Making the cut Authentic props, models and miniatures for stage, screen and exhibitions - Paragon Rapid Technologies
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Making the cut Authentic props, models and miniatures for stage, screen and exhibitions P A R A G O N - R T
What do you want to make today?
SERVICES Paragon Rapid Technologies provides world-class support throughout the
product development cycle. For more than 15 years our specialist engineers
CAPABILITIES
have been helping the entertainment industry and creative businesses like
MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGIES yours bring complex, or simple, designs to life.
YOUR PRODUCTION PARTNER W W W . P A R A G O N - R T . C O M
Turning imagination into
tangibles since 2003
Paragon's talented team of designers,
About us engineers and model-makers have been
turning your imagination into tangibles for
more than 15 years.
Paragon Rapid Technologies is a product Our horizons are as broad as our service
development support company. When it offering, which spans some 65 capabilities,
comes to stage and screen, we are a one- from pattern making to 3D printing. Our
stop-shop for production parts, props, outstanding technical expertise and process
models, prototypes and some set pieces. knowledge help us provide innovation,
product development and manufacturing SERVICES
Formed in 2003, we are part of the Northern support of the highest quality to the
Powerhouse with purpose-built facilities at automotive, aerospace, defence, CAPABILITIES
our head office in Darlington, County entertainment, security, medical, consumer,
Durham. marine, rail, energy, oil and gas, and
MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGIES
industrial products industries.
YOUR PRODUCTION PARTNER
W W W . P A R A G O N - R T . C O M
W W W . P A R A G O N - R T . C O M
Your imagination is everything. It is
the preview of coming attractions.
• We offer an array of 3D printing technologies enabling fast turnaround of large and small
parts with simple or complex geometries. We have printed body armour, period cutlery, Star
Wars characters’ helmets, multiples of fruit, insects, monsters, motion capture carapaces,
miniatures for stop motion animation, and much, much more
• Our wide range of prototyping and engineering capabilities, including CNC, vac casting,
RIM and silicone moulding, enables you to meet progressively tough design and production
challenges in isolation or in collaboration with our experienced model makers
• Our services are competitively priced, supporting for quick decision-making at the design
stage
• When necessary, we provide fast-track options and project management to produce parts
with tight time frames
Concept Visualisation Design Support Reverse Engineering
Empowering you to push your creativity to Working together to ensure creative and Providing a precise facsimile of your model
the limits functional elements align with production or propto enable you to produce it again
and manufacturability and again
3D Printing Production & LVM Model Making
Print props and parts, large and small, and Lowering spending. Meeting deadlines and Undertaken with scrupulous attention to
with infinitesimal detail in less time than it quality targets time after time detail, ingenious attitude and with you as the
takes to set up a scene. hero of the story
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Paragon Rapid Technologies in the Entertainment industry
Concept visualisation Reverse engineering and reproduction
• Providing you with access to scaled, tangible digital image • Our reverse engineering technology enables accurate and efficient
visualisation acquisition of functional dimensions to SPAT of 18 microns and
• Enabling you to adjust and reiterate without incurring significant VMD of +/- 25 microns. That means part recreation is achievable
costs and extremely accurate
Design support 3D Printing
• Helping you with CAD compliance and translation for quicker concept to • Helping you to make significant savings in production times and
part processing costs
• Providing technology-specific design development assistance • Enabling you to create complex designs or pattern masters for large
• Analysing your designs for manufacturability where necessary pieces
• Offering a range of resins suitable for polishing, painting, texturing
and sculpting
Model Making Production and LVM
• Supplement or complement your capabilities with an exceptionally • Eliminate tooling costs.. We can print production parts in their 1000s
skilled and experienced team working across a broad spectrum of with injection moulded qualities
technical and creative processes.
