3D Printing for Product Design: A.A.G. Stucchi Case Study

A.A.G. Stucchi has built LED lighting components in Italy for more than 70 years. Today its track lighting systems, ONETRACK and MULTISYSTEM, sell through three international subsidiaries and 80 specialised distributors. Using 3D printing for product design used to mean weeks of waiting on an outside supplier. Sinterit reports the company bought a Lisa PRO SLS printer to bring the work in-house, and the change reshaped its design cycle.

Inside Stucchi's switch to in-house 3D printing for product design

Stucchi designs every lighting fixture and matching injection mould internally. The challenge with LED technology was speed. Customer-driven design changes kept arriving after specifications were supposed to be locked. Sinterit reports the team found mould modifications costly and slow. Outsourced prints arrived too late to influence the design before tooling started. The team needed same-day prototypes, not next-week deliveries.

Bringing SLS 3D printing in-house with the Lisa PRO removed this bottleneck. Designers now turn a CAD concept into a real, handheld lighting component within a few hours. Showing clients a physical piece during the design conversation has changed how Stucchi approaches projects. The customer sees the part, suggests a tweak, and the team prints the revised version before any mould tooling begins.

How 3D printing for product design protects mould investment

Injection moulds for lighting fixtures are expensive to build and even more expensive to modify. Specifications are meant to freeze at the start of a project, but real-world change requests still arrive. Sinterit reports Stucchi now performs functional tests on modified SLS-printed parts first. The mould change only commits after the new design proves out. The Lisa PRO sits in the workflow as a low-risk safety net, protecting the larger tooling investment behind it.

The same workflow opens up bespoke work no injection-moulding-only setup would support. When a client wants a unique track lighting layout outside the standard catalogue, Stucchi prints the custom components rather than tooling for them. This shifts the conversation with project specifiers from "pick from the range" to "show us what you need". For a 70-year-old component business, 3D printing for product design reshapes how Stucchi serves the lighting market.

3D printing for product design: what this means for Australian teams

Stucchi's case study describes the Lisa PRO, the compact SLS printer Sinterit launched before the current generation. The current flagship replacing the Lisa PRO is the Sinterit Lisa X. The Lisa X uses a 30 W laser, a 130 × 180 × 330 mm build volume, and the same in-house workflow.

Australian product design teams looking to bring SLS in-house have two practical entry points. The Sinterit Lisa X suits R&D departments needing larger build volume and the full Sinterit material range. The Sinterit Suzy is the entry-level option for smaller benches and tighter budgets. Suzy still prints in PA-12 industrial powder. Both let you test design changes the same day before any mould or tooling commitment.

For a deeper side-by-side, our Suzy vs Lisa X comparison walks through where each machine fits. The Innoseal Lisa X case study covers a comparable in-house SLS prototyping switch in another industry.

If your team relies on 3D printing for product design and the parts eventually get tooled, the financial case for in-house SLS is simple. Every mould revision avoided pays for hours of Lisa X print time. Request a tailored quote to see what an in-house Sinterit SLS setup looks like for your design workflow.

Frequently asked questions

How does A.A.G. Stucchi use 3D printing for product design?

A.A.G. Stucchi uses 3D printing for product design to prototype LED track lighting components on the Sinterit Lisa PRO SLS printer. The team prints CAD concepts the same day, shows clients a real part during the design meeting, and locks the design before any injection mould is built.

What is the Sinterit Lisa PRO used for?

The Sinterit Lisa PRO is a compact SLS 3D printer used for 3D printing for product design and in-house functional prototyping. A.A.G. Stucchi runs the Lisa PRO to test modified lighting fixture parts before committing to injection-mould tooling. This protects the company's larger mould investment from late-stage design changes.

Which Sinterit SLS printer should Australian product designers choose today?

Australian product designers should choose the Sinterit Lisa X as the current flagship replacing the Lisa PRO in this case study. The Sinterit Suzy is the entry-level alternative for smaller benches and tighter budgets, with the same PA-12 industrial powder workflow as the Lisa X.

Does SLS 3D printing replace injection moulding for low-volume lighting parts?

SLS 3D printing replaces injection moulding for low-volume and custom lighting parts where tooling cost is hard to justify. A.A.G. Stucchi uses its Sinterit Lisa PRO, and the equivalent Sinterit Lisa X for Australian buyers, to produce one-off track lighting components for bespoke projects. The mould-tooling step is bypassed entirely for small runs.

How fast is in-house SLS compared to outsourced 3D printing?

In-house SLS prints a part within a few hours, while outsourced 3D printing takes several days or longer. A.A.G. Stucchi bought the Sinterit Lisa PRO because outsourced prints arrived too late to influence the design before mould tooling began. The in-house Lisa PRO, and now the Sinterit Lisa X, closed this delay for design teams.

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