Shawcor, a Canada-based energy services company, faced the challenge of needing to create an automated, custom handling machine to load and unload large glass reinforcement tape pads. The cost and long lead times needed to make the custom parts for the machine was unreasonable, so they had to explore other options. Read on to see how Shawcor leveraged carbon fiber 3D printing to replace aluminum and sheet metal parts, while saving $27,000 CAD with 53 unique 3D printed parts.