• We have an enormous variety of resins and materials
• Working closely with you to ensure we establish the methods and
• Moving to low volume manufacture allows you to benefit from
materials are best suited to ensure a perfect result
economies of scale
• Offering you options in materials and techniques including polystyrene
carving, sculpting, reaction injection moulding, model board shaping,
silicone moulding, vacuum casting, and CNC machining of metals and
plastics
3D printing of props, parts and miniatures
Timely. Flexible. Cost effective.
Weapons and Armour Models for large scale Multiples and miniatures Scanning and reverse
• Complex designs. Multiple set design • From baskets of realistic fruit to engineering
units. Tough, lightweight, large scene set ups for stop motion
• Complex scenery pieces in • Scan and recreate concept
pieces and CGI, 3D printing allows for
miniature to enable concept models for all your FX, design
• SLA, SLS, FFF, DLS infinitesimal detail and precise
development. Economical. and prop development
replication, time after time
Practical Moveable requirements
• SLA/SLS/FFF/DLS
• SLA, SLS, FFF
P A R A G O N - R T
Stereolithography (SLA)
Materials Materials
Somos® Taurus: high impact resin
Somos® EvoLVe: durable, fast
with good mechanical and thermal
processing white resin with
properties
exceptional detail ability
Somos® WaterShed XC11122:
clear resin with great water
resistance, ABS- and PBT-like Applications
properties Ideal for assessing design concepts,
validation prototyping for high
visual pieces, small scenery models
Applications
NEO 800 Ideal for assessing design concepts,
SLA 5000
Bed: 800 x 800 x 600mm validation prototyping for high Bed: 500 x 500 x 500mm
Accuracy: ±0.15%. visual pieces, armour, snap fit and Accuracy: ±0.3%
Layer resolution: 50 - 200μm hinged designs, large pieces Layer resolution: 50 - 100μm
P A R A G O N - R T
Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF)
Materials Materials
Onyx: chopped carbon fibre
Standard Nylon PA650 and
filament with twice the strength of
Glass-filled Nylon PA615:
ABS, possessing dimensional
strong, impact resistant, chemical
stability and heat resistance to
resistant and heat resistant resins
145ºC. Can be reinforced with fibre
materials: Carbon Fibre, Fiberglass,
Applications Kevlar, HSHT Fiberglass
Strong, durable, highly detailed
parts with superior thermal stability. Applications
SLS delivers on functional
SinterStation 2500 HiQ prototypes. With some flexibility is
MarkForged Mk. II Utilises a strong plastic that can be
reinforced with an array of fibre
Bed: 330 x 280 x 400mm great for producing masks and Bed: 320 x 132 x 154 mm materials, from carbon to Kevlar.
Accuracy: ±0.2% helmets for motion capture Accuracy: ±0.3% Resultant parts are twice as strong
Layer resolution: 50 - 100μm Layer resolution: 100μm as ABS and ideal for functional
prototyping and partsP A R A G O N - R T
Digital Light Synthesis™ (DLS)
Materials Applications
RPU 70: ABS-like, durable, rigid Digital Light Synthesis™ (DLS) volume produced end-use parts have injection-
with Blue Card status and UL 94 HB moulded qualities. Printing with specially designed polymers and elastomers, DLS is
flammability rating perfect for skin contact parts, multiples and miniatures
EPX 82: similar to glass-filled
thermoplastics, with heat deflection
to 130ºC
CE 221: similar to glass-filled nylon,
heat deflection to 231ºC
FPU 50: designed to withstand
repetitive stresses
Carbon M2 EPU 40: Exceptional tear strength,
Bed: 189 x 118 x 326mm energy return, and elongation
Accuracy: ±0.075% SIL30: a flexible silicon ideal for
Layer resolution: 75μm printing straps and flexible piecesPrototyping and model making
For large builds and complex creations
Set design pieces Skins and prostheses Model making
• For large, lightweight, complex one-off • Textures and tones are easily • With 17 model makers on site,
scenery pieces; or multiples of cast achieved with silicone we have both the expertise and
smaller pieces requiring flexibility and moulding. Our CNC facilities the capacity to tackle all
texture enable us to produce precise manners of model making
• A range of materials that can be moulding tools delivering requests. We create models in
textured, aged and painted quality, repeatability and any scale for film and theatre. as
• Using RIM, Vac Casting and CNC savings on time and costs well as for retail and marketingP A R A G O N - R T
Reaction Injection Moulding (RIM) Vacuum Casting
Materials Materials
High impact, high temperature A variety of thermoplastics,
polyurethanes, glass-filled nylons, rubbers and resins, many of which
some rubbers. can be pigmented, or come ready
coloured.
