Kan 11 – a microphone mount

Kan 11 came to us to produce a microphone mount.
A modelling and production project run from the first stages of defining what the client needed, through sketches, to adapting the design for manufacture.
The model was printed in MJF in PA12 and painted.

How the project ran

1. Definition – where the mount sits, who operates it and how many times a day
2. Sketches – several design directions to choose from
3. 3D modelling of the chosen direction
4. Design for manufacture – wall thicknesses, print orientation and load points
5. Printing and finishing – MJF in PA12 and paint

What is particular about a product that is on camera

A microphone mount in a television studio is judged by two tests that pull against each other. Visually it has to be clean and not shiny, because studio lighting exposes every flaw and bounces off every reflective surface. Mechanically it has to hold without vibrating, because vibration goes straight onto the soundtrack. The answer was a geometry with enough mass at the base and a completely matte finish.

See product design and development.

A similar project of your own?

Send us a file or a description of the problem and you will get a recommendation on technology, material and timescale – talk to an engineer. See more of our projects.