Design Once, Deploy Everywhere: Automation Software at Scale with Fredrik Ericsson

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We explore how foaming TPU, belt printers, and clinician-led automation can bring custom foot orthoses in-house, cut costs, and reduce lead times from weeks to hours. Fredrik from CADmed shares what actually works, what doesn’t, and how remote design plus per-pair pricing changes the game.
• why automation increases clinician control rather than removes it
• carving versus printing tradeoffs on speed, finish, and cost
• foaming TPU benefits including smoother surfaces and less waste
• belt printers for continuous TPU production and better surface feel
• FDM advantages over powder bed fusion for insoles
• practical lattices and gradients without overengineering
• decentralizing production to clinics for faster delivery
• remote design, slicing, and printer control with per-pair pricing
• scaling systems for reliability, repeatability, and low friction
Special thanks to Advanced 3D for sponsoring this episode.
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Chapters

1. Season 12 Kickoff (00:00:00)

2. Meet Fredrik And CADME (00:01:34)

3. Automation Gives Clinicians Control (00:03:47)

4. Carving Versus 3D Printing Tradeoffs (00:06:14)

5. Foaming TPU Emerges (00:08:44)

6. Speed, Finish, And Cost Reality (00:11:24)

7. Belt Printers For Continuous TPU (00:14:30)

8. Lattices, Gradients, And Practicality (00:17:36)

9. Why FDM Beats Powder For Insoles (00:20:25)

10. Decentralizing Production Near Patients (00:23:02)

11. In-House Vs Central Fab Economics (00:26:10)

12. Remote Design And Push-Button Printing (00:29:05)

13. Scaling Systems And Future Outlook (00:32:10)

14. Key Lessons And Closing (00:34:30)