A. A. G. Stucchi - Creating lighting solutions and unique track lighting system by using Lisa PRO

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A. A. G. Stucchi - Creating lighting solutions and unique track lighting system by using Lisa PRO

Customer: A.A.G. Stucchi, Olginate (LC)
Country: Italy
Industry: Industrial Products
Application: Prototyping
Uses: Brackets, Mounts, Structures, Pre-Production Prototype
Top reasons: Reactivity, Accuracy, Low Operating Cost

Background

A.A.G. Stucchi has been an active leader in the field of lighting for more than 70 years, producing “Made in Italy” quality components. They have evolved from being a component supplier to a reliable partner with whom to collaborate in creating lighting solutions.
LED technology presented Stucchi with a real challenge. It is one they have faced with head-on by expanding their product range while at the same time not changing our core business. They invest every year in research and development to give their clients more and more complete solutions. A.A.G. Stucchi systems for track lighting, ONETRACK, and MULTISYSTEM, are the best examples of this approach.
Their success over the years has led them to expand abroad. They now have three subsidiaries and 80 spe-cialized distributors all over the world.

Problem

Fast prototyping has been a critical factor in the last years to reduce the time of product development. They used to have a couple of suppliers for 3D printing, but they needed to squeeze time even more. They design products and molds internally, so the opportunity to have a real piece even in an early stage of the project is beneficial. Showing the customers a design concept transformed in few hours into a real piece has changed their approach to projects.  
In the past, they would have to modify the pieces to simu-late the modification manually, but it was not possible in some cases, or the result was not realistic.
And if in a hurry, they would have started modifying molds step by step till reaching the final result.

Solution

Equipment used: Sinterit Lisa PRO 3D Printer, Powder Sieve
Material used: PA12

A.A.G. Stucchi was looking for a solution that allows them to avoid the construction of molds until the final version of the new project. In the beginning, they asked another company to print 3D models for them,  but when they realized the power of the Sinterit solution, they bought their 3D printer - the Lisa PRO.

With 3D printing technology, they can prototype new  products and test them within a short time. When they are 100% satisfied, they can build the mold.
Even if they do their best to freeze product specifications at the beginning of the project, a change request can also occur when the molds are already prepared. In these cases, the cost of modification increases a lot, so with the Lisa PRO printer, they can perform functional tests on modified pieces before the transformation on molds becomes effective.
A.A.G. Stucchi wants to give the best solution to their customers, and if they need something customized,  not present in their product range, they can create  
a unique track lighting system only for them.

Specifics about part A.A.G. Stucchi is not using 3D printed prototypes in their final versions of the  system for track lighting because of the injection  molding efficiency. 
In their case, the Lisa PRO printer is essential  during the design, but it could replace the injection molding technique with the advancement of 3D  printing technology.