Speaker 1: So the story behind
SNG Baratt is that it's a, it's
a family run business. It was
built by husband and wife combo.
Mr. Barrett, essentially had an
E-type and a donor E-type car.
He switched all the parts over
and realised He had a load of
parts leftover and he thought I
could make a business out of
this. His son then took it over
and took it to another level,
invested in the company itself,
the equipment that we use and
the people that drive it forward
really to become the market
leader in, car parts for classic
Jags and modern Jags. We were
well suited to 3D printing
before we started. We had three
seats of SOLIDWORKS works in
house, producing 3D models,
working assemblies, drawings,
and production of parts, either
internally or externally. So we
had the capabilities along with
the, with his team members to to
capitalize on 3D printing. Uh,
so now when now we've got the 3D
printers when we have a new new
project, new part the first
question is can we 3D print it?
We did a little showcase a while
back, and we had a a range of
parts on the, on the table and
we put them to them and people
could just could not work out
the difference between some of
the 3D printed parts and steel
part painted. They just couldn't
tell the difference. So, you
know, the quality of these Form
Labs parts are fantastic. The
biggest draw of having the
printers here on site, as
opposed to the old way of doing
things is the cost and the lead
time and essentially the minimum
order quantities. And we can
produce things that are lower
costs, which obviously increases
our margins. We can produce
those parts a lot faster. We've
gone from weeks, essentially
down to hours. You could almost
offer a next day service. And
essentially one of the biggest
draws is that our minimum order
quantities have disappeared on
certain parts. We're able to
just print the amount that we
need for a certain amount of
time. Um, gone are the days
where we would have to order
thousands of parts from our far
Eastern supplier. We have a
couple of 3D printers in house.
So being able to capitalize on
their positive attributes is
fantastic. We've got such a
range of parts in house, which
we supply. We want to be able to
best match the manufacturing
techniques to that, to the
application. We can do that now
with what we have the Form Labs,
we have a wide range of
materials and again, we supply
such a range of parts that we
need that to take the
characteristics, of the
different materials and to best
suit their application. Now
we're having a couple of
printers. Um, we can reduce our
lead times, you know, that we
run in a constantly before we
had the second one. Now we're in
a position where we can do some
prototyping. You can do some
tests, sample runs, we've got
the capacity to do that. The
process is a lot easier now,
especially with the printer.
It's very streamlined. We know
when it's going on, how long
it's going to take, and when
it's going to be in stock and we
can relay that back to the
production team. We can relay
that back to sales and
purchasing. You get happier
customer, you get a happier
business. So we initially saw a
printer, Solid Print 3D when
we're on a training course with
Solid Solutions, we inquired
after that quite quickly. And we
soon knew that it was the right
printer for us. For our
application. We had a sample
made from Solid Print 3D of a
badge, actually the one from his
car, which we knew was over most
complex model. So we thought
we'd give it a bit of a test.
And really the results were
staggering. We, I think it was
sold straight away to our MD
when he sort of walked past our
desk, picked it up one day and
said, Whats that how do we do we
get one of those? How can we
produced that in house. So as
soon as he saw that, it was easy
to justify it then financially.
I'd love to say that since we've had the
printers, it's all been plain
sailing, but it is 2020 and
things do go wrong every now and
again. Um, but that's really
where Solid Print 3D come into
their own, having somebody, the
other side of the telephone,
which we can not sure was there
is invaluable. You know, I can,
anytime I have a problem I can
ring up and I can speak to
somebody and we get the problem
resolved. The training have been
invaluable. I had some
experience with 3D printers
before, but the SLA process was
entirely alien to me. So being
able to go and see the, see the
machines on site, the Solid
Print 3D was really great
experience for us to be able to
get in there before we had the
printer and made a mess
ourselves. Next for SNG Baratt
as a team we'd like to expand
the capabilities that we've got
here on site, and we'd like to
invest in more printers. We'd
like to invest in more additive
manufacturing technology to, to
boost the production here on
site. We've got a very good
classic fabrication department
and a light assembly department.
And we see what we're doing is
there is a direct support to
that. So the more that we can
offer them, the more parts that
they can create and the better
quality that we can, we can, we
can build going forward. I feel
like we've got quite a lot of
avenues to go down. Um, they're
not, they're not directly set in
stone yet, but there is, there
is potential for real growth.