Case studies

Explore how we turn ideas into functional prototypes and production-ready parts across Medical Devices, Consumer Products, Aerospace, Electronics, Automotive, and more

Real work, real results

Prototypes and production parts for design consultancies and manufacturers.

Close-up of a black Meridian DSP Eight Thousand speaker next to a grand piano showing part of its strings and tuning pins.
Consumer

Meridian 8K speakers

Prototype cabinets for Meridian's flagship 8K loudspeaker, then hundreds of production cabinets over many years.
Read the Meridian case study
Modern laboratory analyzer device labeled SAMBA II on a white table in a clinical lab setting.
Medical

SAMBA II instrument and printer

Cambridge University spin-out Diagnostics for the Real World Ltd (DRW) to make a rotating turret.
Read the SAMBA II case study
Woman running on a treadmill with a large white dome-shaped structure attached to the front.
Consumer

Zone Dome for Running Unlimited

This was an unusual project: the client already had the prototype up and running but wanted a smaller version designed using our insight into low volume manufacturing.
Read the Zone Dome case study
Hand holding a cylindrical object with purple and white sections and a gold band in the middle.
Medical

Piona self-injector

This was a visual block model to show the finishes and lighting effects of the product and how it nested in the base moulding.
Read the Piona case study
A man wearing a clear mask connected to a handheld respiratory testing device.
Medical

Owlstone Ultra FAIMS instrument and Reciva

Manufacturing caseworks for scientific & medical devices.
Read the Owlstone case study
Man sitting on a couch in a dimly lit room facing large windows, with two modern speakers placed on stands on either side of a coffee table.
Consumer

Node Audio components

When the team from Node visited our workshop to discuss their new loudspeaker, they were looking for far more than just a coat of paint.
Read the Node Audio case study
Two handheld vacuum cleaners with white and green bodies, shown from front and back views.
Medical

IPL hair removal device

Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) technology is used to remove body hair by destroying the follicles, this concept uses LEDs instead of the usual Xenon flash lamps
Read the IPL case study
Electric lawn mower with black grass collection bag and coiled orange power cord.
Consumer

Two working prototypes for Hayter

We made two working prototype model lawn mowers, one petrol and one electric, to be shown at an exhibition.
Read the Hayter case study
Woman in a green sports bra holding a white and blue I-Dration water bottle prototype.
Consumer

I-Dration water bottle

A working, watertight drinking bottle with batteries and LED lights in the base, SLA printed, vacuum cast in clear PU and finished in soft-feel paint.
Read the I-Dration case study
Clear CNC-machined acrylic figure with a red-lit SLA heart on an exhibition stand
Medical

Acrylic heart valve figures

Three full-size CNC-machined acrylic figures with clear SLA hearts, showing heart valve positions at a medical exhibition.
Read the acrylic figures case study
Orange and grey Blackfin Mobile handset model with a black screen
Consumer

Blackfin Mobile investor model

A block model of Wright Design’s push-to-talk handset for investors: SLA parts, weighted to spec, hand finished and painted.
Read the Blackfin case study
Soldier using a Prism200 through-wall radar unit against a concrete wall
Defence

Prism200 case works

Vacuum-cast cases for Cambridge Consultants’ Prism200, proven through IP and drop testing, then made in low-volume batches.
Read the Prism200 case study
Pink and grey blender display model finished for catalogue photography
Consumer

Kitchen appliance display models

Photography-ready appliance models for the Argos catalogue: CNC-machined and SLA parts, finished and branded in-house.
Read the kitchen models case study
Rows of whisky bottles fitted with faceted mirror-chrome cases
Consumer

Chrome whisky bottle cases

1,000 mirror-chrome bottle cases, proven with 3D printed and polished acrylic prototypes before injection moulding.
Read the whisky cases case study
Clear CNC-machined acrylic ice sculpture with a polished, glass-like finish
Exhibition

Acrylic ice sculpture

A flawless replica of a large chunk of ice, CNC machined from solid acrylic and hand finished to a glass-like surface.
Read the ice sculpture case study
Two-operator dashboard assembly jig with green baize-lined nest and tape spools
Automotive

BMW Mini dashboard assembly jigs

A two-operator assembly station that took a dashboard supplier’s anti-squeak tape process to a 100% pass rate.
Read the production jigs case study
Three small vacuum-cast polyurethane components beside a coin for scale
Industrial

Small vacuum-cast component

A tiny 90 Shore A polyurethane part with undercuts and no draft, vacuum cast to ±0.05 mm.
Read the small component case study

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Modern music room with a black grand piano and large black floor-standing speakers beside a glass wall overlooking lush green trees.