Continually develop and introduce useful innovations in industrial 3D printer technology to consistently provide the 3D printing functionality and capabilities that engineers need to leverage 3D printing for prototyping and production.
Add cloud-based 3DEXPERIENCE® Works platform solutions to its existing SOLIDWORKS® product development ecosystem.
- Cut development cycle in half
- Streamlined production of modular configurations
- Completed development despite COVID-19 lockdowns
- Added unique printer capabilities and features
dddrop B.V. takes its name from a popular Dutch drop licorice candy and 3D. The company has launched innovative advancements in 3D printing systems since it introduced its first 3D printer, the Recon, in 2012. At that time the market offered only two categories: large machines that delivered industrial results but were out of budget and smaller affordable machines unable to deliver reliable results.
“Rather than imagining the printing functionality and features that our customers need, we decided to quickly develop and deploy the Recon 3D printer as a way to survey our customer base,” dddrop owner and CEO Alfred Uytdewilligen explains. Since then, dddrop has continued to push 3D printing technology forward, introducing the dddrop Leader single-head 3D printer in 2015, the dddrop Leader TWIN dual-head 3D printer in 2016, and the RAPID ONE industrial 3D printer in 2020.
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Development Challenges
When COVID hit in early 2020 dddrop was already considering adding cloud-based solutions to the SOLIDWORKS product development ecosystem to integrate its geographically dispersed development team.
Uytdewilligen notes, “We needed a solid method for collaborating remotely on product development and for launching products, both of which 3DEXPERIENCE solutions provide. With these solutions, we were able to meet all of our development deadlines despite the pandemic.”
The 3DEXPERIENCE platform represents an entirely new way of working that has allowed us to reshape the company to support greater collaboration, innovation, and productivity. It’s much more than a development platform. It’s a product launching platform in which not everybody is using a SOLIDWORKS seat.”