MISUMI COMPONENTS FOR INDUSTRIAL 3D PRINTERS

Ingenieurbüro Christian Reil is at home in the fields of mechatronics, special machine construction and automation technology. Christian Reil’s special “mission” is, however, additive manufacturing. The engineer has been involved in 3D printing projects since his time at university. He started out in the automotive industry and set up his own business in 2017. Today, his company CR-3D is one of the few German manufacturers of industrial 3D printers. Global corporations such as Siemens and Infineon rely on his systems.

"I want to help make 3D printing one of the defining technologies in industry.

Additive manufacturing should be used in all companies."

Christian Reil, Managing Director CR-3D

The high-performance 3D printing systems are based on a sophisticated modular system. Reil designs a variety of 3D printers with four standardised housings. The highlight: There is an enormous range of print heads that can be docked on all 3D printers via a quick-change system. For example, users can carry out filament and liquid printing on the same device. This turns the 3D printer into an additive machine tool. Thanks to this wealth of variants, Reil's systems are used in all relevant industries – whether in the dental sector, aerospace, medical technology, or the automotive industry.

Diversity is also a key element in the engineering firm’s services. Christian Reil covers the entire value chain of additive manufacturing, from 3D scanning, reverse engineering and design to job order production and quality assurance. The engineer even develops some materials himself, such as conductive filaments and high-temperature plastics, and processes them on his own systems.

A large selection of 3D printing systems on this scale requires a reliable partner for machine components that can supply as many components as necessary. Especially since CR-3D also implements special customer requirements with its internal special machine construction. For example, extremely long profile rails are sometimes required for very large 3D printers. Such components are difficult to find. Christian Reil found the desired support at MISUMI. In addition to the extensive portfolio of special components, which go far beyond simple linear technology, the engineer is particularly impressed by the simple online configuration of the components. This eliminates the traditional procurement process, including drawing creation and coordination with the provider, which saves a lot of time.

"Our modular system for 3D printers and MISUMI’s modular system of machine components – fit together like two pieces of a puzzle."

Christian Reil, Managing Director CR-3D

Starting as a one-man show, CR-3D has developed into a sought-after and steadily growing provider of industrial 3D printing systems. MISUMI components are used in each of its 3D printers. This is likely to expand in the future, as Christian Reil plans to increasingly switch to series production with automated printer farms. This means that small components in particular can run automatically overnight in several print jobs, thus increasing the system’s capacity utilisation even further. Process reliability is one of the most important factors and is a matter of course at CR-3D.