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Photocentric 3D prints trophies for 2001 Leicester Tigers’ Heineken Cup Winners
In 2002 the Leicester Tigers Rugby Club won the premier European club rugby competition for the second year in a row winning the Heineken Cup.
The remaining members of the team got together on the 19th September at a charity lunch, and in exciting fusion of modern technology and sports history, Photocentric created 3D printed miniature replica trophies to give to all of them.
3D printing solutions
Photocentric 3D prints trophies for 2001 Leicester Tigers’ Heineken Cup Winners
In 2002 the Leicester Tigers Rugby Club won the premier European club rugby competition for the second year in a row winning the Heineken Cup.
The remaining members of the team got together on the 19th September at a charity lunch, and in exciting fusion of modern technology and sports history, Photocentric created 3D printed miniature replica trophies to give to all of them.
Martin Johnson (England World Cup Winning Captain) and other Tigers 2001 members holding a miniature Heineken Cup printed by Photocentric.
Challenge
The original Heineken Cup Trophy was a thin gilded metal cup with an engraving of the map of Europe inside a rugby ball. To be able to replicate it the cup had to be digitally scanned to create a file suitable for printing.
Each miniature trophy is a digitally exact copy of the full-size trophy. It was dropped and dented in the exuberant after-match festivities, and it has even those imperfections in them.
Solution
“We were asked to create something special to honour this very special Tigers team” said Kevin Martin, Technical Sales Engineer at Photocentric.
As trophies are kept under lock and key at the club, 3D printing them enables everyone to hold and look at them. The Liquid Crystal Titan prints up to 1200mm high, so as the data is now digital, Photocentric could scale it up to print it at any size.
1:1 replica of the Heineken Cup 3D printed on LC Titan
“By using the Liquid Crystal Titan, the largest 3D printer of its kind in the world, which hardens photosensitive liquid using an 8K LCD screen, we could hold all the detail and print lots of trophies”.
Kevin Martin, Technical Sales Engineer at Photocentric
1:1 replica being held here by Leon Lloyd
from the winning 2001 team with Kevin Martin
Challenge
The original Heineken Cup Trophy was a thin gilded metal cup with an engraving of the map of Europe inside a rugby ball. To be able to replicate it the cup had to be digitally scanned to create a file suitable for printing.
Each miniature trophy is a digitally exact copy of the full-size trophy. It was dropped and dented in the exuberant after-match festivities, and it has even those imperfections in them.
Solution
“We were asked to create something special to honour this very special Tigers team” said Kevin Martin, Technical Sales Engineer at Photocentric.
As trophies are kept under lock and key at the club, 3D printing them enables everyone to hold and look at them. The Liquid Crystal Titan prints up to 1200mm high, so as the data is now digital, Photocentric could scale it up to print it at any size.
1:1 replica of the Heineken Cup 3D printed on LC Titan
“By using the Liquid Crystal Titan, the largest 3D printer of its kind in the world, which hardens photosensitive liquid using an 8K LCD screen, we could hold all the detail and print lots of trophies”.
Kevin Martin, Technical Sales Engineer at Photocentric
1:1 replica being held here by Leon Lloyd
from the winning 2001 team with Kevin Martin