It was just an experiment that Plus Pack, a Danish producer of food packaging solutions, launched in the fall of 2018: Will we be able to 3D print components for a tool that will eventually produce a one-to-one prototype on an aluminum tray?
“We knew almost nothing about 3D printing before then. We made prototypes in plastic with a desktop printer, but that was it,” Bastian Fietje, Head of Group Projects at Plus Pack, says.
The experiment was launched with the support from a MADE Demonstration project and with help from FORCE Technology and 3D printing experts from Damvig.
“The result has been very positive. For the specific prototype on an aluminum tray, the development time has gone from ten working days down to three thanks to 3D printing,” Bastian Fietje explains.
