3D : Delivering Design Freedom to KALLISTA

Additive manufacturing delivers key advantages that enable a new way of thinking about product design, including:

• The ability to integrate accurate, yet miniscule, channels for fluids within a part. These channels typically cannot be produced using traditional methods, and often allow for better part performance where fluids are concerned.
• The judicious use of latticework and voids within a part design, which can significantly reduce the weight of a part and the material required while maintaining tensile strength requirements.
• The ability to manufacture an unlimited number of custom parts without the expense of tooling, which is enabling a new era of personalized products.

KALLISTA's design and production team started working with 3 Dimension, a high-quality production metal manufacturer specializing in 3D direct metal printing based in Indianapolis. The engineering team at 3 Dimension worked to engineer the unique design into a single-build part ideal for metal 3D printing with focus on the integrated channels for the water. 3 Dimension also delivers an entire shop floor team for machining, milling, and finishing to enable metal part projects to be rapidly fulfilled.

Using the 3D Systems LaserForm® 316L stainless steel material on the ProX® DMP 320 metal 3D printer, the 3 Dimension team quickly created metal prototypes and then production-grade parts, and managed and executed all post-processing operations to create the stunning Grid sink faucets we see today.