3D Printers and 3D Laser Scanners have revolutionized the prototyping industry. Prototypes that used to take ample effort and time are now accurately and finely finished (and ready to use) in just a few hours at a low cost.

Rather than cutting prototypes from materials that are difficult to work with, like metal or wood, 3D Printing is an additive process. What this means is that layer by layer, your prototype is built – 16 to 28 microns at a time. In the past, if a material was to be sculpted into a prototype, material was manually subtracted – a time consuming process. On top of this, if too much material was removed, the prototype had to be scrapped. “We make many of our finished parts using injection molding,” explains Randy Betz, Senior Scientist at Access. “For years, we used SLS to make the molds—the quality was good, but the process took days or even weeks. More and more often, we didn’t have that kind of time. I was looking for a faster alternative.”

Before 3D Printing, there are two options to create a customized 3D Prototype. The first is through the use of a 3D Laser Scanner. Your model is scanned by a state-of-the-art laser scanner which produces a CAD file of your prototype. From here, using a process called reverse engineering; you can edit your model any way you please. Any detail can be adjusted or altered, including the type of finish for your project. Reverse engineering condenses research and development time and cost significantly. The end result is a durable, ready to use prototype. The second option is using 3D prototyping software. 3D Printers Canada offers customers complete assistance through all aspects of their prototyping journey. 3D Printers Canada will help you install the equipment, train you and provides constant, quality customer service. By supplying STL and CAD files, 3D Printers Canada can provide you with an accurate quote for your prototype.

Any business (or individual) that uses CAD files can benefit from 3D Printing in a big way. Wohlers Associates, a research firm specializing in the rapid prototyping and additive manufacturing markets, reported that spending on additive manufacturing systems (3D printers) totalled over $1 billion in 2009 with an expected growth of close to $1.2 billion in 2011. This shows that the market is valuing this technology more and more.

Society has taken notice as well. In a recent Toronto Star report on 3D Printing, business reporter Francine Kopun reported that, “they (3D Printers) will one day be used in ordinary homes.”  According to the article, individual inventors have purchased Objet printers and laser scanners and have began to 

work in secrecy on their ideas.

One thing is for certain: in a time of economic uncertainty, while many businesses and markets are struggling, the 3D Printing and especially rapid prototyping business is growing and is as strong as ever.

“Many companies can save tens of thousands of dollars and cut months off product development and delivery times by moving to rapid prototyping and rapid manufacturing techniques,” says Jon Fawcett, Manager of Fawcett Design. Also, Rapidform, a 3D Printing and 3D Scanning Software company has recently followed up their most successful year ever with a 38 per cent increase in revenue as they have found more manufactures have adopted 3D rapid prototyping technologies.

About Us

As a leading Canadian 3D Printer Distribution Centre, 3D Printers Canada serves Canadian clients by providing the most leading edge and advanced plastic production 3D Printers for their prototyping and small run production needs. 3D Printers Canada goal is maintaining professional customer service as it's number one priority. Our employees have a high level of professionalism and expertise to ensure high quality service and business success. 

Our team of Mechanical Engineers and Mechanical Engineering Technologists are fully trained with Objet's world’s greatest 3D prototyping machines and software that enables our customers to always be strategic and innovative. We are a dedicated team and are highly skilled at what we do. With the leading edge of 3D Printing Systems, we are competitively priced and always deliver quality products to our clients.

Mission  

Our Mission is to deliver advanced and robust 3D Printers to Canadian Product Development clients so they can speed up innovation and develop world class products. With our full line of unique 3D Printers which enables 3D CAD models to be built with amazing surface quality, highest accuracy/resolutions and with the world's only multi-material applications, that is second to none. 

Vision  

The vision of 3D Printers Canada is to continue leading the Prototyping industry while providing 3D pioneering plastic production solutions to new markets utilizing innovative design, technology and to inspire people to create new ideas in faster turnaround product development cycles.

We put our creativity on course to bring forth unique tools for our customers. We are dedicated to being innovative and augmentative, continuously thinking of how we can enhance and increase value by being diverse.

Satisfaction 

Customer satisfaction is our ultimate measure of success. We are devoted to fulfill and even go beyond customer expectations. We believe in enduring and positive customer relationships based on confidence and reliability. Our engineering product design customers range from all over Canada. 3D Printers Canada is a member of the Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters and SPE ( Society of Plastics Engineers ).

Quality

We acknowledge quality as the core of our reputation. We practice excellence, as individuals and as a corporation. It is our belief that staying determined is an essential requirement for success. We are devoted to continued progress in all aspects of our operations.

Your satisfaction is necessary to our success. Our goal is to provide you with the best level of customer service, and we welcome your comments and suggestions.