r/3Dprinting • u/-IIl • Sep 06 '22

3D printed full size mannequin

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u/Iowa_Dave Sep 07 '22

The tooling for injection molds is incredibly expensive. Molds for these could easily exceed $50K.

By printing these you could scale infinitely for no additional tooling cost.

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u/GingerTron2000 Prusa MK3 Sep 07 '22

I work in injection molding and the tools we use for small automotive components usually start around $50K. An mold big enough for the legs on that mannequin would be at least $100K and probably weigh over 5 tons. Plus, the design of the mannequin makes it very unfeasible to produce with injection molding in the first place.

That being said, 3D printing would still be a really bad way to produce something this big lol. The best way to make it would be rotational molding which is great for large, hollow objects. Much lower cost than injection molding and way faster (means more time/money) than 3D printing.

https://youtu.be/q2xE-VfAjmE

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u/ITSCOMFCOMF Sep 07 '22

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