3D Printing Service
Affordable 3D Printing Service Online
3D printing technologies have come a long way over the past decade. 3D prints allows us to create almost anything from plastic models to metal parts. Nowadays, even electronics manufacturers are using 3D printing machines to prototype their new devices. ISL Products is proud to announce that 3D printing is now a part of our wide range of capabilities and services. We are always searching for new ways to help accommodate our customers throughout their product development and design process.
Our 3D printing solutions and 3D modeling service allow us to streamline your product development cycle by providing you with functional prototypes and a significant time savings. Overall, we want to provide you with an affordable and pleasant 3D printing experience!
How does our 3D Printing Service Work?
- Complete and Submit our online Quick Quote form. This includes some basic information about you and your print.
- Our team of experts will review your submission and provide you with an instant quote.
- If you decide to proceed, we will provide an invoice for prepayment. Once prepayment is submitted we will schedule the print and confirm a ready date.
- Your parts ship out, shipment tracking # is provided.
How much does your 3D Printing Service Cost?
The cost of 3D printing will vary depending on the overall size, material used, and filament availability. A formal 3D printing quote will be issued along with turnaround times within 1 business day after the submission of our Quick Quote . We pride our selves on our competitive prices!
What types of 3D Printing materials do you offer?
ISL Products is currently setup to use the following range of materials and filament types:
- PLA
- PETG
- TPU
- ABS
- ASA
A Wide Variety of Plastic Materials
The variety of filament materials noted above have their own unique features. If you’re unsure of which plastic filament to choose for your next project, our 3D printer experts will help assist you by providing useful insight as to which one is best suited for your particular use case.
- PLA is a quick and easy material to print. It is fairly strong and is well suited for most light use electronic products. Most 3D printed objects that you have interacted with are made from PLA.
- PETG is a well rounded material suited for most applications. Its incredibly similar to what disposable water bottles are made out of.
- TPU is flexible, making it great for parts that have to warp or provide shock absorption.
- ABS plastic is stiffer and more thermally resistant, its what Lego bricks are made out of!
- ASA is very similar to ABS, but is less reactive to UV light.
Need help designing a 3D model? We offer a 3D modeling service as well.
What to Expect from our 3D Print Service
As with everything that we do here at ISL Products our quality control and customer service are second to none. When it comes to our additive manufacturing technologies we want to assure our customers that we keep the same principles when it comes to customer satisfaction and transparency. Our team is very familiar with the 3D printing process, technology, and design/CAM software. We want to point out that we are not a 3D printing factory or one of the many professional 3D printing companies. We are a leading electro-mechanical component manufacturer who has a passion for providing customers with an affordable alternative when it comes to 3D-printed parts.
Quality
When it comes to overall print quality, our 3D printing equipment will provide you with high-quality 3D prints with a smooth surface finish. The prints may just have some minor visual blemishes that would normally be removed with a post processing service. In an effort to offer our customers a quicker turnaround times and the most affordable price we don’t offer endless printing functionalities and post – processes like you would get from a mainstream 3D printing factory.
For customers looking for a premium product, more intended as an end-use part, we have many manufacturing partners in this field and within our manufacturing network that can offer high-quality FDM parts and premium features that are intended for finished goods. There are going to be higher 3D printing costs associated with this type of 3D printing project. Please contact us to learn more about these premium options.
Production Times
Lead times for project turn-around varies on the overall print volume, quantities and printer availability. In general, standard turnaround times are within 5-7 business days. We will provide you with an estimated production time at the time of quotation.
Cost
Our goal is to offer an affordable option to the big name 3D printing shops. An instant quotation will be provided within 1 business day of submitting a completed work order form.
Advice and Insights
This is one of the most advantageous aspects of working with ISL. Our design advice and expert insight is priceless, but to all of our customers its free! This is not something you would get from your typical online 3d printing service. Our team will be able to answer your questions and offer suggestions along the way. Just let them know what you need!
How we got started with rapid prototyping and where are we headed with it
We began our in-house 3D printing journey a few years ago when we realized the benefits of being able to print on demand. We used our printing capabilities to create test fixtures and accessories for use with our dc motors and gear motors. These items consisted of mounts, couplers and holders. It was very useful when we began offering our micro motor testing service. Customers began to request validation of their non-standard motors so custom accessories were necessary. We are always coming up with new ideas and new uses for our printing capabilities!
We then began to offer printed parts to our legacy customers as a complimentary service to compliment prototyping with our components. We had customers who needed gears and mounting brackets for use with our gear motors and other who needed special housings made for our UVC electronic ballasts and specialty audio components.
As things progressed, customers started to share more interest in our printing capabilities. We had requests for non-working/placeholder printed prototypes of our components, purely for fitment reassurance before an actual sample is built up. Our team was able to provide unique design insights ensuring the prototype unit functions appropriately and was ready for the mass manufacturing process in the future.
We are capable of printing pre-designed concepts as well as creating custom parts based on a customers’ requirements. Our mechanical engineers are well versed in modeling and design software such as SolidWorks and Onshape. Once designed, we can do a single print or a batch production to suit a variety of needs and quantities. If you need help designing a prototype part for your next project, contact one of our engineers about our 3D modeling service.
ISL Products is one of the very few component manufactures in the electronics industry that has added this service at such an affordable cost to its customers. There are many different types of 3D printing technologies available. We are currently utilizing FDM/FFF plastic additive manufacturing, with the hopes of expanding into resin SLA and Nylon SLS in the near future.
Rapid Prototyping in the Electronics Industry
3D printing, also known as additive manufacturing, has been around since the 1970s but rose in popularity once several patents expired in the early-mid 2010s. This allowed for the expansion of consumer and engineering grade rapid prototyping and manufacturing. Since then, the quality of machines has dramatically improved, while the machines themselves have become increasingly affordable. This has led to the boom in 3D printing for a range of applications, from warehouse robotics to medical devices. 3D-printed electronics is a new technology that is starting to gain more momentum as rapid prototyping becomes the new normal. The printing of electronics, specifically electronic circuits, is a unique process but the industry is beginning to transition it into a traditional manufacturing technique.
Our team is here to assist you throughout your development process. Our 3D printing and fused deposition modeling tools are a great asset to any engineer making design decisions. Our goal is to help you reach your production design and integrate our electronic components effortlessly into your application. If you have any questions along the way, please don’t hesitate to contact us by phone or email.
