Why print your jigs and fixtures
A jig holds a part where it should be while someone assembles or tests it. Printed ones arrive in days. When the product changes, you change the file.
We design them with you to make each step on your assembly line faster and repeatable.
What we make: assembly jigs, test stands, positioning fixtures
- Assembly jigs that hold parts in the right place for every unit.
- Test stands and functional test fixtures.
- Positioning fixtures with steel locating pins.
- Connectors and brackets, such as a printed corner connector joining aluminium extrusions.
Designed with you: from the real part to the right fixture
Send the part, or the CAD, and tell us what the step must do. We review the design for manufacturability before it goes into production: wall thickness, tolerances and how parts fit together. Design work is billed hourly, agreed before we start, and shown as its own line on the quote.
Materials: FDM or SLS, with metal pins and inserts
FDM covers most fixtures, up to 500 × 500 × 500 mm, in ABS, ASA, PETG or carbon-filled filaments when you need heat, outdoor use or stiffness. For wear, SLS nylon is the better choice.
Steel locating pins and brass heat-set inserts go into printed fixtures where a printed edge is not enough. See FDM and SLS.
Design for assembly: inserts, screw bosses, clearances
Use brass heat-set inserts and screw bosses where a screw goes in and out many times. Plan clearances: 0.2 to 0.3 mm per side on FDM fits, and about ±0.3 mm accuracy on SLS. If a fit is tight, print a small test piece first. Rules in the FDM and SLS design guides.
Printed or bought? Where standard profiles are smarter
Not everything should be printed. Aluminium extrusions, standard fasteners and off-the-shelf hardware are often the smarter choice. We help you decide what to print and where standard parts are the smarter choice, and often the best fixture is both: standard profiles joined with printed connectors.
Price, lead time and shipping
We price by weight. Setup fee once per technology, a handling fee per part, failed prints on us. Standard orders ship in 3 to 5 business days, rush in 2. Rates are on the pricing page. Pickup in Amsterdam is free, and we ship with PostNL.
