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Leaders in SLA, SLS, FDM & 3D Colour Printing

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3D Printing Services since 1996

Home to two of the largest 3D printers (Neo 800) in the UK, with an impressive build platform of 800 x 800 x 600mm, our 3D printing services include SLA -Stereolithography, SLS – Selective Laser Sintering, FDM – Fused Deposition Modelling and 3D Colour Printing. With our in-house 3D Printing machines, we not only offer a fast turnaround, we are cost-effective and are renown for our quality and standards in finishing. Learn more about our finishing services here.

Delivering Realistic Parts in a Matter of Days

Delivering the very best finishes to your prototype, our finishing team go the extra mile to add realism to your prototype. We offer a variety of finishes including spray painting, chrome plating, flocking, soft-touch paint, hydro-dipping, sealing of SLS to make it water and airtight, and shrink wrap coloured graphics. We offer many finishes and are happy to discuss this in more detail.

Typical Applications Of Our 3D Printing Services

How can we use our 3D printing experience to help you?

I would like a Prototype

Whatever stage of development you are in, we have prototyping services all of your needs

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I want to 3D print something

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3D printing in Low Volume Production

Many people do, so take a peek at the many ways we have to produce low volume runs
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The Plastic 3D Printing Technologies We Offer

SLA

Home to two of the largest 3D Printers in the UK SLA is the most widely used 3D Printing technology and it is generally considered to provide the greatest accuracy and best surface finish of any prototyping or 3D printing process..

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FDM

Manufacturing FDM known as fused deposition modelling is the most widely available form of 3d printing. It is an additive manufacturing technology that selectively deposits molten plastic to build parts layer by layer

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Carbon 3D Print

Carbon has proven itself for its reliability in the toughest of environment, whether your looking to use it in low volume production or rapid prototyping Carbon 3D Printing is a great option. Talk to us about Carbon 

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SLS

 SLS can build functional parts, casting patterns and tooling inserts from your 3D CAD data. Our HiQ Sinterstation system (SLS 3D Printing machine) represents the future of Instant Manufacturing Technology

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CNC Machining

Computer Numerical Control (CNC) machining,  CNC machining in prototyping means three-dimensional cutting tasks can be accomplished in a single set of prompts. Get in touch with  us to talk about CNC and how we can help you  

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Vac Forming

Thermo or 'Vacuum forming' is one of the oldest and most common methods of processing plastic materials. Vacuum forming, is an important manufacturing process,  MNL have several ways in which prototype runs or low volume quantities 

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Vacuum Casting

 Vacuum casting abbreviated to Vac Casting is a method where we can replicate components and often used by our clients in the prototype phase of product development.  Talk to us about Vac Casting

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RIM

RIM is the abbreviation for Reaction Injection Moulding, RIM is similar an often confused with injection molding except RIM uses thermosetting polymers, which requires a curing reaction to occur within the mold.

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Aluminium & Steel Injection Mould

Both Aluminium & Steel Injection Moulding are often used as a useful process to establish the initial demand for a component 

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Large Scale SLA capacity (Stereolithography)

Better Quality, Fast Turnaround and Larger Parts

Our new machine now means we can offer improved quality of parts with smoother sides, leading to significantly less time in finishing. The capability to provide you with much larger parts without the need to cut them up and best of all you can utilise all of our machines so large projects can be turnaround within a matter of days.

* Ross Nicholls -Technical Director sat INSIDE our Neo 800 build platform with a Form 2 desktop SLA on his lap for size comparison

Double Our SLA Capacity In One Machine

Exciting times at MNL as we announce our latest investment, a large frame SLA machine thats capable to produce parts upto 800 x 800 x 600cm.

The new machine brings MNL’s capacity to a toal of six machines! Meaning our time frames and quality continue to exceed expectations

 

Complex Investment Ball

The design of this component meant that producing investment waxes via conventional techniques was almost impossible. Utilising the Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) process and Castform PolyStyrene powder was the ideal candidate to produce 75 waxes for investment casting.

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Can Making Machine - Exhibition Model

When approached by a leading supplier of machines that produce canning/food machinery. MNL were tasked with not only to produce a scale model of a machine but to also make it semi function. 

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Concept Scale Wheels

These prototypes were produced using MNL’s 3D print process Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) using our Innov’ PA 1550 Nylon powder. These scale tyres were produced in a couple of days. No finishing required.

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Drayton Manor Hotel Carousel

Coming full circle in the 40th year for Malcolm Nicholls Limited (MNL), one of the company’s recent projects was with the same company with which Malcolm Nicholls started producing prototypes at the beginning. This project was the development of a scale model for a carousel at Drayton Manor Theme Park

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Rolls Royce Flying Lady

Malcolm Nicholls Limited (MNL) were approached to make a metalized version of this iconic statue. This was part of a project for a design student. MNL were supplied with scan data, this data could then be used for MNL’s 3D print machines, in this instance MNL produced a 3D model using their Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) process,

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Waterloo Industrial Estate, Waterloo Cres, Bidford-on-Avon, B50 4JH

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01789 490382

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