Since the late 90s, Gillette has brought the additive manufacturing toolbox into use to prototype a wide range of shaving products. While back then 3D printing was incapable of prototyping functional razor cartridges – it seems they tended to deform once they were exposed to hot water – the company has a long history of using 3D printed prototyping for the bodies of their line of razors. Now in addition to using AM to development razors in a design sense, a new patent filed by the company indicates that Gillette found a solution to the razor cartridge problem.
Posted on: Wed, 07 May 2014 19:23:53 +0000