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When James Watson and Francis Crick discovered the double helix nature of our DNA, they probably didn’t think a machine that is smaller than a laptop will be able to read your genetics one day. Today, DNA sequencers are a commercial reality, companies are racing to win the next big game in genetics, and that starts with building analyses machines cheaper, better, and more advanced than any that came before it. We are glad to be a part of Genapsys in their search for the biggest small thing that defines who we are. We helped Genapsys in creating prototype for one of their earliest units, a sequencer that is very advanced also needs a shell that is very advanced, easy to use, and provide many advanced functions that were not typical of your average industrial covers. As always, some beautiful shots of the finished products, as you can see, we are particular proud of the way these came out.

The paint job for this device is provided both inside and outside. Having a strict requirement from the customer gave us the opportunity to prove ourselves, needless to say, they are a happy and repeat customer for us.

Fitting is also very important to not let the inside show. This is pretty simple for Inception3D since all of our products will go through this process as a standard. We make sure every single item we ship out is properly fitted and will replace them with new ones if this tolerance is not met. Even though our customers may not always specify tolerance requirements, having a fitting product is very important result of quality craftsmanship. We pride ourselves in having very high yield due from excellent quality control. Here you see some production QA shots where test fitting are conducted, these images are showing the failed items. Along with some quality assurance shots.

Thank you Genapsys, for changing the world one DNA at a time. We thoroughly enjoyed to be a part of your revolution for the future.

This is a Chinese styled room. With traditional wall coverings and showing how big the actual room will be, the unusual shape of the room really defines the space with a touch of the modern world.

Inception3D has seen many architecture buildings come through its door. Each one is just as unique as the one that came before it. We have office buildings, schools, homes, industrial, and grand pavilions, captured elegantly by Eisenman.

“The problem with digital architecture is that an algorithm can produce endless variations, so an architect has many choices.”

Peter Eisenman

3D Printing have enabled the architecture field to literally build their dreams. Before, it will take an architect firm from a month to half a year to build a model building. Cutting it down to a matter of a few days, it really is revolutionary. The ability to present these models is one of the best ways they can see the light of day.

This water tower came out exceptionally well, with details showing maintenance locations and getting to them, you can really imagine how large the building will be with a model, and how people can gain access to these types of buildings. Needless to say, this print was quite difficult and requires many supports, but nothing we can’t handle.

Here’s an example of a modern house. Showing multiple levels and you can easily see the interior and how the space flows from an larger perspective. This particular work is a student in San Francisco, thanks for letting us use your pictures!

I hope nobody wears solid orange shoes, these are an exception though, because they are 3D printed in wax. As you can imagine, these are not life size shoes, they are replacement feet for your typical Ken and Barbie dolls, complete with shoelaces! This highly detailed 3D printed wax gives you the ability to make real solid products, by using wax loss process.

Usually, we show only the final product, but in this case, I thought it will be a good idea to give users our process to provide more insight and good ideas to make our products even better. This particular set of shoes will be make to cast into metal, with the exact same details. Although less common, the same procedure can be done to make a mold for plastic, so we can actually use thermoplastic in place of metal for the final product, this includes PVC, ABS, or Vinyl.

The process simple, but messy, a master mold is created using plaster, to any quantity you desire, a wax based master will be wrapped around in this plaster and when dry, it will be baked at high temperature to vaporize the wax and dry the plaster. Then, either metal (Aluminum, Magnesium, or Copper alloys), or thermoplastics can be molten and poured into the holes where the wax is vaporized, filling the now empty cavity with your desired material. The mold is then broken, and the parts moved for cleaning and shipment. We use this process because it can produce a fairly high volume with these special metals or plastics, at very high quality, and very low cost. Of course, the master mold is what the quality is based on, so here’s some examples of these high quality masters, thanks to the wonders of 3D printing.

Then you come to the right place! There’s nothing like a freshly cut part from a CNC machine. As you can probably imagine, cutting a wheel like this is not the easiest job in the world. It takes a skilled machinist to pull something like this off the first time around. At Inception3D, we have the expertise to make your next job easier, faster, and cheaper. Our shop is so streamlined that it is often cheaper to cut a new piece rather than fixing an existing piece.

This is an example of a mold we cut in order to produce a plastic dome. Even though we are cold casting and doesn’t require a metal mold, if you are producing a lot, a metal mold would be necessary to maintain the quality throughout the production process. As rubber molds are fast and cheap, the tolerance is still low due to the plasticity of the mold. Having a metal mold will guarantee your parts come out perfect each and every time. It will still be a magnitude cheaper and faster than steel molds since it is not suitable for injection molding.

