Case Study

Stanchion Adapter

Stanchion Adapter

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MANUFACTURING TOOLING — Eaton fabricates assembly line tooling to press tubes into hard plastic clips. HIGHL Y DURABLE — The stanchion adapter must securely constrain clips through repeated cyclic loading. SUPERIOR MATERIAL — The Markforged part is stronger and faster to make than a polycarbonate version. MASSIVE SAVINGS — Eaton now prints adapters 4x cheaper and 41x faster with Markforged technology. STANCHION ADAPTER MARKFORGED APPLICATION SPOTLIGHT MARKFORGED.COM FIBER REINFORCEMENT Fiberglass reinforcement placed within the part allows it to withstand significant cyclic bending force that the old polycarbonate part could not. STRONG LOCATING FEATURE The bump at the center of the part anchors a tube clip while an operator presses in four tubes. Due to its role in turning downwar

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