Now, Make It Faster

January 6, 2017

Great news! Thanks to the ongoing hard work of our production teams, we’re announcing updates that will make 3D printing more accessible — by delivering your prints faster. We’ve significantly reduced print production times for a dozen Shapeways materials. From the time you order to the time we ship, our turnaround times for the materials below are now shorter than ever:

These updates are part of our continuing commitment to reducing lead times. How do we do it? We innovate in manufacturing, processing, and shipping. Whether it’s by testing new materials and processes (shaving seven days off high definition acrylate), investing in updated machinery (halving lead times for two materials), or improving manufacturing efficiency (getting cast metals to you faster), we’re always working to enhance production quality and speed.

Now is the perfect time to get started on that project you’ve been dreaming of. Whatever you’re making, print it today in one of our faster-than-ever materials.

We’re always working hard to improve your Shapeways experience. Make sure to let us know in the comments what you’d like to see in 2017.

Comments

• Andrew Thompson [January 6, 2017 at 6:05 am]
  Yeah.. doesn’t seem much point in decreasing the time to shipping when it takes (checks watch) around 40 days for the product to get from NY to Sydney.
  Any chance you’ll be opening a closer printing facility in the near future? Heck, it only took 4 days to get a product from Shanghai to Sydney.

• Pete [January 9, 2017 at 9:33 am]
  Hi,
  40 days from NY to Sydney?
  We have UPS option to have it shipped in around 5? Also it typically ships from NL.
  We are working on improving situation for Australia! Hang in there.

• Peter Weijmarshausen [January 10, 2017 at 1:54 pm]
  OK – I should think before posting…
  We ship to Australia from NYC. You have choice of USPS and UPS.
  UPS tends to be more expensive, but faster.
  Second part still stands: We are working on improving situation for Australia! Hang in there. 🙂

• mkroeker [January 10, 2017 at 3:07 pm]
  For 2) there is already the shipping option “combine with previous order” in the cart to avoid the additional shipping cost

• John Haddock [January 6, 2017 at 7:56 am]
  Two longstanding issues need improvement in 2017.

1. Provide a folder structure for designs.
   I have over 200 designs that I have ordered from Shapeways but there is no way to order them or sort them except by the date they were submitted. The designs represent about six different categories, so a simple folder structure would let me pick a folder (category) and then search just the 30 or so relevant designs, not 200.

2. Allow orders to be put on hold while manual check issues are resolved.
   By definition, manual checks are often unanticipated; either by your automatic checks or by the designer. Kicking out just one product in an order of several, and forcing a re-order with its additional shipping costs, is extremely frustrating. Please give us the option of putting the whole order on hold while we redesign the rejected part (sometimes it’s only a matter of a few minutes of CAD work) and then continuing with the order process.

• Ralph Conway [January 6, 2017 at 3:04 pm]
  Yep! This afternoon (6th) I received my Falcon 5 feet cone, which I ordered on 1st of January. Including two days of shipping this is amazing fast! Next to this the item looks fantastic! I know this is the regular case with shapeways. But I am astonished about how great the print looks anyway. ignoring the two day delivery time it was completely done within 4 days!

Thanks to you all at shapeways. You are running an excellent company!

• Andrew Simon Thomas [January 9, 2017 at 11:04 am]
  Thanks Ralph, glad you got it quickly and enjoyed it! Please share photos of the painted version!

• Jeff [January 9, 2017 at 7:30 pm]
  Hello~
  We are looking to outsource a fairly straight forward item in varying designs. We’ve experimented on our own but now realize that producing in volume (we’ve currently cataloged 20+ designs & are looking to produce 25 units of each, approximately 500 units) in a reasonable time frame, is not visible. All our items will be produced in PLA, and must consistently achieve a final edge detail of .40mm. Is this something your company can help with?

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