Here’s some pieces we turned on the lathe:

And lastly, a part hot in action.

A lot of them, in fact. You can even run your own production line; without a lot of upfront commitment. That’s not something every prototype maker will make the promise to. We use cold casting, which does not involve heavy machinery to cut your mold, in fact, we use a rubber mold which is good for up to 100 pieces. Essentially making replicas of 3D printed or CNC prototypes for your first production run, this gets you the small quantity you need to show your customers what kind of design you can do, at a fraction of the cost to produce by injection molding. The smiles on the customers faces when we deliver is something that pushes us to delivery even better next time.

For this delivery set, urethane casting with primer paint, soft black rubber casting for the tires on vehicles, and happiness on our customers faces.

20 Years ago, there was a cute character out of Japan by the name of Doraemon. He was a robot from the 25th Century sent by the main characters great great great grandson to help his family get better. Doraemon was produced in a factory, but 4 centuries earlier! In 2017, lots of Doraemon have been produced right here. Except well, they don’t move and they don’t have a magic pocket.

That and they are casted, painted, to excruciating details because details is our middle name. Although we can’t make magic happen like in the anime, the magic of Doraemon will always be in our hearts. Can you hear the theme music going yet?

Gone are the days of wax loss metal casting, why add an extra step in the production process? Go directly to 3D Metal printing!

We are on the testing phase of this new product, so if you have a need, please contact us directly. Here’s the results of some of our experiments with it. We hope you like it.

We currently have the following metals: Stainless Steel, Tool Steel, Aluminum Alloy, Titanium Alloy
Maximum size of Size: 330 x 330 x 420 mm
Resolution of 200 um.

As part of Inception3D’s service, we can generate a 3D model from just an image file. We do not charge for this service as it’s integrated as part of our print preparation. Send a picture to our email and request for a 3D print from image.

The 3D model will be a mapping of the brightness on the image. The peak and trough of the 3D model will reflect from the image.

Stamps, cup holders, pictures, anything you can draw in 2D, we can make it into a 3D mapping print. Larger volumes of custom commercial products can be done on our side with bulk discounts as well.

If Bilbo took these rings to Mordor, he probably won’t mind too much if he’s lost them, because we can get him a next day delivery. These rings are meant for casting them into metal, so the Ring is likely forged in this fashion, 2016 style.

We can also dye these types of plastic into a darker shade of colors. Using economy cream material, turn time is as fast as 24 hours.

If you notice in this un-dyed picture of the rings, the left one is actually composed of 3 individual rings tied together, this is printed in one assembly.

Well, not really, but it is for Halloween, so that’s at least spelling murder for your wallet. Printing something this large will cost a pretty penny, but there are ways to save on cost. One good way to do this is to reduce the volume of the mask, this is possible by thinning out your design. Not to worry, our material is very strong and will hold very well even at 1mm for this size objects. We can also do this as a service to you if you do not have the capability of modifying your design. The end result will be very light, very strong, and not a lighter burn on your wallet. So next time you want to murder someone, make sure your design is hollowed out first!

I call architecture frozen music.

-Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

And what a beautiful piece of music this is. Our friends at link-arc has produced a beautiful sonata. This very intricate design is so delicate that assembling just one of the models will literally break someone’s back and take a couple of months. What if the entire build of the design can be had in just 6 days? From upload to delivery, that is a promise we can make.

Here’s how many parts it takes to build this model:

Would you like to turn that model, into a usable one for all your displays? You have always heard that 3D printing will help bring architecture modeling to the next step, but you probably didn’t know something like this can be completely 3D printed. If you look closely, there’s even an open door inside of the pavilion. There’s also a field of grass sticks, each about 1mm in thickness, standing freely and one can almost imagine it sways with the wind. There’s a gap between each roof tile, with each tile having a detailed marking, which is held on by thin truss. The size of the building cannot fully fit within one entire print job, so it had to be truncated to 3 parts.

Regretfully, our photo studio cannot fit this item in. But worry not, we have a even smaller model for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy the music.

Smaller scale models:

Water clear Material is rolling out. This type of material is the same as our translucent version, but with a light post-processing, we can delivery crystal clear results. We will lose a little bit of resolution due to the post processing, (from 25um to around 75-100um), but the result is astonishing. This material is suitable for bottles, plastic bowls, LED pipes, or anything that is up to your imagination. The turn time for this material is a little longer due to the post processing (+2 days), but it is well worth the result.

