Atlantis Swimwear

Problem/Challenge Rapid Prototyping
General Pattrern transforms great ideas into great products. Never was this more apparent than when Atlantis needed all of General Patterns “Suite of Rapid products” to produce a prototype of their newest swimsuit. Armed with little more than an idea, Atlantis, a New York fashion company, was seeking a new material alternative for swimwear. And as always, they had little time to “catch the wave” of the next fad.

Solutions/Results Rapid Prototyping
Utilizing General Patterns 24/7 services, we began by scanning a size 6 model. From there we built, refined, rescanned and rebuilt SLA & SLS models of the swimsuit. RTV molds were then built and polyurethane prototypes made by comolding two different durameter materials - all within 3 weeks.

Benefit/Impact Injection Moulding
New ideas often need new sources of funding to finance their development. Armed with proto-functional parts (that looked like production) Atlantis was able to secure the funding it needed to turn a good idea into a commercial success. Watch for the “SUIT” to arrive at a beach near you.

Commercial
Tool Price $16,000
Performance 2 weeks