Indian Springs help pour on savings for Anhauser-Busch

Indian Springs Manufacturing Company, Inc., specializes in CNC machining and manufacturing and also manufactures and distributes hazardous material containment and air cleaner kits. Both sides of the business require quickly produced, high-quality models for testing form, fit and function.

However, working with outside service bureaus and producing models on their own manufacturing machines both proved too costly in terms of time and money. "When uPrint came out, we jumped at it because we liked the size, speed, model quality and especially the lower price point," said Shawn Ferguson, president, Indian Springs.

uPrint is designed for the desktop and creates models with Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) technology in ABS thermoplastic. In short-order, Indian Springs found out just how functional their investment was.

Anheuser-Busch called, requesting an emergency repair on a component to be made out of aluminum. Indian Springs suggested ABS plastic instead.

“We saved Anheuser-Busch nearly 70% in production costs alone, and even more importantly, we delivered the part in just 72 hours,” said Ferguson. “This would have taken us at least two to three weeks had we produced the part in aluminum.”

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