10/15/2026
Testing matters!
With the new printer and a reliable way to print engineering grade materials, the first practical use case was adapters for the new oven rack. Needing to replace the stock wheels with high temp ones meant a different mounting method.
Testing 3 different filaments, even ones with a higher heat deflection temp showed more distortion under small load. Multiple tests were done, then the design was beefed up, we went through the annealing process, and now have 3D printed wheel mounts that have withstood multiple oven cycles.
For the first example, this setup means we can go from 60 hung parts with a lot more labor, to 240 parts per cycle in the oven.
And now we have much more real life data to help clients properly decide on designs and filaments.