Like many consumer product manufactures, Black and Decker (B&D) needed to shorten their development time on home and garden tools. Many of these tools are seasonal and consumers expect new products frequently.

This case study discusses how Black & Decker (B&D) used in-house 3D Printers to reduce their development cycles.

Compared to expensive outsourcing, which could take days, B&D found that in-house printing could take hours to produce a prototype. This reduced cost and turnaround allows B&D engineers to study more designs allowing for more iteration.