Applications Applications
For low volume manufacturing and For low volume manufacturing and
prototyping of larger components. prototyping of smaller components.
The economical silicone tooling Components can be textured,
Process method will produce 100s of parts Process overmoulded and layered.
from one tool. Parts can be rigid,
METERMIX PAR50 (x3) flexible, and coated if necessary. MTT 001, 501, 004, 504 plus
The injection of a precisely extension chamber.
proportioned mix of chemicals into We create a 3D printed master
a mould. Moulds can be model with a high-quality surface
manufactured in house through finish. From this, we produce a
CNC machining of model board, silicone mould. The cavity can then
epoxy, silicone or aluminium. be filled with variety of resins and
rubbers to make numerous copies.P A R A G O N - R T
Silicone Moulding Model Making
Materials Materials
A variety of silicone grades, from A variety of thermoplastics,
10 Shore A to 70 Shore A rubbers and resins
hardness, including medical
grades and those capable of
withstanding environmental
extremes.
Applications
For one offs, set pieces, life size or
Applications miniature
For low volume manufacturing and
Process one offs. Suitable for developing Process
skins and prostheses covers, models
A compression moulding process and textured pieces Combining all our technologies and
using 3D printed and CNC-cut capabilities to produce models of
tooling. distinctionCNC Engineering
Precision. Tooling. Production.
Cutting and design Machine-led sculpting Component parts and tooling
• In metals, model board, wood, plastics • Cut, chisel, sculpt, shape and • Manufactured on demand for parts of
and foam, we can deliver items as raw manufacture large, lightweight pieces complex machinery, costume pieces,
machined parts, or can deliver them in for stage and film sets camera stands, equipment adaption
combination with other in-house • Create tools for manufacture, forming
services to provide a comprehensive and pressing ensuring repeatability
finished solution and qualityW W W . P A R A G O N - R T 5-axis CNC technologies HAAS CMS ANTARES, 24000 RPM HAAS UMC-750, 5 axis, 12000 RPM SIZE: Up to 2500 x 1500 x 1200 SIZE: Up to 762 x 508 x 508 MATERIALS: model board, aluminium, ABS, EPP, nylon MATERIALS: steel, aluminium, ABS, model board, EPP, nylon VOLUMES: 1 – 100 VOLUMES: 1 – 100
W W W . P A R A G O N - R T . C O M 3-axis CNC technologies HAAS VF5, 3 + 2 axis, 12000 RPM HAAS SUPER MINIMILL, 2.3 Axis, 10000 RPM SIZE: Up to 1270 x 660 x 635 (400 x 400 x 100) SIZE: Up to 508 x 406 x 356 MATERIALS: steel, aluminium, ABS, model board, foam, nylon MATERIALS: steel, aluminium, ABS, model board, foam, nylon VOLUMES: 1 – 100 VOLUMES: 1 – 100
W W W . P A R A G O N - R T . C O M 3-axis CNC technologies HAAS VF6SS, 3 Axis, 12000 RPM HURCO VM201, 3 Axis, 10000 RPM SIZE: Up to 1626 x 813 x 762 SIZE: Up to 1016 x 508 x 508 MATERIALS: steel, aluminium, ABS, model board, EPP, nylon. MATERIALS: steel, aluminium, ABS, model board, EPP, nylon VOLUMES: 1 – 100 VOLUMES: 1 – 100
Contact Us Paragon Rapid Technologies T: 01325 333 141 E: info@paragon-rt.com P A R A G O N - R T . C O M
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