One of the benefits of using extreme high resolution printers is to be able to achieve very small volume. We printed this gear with the entire assembly being almost smaller than a single quarter. The gear turns, of course. We did not try print this item assembled due to the fact that it might be stuck to another in the original design. If you want to design something like this and print in one-go without assembly. Make sure you leave 300-500um of distance between plastic parts to ensure that the part doesn’t stick together. However, printing separately you will achieve tighter tolerance and have the joy of assembling the item together!

Well, a model of an android, anyway, sleeping away in its white skeleton. We love this model so much that we decide to use it for our front cover, and feature it on our site all over. The reason is simple, it showcases our highly capable printer while also demonstrating what is possible with 3D printing technology, today.

The small size with the intricate parts of this skeleton makes it hard to print successfully. Inside some of the bones are actually empty because there is a structure within. The material used here is our staple Industrial White Material. Which gives our users very strong parts, strong enough to fly as a quadcopter blade.

We love showing off our capability, even though it is just a test print. See the gallery below and contact us for more details!

Toys are always a popular category. These toys are ready to be casted into metal parts. Since the items are very small, the details are very crucial to a successful casting. Otherwise it will look like a blur. These state of the art professional 3D Printers will get you those fine details you need, at a price previously unheard of in the 3D Printing industry. We offer an instant quote system which you do a quick no hassle quote with us that will get you a target price that you want. If you are going for a lot of prints, contact us and we can arrange special deals for large orders.

Details, Quality, and customer satisfaction.

This particular project is quite involved, with a total part count of 23 to assembly one complete case. All parts are first CNC cut for a master run. Then mold is created from the CNC parts. This process is necessary since the parts are large with thin walls. Additionally, since there is a large number of parts being made, multiple molds can be created using the same CNC masters.

After casting, a nice black spray and polish is done over these case covers to provide a sleek look for our customers. High polish is definitely a plus to be used in show rooms, product displays, and initial delivery of products before your parts are completed in a mold factory. We can turn these much faster so your iterations and initial production time is not delayed. This allows you to work out all of the bugs before paying for expensive injection molds. Multiple iterations can be done cheaply with 3D printing and urethane casting to provide an efficient method for initial production rather than revising your injection molds over and over again.

Our production team is able to bring you quality, price, and speed. Our engineering support has first class knowledge and will provide you with all of our experience with production, because we understand you want to design your heart out and not worried about the manufacturing details. This is the Inception3D service.

Beautiful, intricate parts of watch shell. Our customer is making a one of a kind on-the-go medical monitor which can be carried on the wrist. We are providing the parts to them. The shells are 3D printed with high precision, something our industrial white material is highly capable of doing. We deliver fast turn time, we deliver quality, and we deliver trust to our customers.

At delivery time, these parts are professionally urethane casted, in order to provide a safe, clean plastic that is safe to wear, and non-toxic. At larger volumes, these urethane casted parts are much faster and cheaper than traditional injection molded parts.

Also included is a set of watertight o-ring seals. Which is urethane casted rubber with a controlled hardness. Our hardness of rubber is selectable on the Shore-D scale. Color is also changeable.

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Boardgames! Bring your dice and come place this weekend with us, shoot out between zombies, refuges, and spaceships!

This fun set of toys are not only small, delicate, but really fun! The Refuge: A Race For Survival is an exciting zombie-themed table top board game for two to six players that is easy to learn, family friendly, and is great for parties and game night! Players use strategy, planning, and educated guesses to outwit their opponents and escape zombies in hopes of being the sole survivor that gets into the refuge and wins the game.

We love being a part of producing these for B&B Games Studio and their awesome ideas for this game.

Head over to their kickstarter campaign and contribute!

The “crab” image above is printer test. The size is less than a quarter overall. We pride ourselves to be able to provide customers with detailed prints because we know every sharp corner is important to them. Therefore, we make it our mission to make sure every single part that comes out of our factory satisfies their needs and every single piece comes out as flawless as a perfectly tuned machine will allow.

By doing test runs between prints, we will make sure that our machine is up to specifications, up to tolerances, and up to our expectations. This way we can focus on giving our customers the attention they deserve.

Below is a turbine object which will test print support system and wall thickness to the extreme. from 0.2mm to 2mm turbine blades can be made this way. Also some snowflake balls just for fun.