Case Study: Volvo Construction Equipment achieves 18-week, $9,230 prototype savings with Stratasys 3D printing

Volvo Construction Equipment Digs Up Prototype Savings of 18 Weeks and 92% of Costs

Volvo Construction Equipment faced the need to validate a newly optimized water pump housing for its A25G/A30G articulated haulers while cutting development costs and reducing lead times. To avoid expensive tooling and speed testing, the company turned to Stratasys and its Objet Eden260V 3D printer to produce a functional prototype for engine-level validation.

Using the Stratasys Objet Eden260V and FullCure 720 Transparent material, VCE 3D printed the housing, added threaded inserts and epoxy seals, and installed it on an A30G for heat and pressure testing — which it passed. The Stratasys-enabled prototype cost $770 and took 2 weeks versus roughly $10,000 and 20 weeks for traditional tooling, saving 18 weeks and about $9,230 (≈92% cost and 90% time savings), and paving the way for faster production ramp-up and wider use of 3D printing across development and low-volume manufacturing.

Volvo Construction Equipment

Jeff Hartman

Product Designer