A global healthcare company chose the ProJet? 3000 3D printer to innovate and be responsible for their prototyping.
       Recently, a global healthcare company with decades of advanced and innovative experience in hormone replacement therapy and diabetes care began to evaluate the value of 3D printers. This company has been committed to treating diabetes through awareness, education and superior treatment options. Their goal is to use necessary information and leadership skills to guide patients and encourage them to take control of their physical condition.
So this giant in the medical industry uses their ability to make prototypes in research and development to improve and make an insulin pen. This insulin pen is composed of many small and complex parts, and each part corresponds to an important function on the final product. After reviewing the specific requirements, TechCluster, the local 3D Systems company's distributor recommended that they buy ProJet? HD 3000 3D printer. Using VisiJet? EX200 material, the prototype sample printed by the ProJet series printer is translucent and has excellent detailed features to assist in the implementation of complex assembly tests and visual observation of the liquid level, which meets customer expectations. However, when these products under development are presented to patients and doctors, or exhibited at exhibitions, these products are final injection molded products that need to be colored. This is a new real challenge.

Many 3D printing customers have done the coloring of these parts, but it has caused problems for this leading medical company. Since color layers and coloring inside tiny and complex parts are unrealistic, the parts are enlarged in size. Product application engineers need to find a new solution. They developed a process in which a special solvent is heated to 90°C/194°F in a container, and the parts are placed in it for a specific period of time according to the chromaticity of the target color. The result is perfect. Without sacrificing outstanding details, the color of the part and the final product are the same, and the assembly of the functional parts is successfully completed.