Forerunner 3D Printing

Forerunner is a West MI based Additive manufacturer specializing in job shop and low volume production Services.

3D Printing technologies offered to our customers:
– SLA 3D Printing, Materials: NeXt, Accura ClearVue, Accura 25
– HP MJF 3D Printing, Materials: Nylon 12 (PA-12), TPU Rubber (M95A), Nylon 12 40% Glass Bead (PA-12 GB)
– PolyJet 3D Printing, Materials: Vero, VeroClear, Digital ABS, Agilus30
– FDM 3D Printing, Materials: ABS M100, ABS M30, ABS-ESD7, PC-ISO, PC-ABS, POLYCARBONATE ( PC ), ULTEM 1010, ULTEM 9085
– SLS 3D Printing, Materials: PA 2200 (PA-12), PA 3200 GF (PA-12 GF), DuraForm PAx Natural
– CLIP /DLP 3D Printing, Materials: LOCTITE IND406, EPX 82, EPU 40, SIL

Part Finishing Options: Sanding, Vapor Smoothing, Media Blasting, Cerakote, Painting

– Types of work we specialize in:
– End use parts for automated equipment
-Nesting (class A safe), EOAT’s, camera/ sensor mounts, rubber gripper pads, and many more applications!
– Low volume / bridge production of end use parts (from 10 parts all the way up to 5000+)
– Functional prototypes
– Design for additive manufacturing consulting

Through our other business unit DeWys Engineering we also offer a full range of mechanical engineering services. We work with industry’s like automated equipment, agricultural equipment, sheet metal, plastic part, and product design sectors.

– Our areas of expertise include:

– 3D CAD Design (Solidworks / CATIA V5 / AutoCAD Inventor)
– Design for Manufactuerability
– Design for Additive Manufacturing (DfAM) and mass production
– Product development
– Small to large scale industrial CAD assembly’s
– Automated Equipment Design
– Plastic / Sheet metal / Machined Part Design
– Creating full color 3D model rendering with photo realistic effects and backgrounds for marketing materials

– Reverse Engineering of mechanical parts and assemblies (FARO Arm CMM with Laser Scanner and GeoMagic Design X)