes the results of an independent survey of 162 executives and managers directly responsible for 3D printing on the viability of additive manufacturing technology for large-scale production.

Essentium Z-PCTG
October 30, 2019 | The Essentium Team
Essentium Z-PCTG has been developed to solve real challenges present in the manufacturing world, particularly the Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) industry.

Amorphous and Semi-Crystalline Plastics
September 30, 2019 | The Essentium Team
The structure of molecular chains on the nanoscale and microscale has profound effects on the properties of a polymer.