Most of our parts are additively manufactured — 3D printed. We say that plainly, because the buyers we work with check, and because we think the way we do it is a strength, not a caveat.
Not hobby printing
There is a real difference between a bracket run off on a desktop machine and a production part. Ours are production parts:
- One fixed print profile per product. Material, machine settings, orientation and post-processing are locked per SKU. The five-hundredth part is the same as the first. Changes go through a documented revision, not a tweak.
- Engineering materials. Structural parts are ASA — the UV-stable engineering polymer specified for outdoor enclosures — from an ISO 9001 supplier, with RoHS and REACH statements on file.
- Independently tested. Our High Security Junction Box was tested by BRE Global against selected clauses of BS EN 50131-3, commensurate with Grade 3: tamper protection and detection, 5 joule impact to the IK08 method, and IP40. It passed every test — read the full report. A hobby print does not survive a BRE impact rig. Our other products are manufactured with the same print profiles and materials.
- The paperwork your quality plan expects. Every product ships with a stock code, installation instructions and a certificate of conformity, with batch traceability from raw material to dispatch. If your projects assess the supply chain, we’re built for that.
Why we manufacture this way
Tier8 exists because graded, approved security equipment keeps having to go into places the manufacturer never planned for. Additive manufacturing is what lets us make the exact part that solves that — and make one, or fifty, quickly and affordably, in the colour the site needs, without tooling costs that would make a small run absurd. Where a design is better served by CNC or laser-cut metal, we make it that way instead — UK subcontractors, same documentation.
Designed by someone who’s stood on your side of the job
Every part is designed by an engineer who has installed and designed to Grade 3 for twenty years. That’s why the conduit entries line up, why the drill guide is in the box, and why the tamper circuit is where you’d want it.
Want to judge for yourself? Request a free trade sample — the part in your hand beats anything we could write here.