The pressure former precisely replicates intricate structures, ensuring an impeccable copy of the master model. This leads to finished products with sub-one-micron tolerances.

The desktop thermoforming machine produces solid parts without the layered appearance often seen in 3D-printed items. This ensures the parts are uniformly strong throughout, without the risk of layers separating.

The Mayku Multiplier has a variety of settings and functions making it compatible with a wide range of pure, factory-grade materials.

Prototyping Consumer Product Casings

Material: ABS
Benefit: Reduce production delays by testing with the actual materials and methods used in the final production

Transparent light lens

Material: PMMA
Benefit: Small batch of Transparent, UV resistant with high impact strength with no tooling investment

Industrial food molds

Material: Food-safe PETG
Benefit: Rapid production of food-safe molds with reduced lead times and costs

Small Batch MicrofluidicsChips

Material: EVA and pressure-sensitive tape
Benefit: Reduce tooling investment risk, validate final production materials

Prototyping of ConsumerGoods Packaging

Material: PETG
Benefit: Quickly prototype and refine consumer goods packaging using final materials for accurate tolerance checks, resulting in faster time to market

Protective Coverings for Production Line Machine

Material: 4mm ABS
Benefit: Maintain production uptime, reduced parts costs, reduced lead times

Benefits in Food Mold Production

The Mayku Multiplier is particularly advantageous for food mold production. It allows for the in-house creation of highly detailed, cost-effective prototypes, enhancing efficiency and reducing production time. This technology produces food molds with high precision and quality, ensuring they meet required standards for optical clarity and other criteria. It also supports a wide range of materials, from transparent to rigid, suitable for food-grade applications.

Impact on Product Casings Manufacturing

For product casings, the Mayku Multiplier enables rapid prototyping and tooling validation, leading to a faster time to market. It offers a high level of detail, precise tolerances, and compatibility with various materials like ABS and PMMA. This technology significantly reduces production line disruption and costs, allowing for faster iteration cycles and improved material testing.

Use in Manufacturing Protective Covers

Pressure forming technology, exemplified by the Mayku Multiplier, is highly effective in creating protective covers in manufacturing and robotics industries. It minimizes machine downtime and repair expenses by enabling the rapid, on-demand production of robust, high-quality parts. The Multiplier's capacity to work with a variety of industrial-grade materials adds to its versatility in production environments.

Educational Applications of Thermoforming

In educational settings, the Mayku Multiplier facilitates hands-on learning and exposes students to real-world manufacturing processes. It enhances problem-solving skills and creativity, allowing students to produce both prototypes and end-use parts. This technology is easily integrated into existing educational workflows, especially alongside 3D printing, to provide a comprehensive manufacturing experience. Educational institutions like Kingston University, MIT Play Labs, and Coventry University are already utilizing the Multiplier to enhance their curriculums.

Providing Students with Access to Pressure Forming Technology on the Benchtop at Bristol University

Pressure forming is increasingly being used by engineering professionals in diverse
industries from product design to aerospace and beyond. To prepare students for
industry and to explore the benefits of pressure forming, educational institutions
like MIT, Harvard and Bristol university are installing the Mayku Multiplier in their
workshops and labs to provide students with access to this powerful technology.

Rapidly Creating High-Detail Custom Molds with Forma Moulds

Forma Moulds are a UK based mold manufacturer that design, prototype and
develop molds for a vast swathe of different clients around the world like Hilton
hotels, Caterpillar and Grey Goose vodka. Their innovative approach to mold
making enables them to deliver specific client needs fast and affordably with
a small and nimble team utilizing the latest in 3D printing and pressure forming
technology.

Teaching faster, cost effective and
accessible prosthetic molding techniques
at Wimbledon College of Art

The University of the Arts London have four Multiplier pressure formers operating across four of their university sites in the capital.
We visited one of those sites, Wimbledon College of Art, who have been using the Multiplier and 1.5mm EVA sheets to save costs and reduce the time involved in student mold making projects.

Designing the Multiplier
with Teenage Engineering

Teenage Engineering is a consumer electronics company based in Stockholm, Sweden.
Back in the early stages of development of the Multiplier, when the first prototypes of the desktop pressure former were starting
to make successful forms, Mayku got in contact with the team at Teenage Engineering to see if they would like to work on the industrial design and user interface of the machine. What transpired was a development process between London and
Sweden in the midst of a global pandemic. We caught up with the team at Teenage Engineering to talk about the process...

Prototyping product casings
for faster times to market with Meta

In the fast paced, competitive world of VR headset manufacture, innovating
fast and staying on top of the latest tech is of key strategic importance to getting
ahead in this exciting new field.

At Meta, the virtual optical engineering team are responsible for the development
of the optical modules in their VR headsets.

Thermoforming is a heavily used technology in VR headset mass manufacture for
both optical modules and product casings. Engineers at Meta use the Multiplier
in their Reality Lab to test and optimize thermoforming settings before going to full
scale production.

Reducing Plastic Waste Through Prototyping Highly Detailed Parts

Reducing plastic usage in mass manufacturing is one of the most critical issues of our time. Solutions to this challenge begin at the prototyping stage, where design decisions are made that will resonate throughout the product's lifetime when it goes to market.

Effortless Microfluidics Creation

Speed up your microfluidics prototyping and small batch production with the Mayku Multiplier, a plastic thermoforming machine that eliminates the need for tooling while using materials like PP.

Industry-grade Food Molds

With this outstanding plastic pressure forming machine, quickly craft food-safe, industry-standard molds. Enjoy significant savings in both time and cost compared to traditional methods.

Product Casings and Protective Covers

Harness the efficiency of the Mayku Multiplier pressure forming machine to design protective casings in robust, factory-grade materials. Say goodbye to the high costs and long waits of injection molding.

Vacuume Formed

Pressure Formed

1. Create your template
Use a 3D printer, CNC milling machine or other process to make a template to form over and trust that the Multiplier will maintain every detail.

2. Select your material
From the Mayku Multiplier's intuitive menu, select the best material profile for your project. Or, get creative and establish a custom profile tailored just for you.

3. Insert your template
Simply insert your template. The Multiplier takes over, auto-leveling and heating your chosen material with pinpoint accuracy, prepping it for the forming stage.

4. Form your part
Unleashing up to 4 atmospheres of pressure, it applies a formidable 5 tonnes of force, ensuring your material captures every intricate detail of your template.

Experience the power of industrial heat and pressure in a device designed for your workbench. The Mayku Multiplier allows you to capture sub-micron details, crafting intricate designs with both thick and thin materials. Achieve parts with a flawless surface finish that mirrors the minuscule features of your template. The result? Isotropic parts that guarantee both impeccable structural integrity and unmatched aesthetic consistency.