Rapid prototyping offers solutions to engineering obstacles over a wide spectrum of industries. A business focusing on manufacturing new pharmaceutical devices, for example, is just one of the many sectors that we would typically expect to have been positively influenced by this cutting edge technology. Naturally, the public has been awestruck by these innovative printer and people are eager to get their hands on one – well, that is, if they can afford it. One [...]
Stratasys today unveiled a bold, new software strategy designed to make 3D printing significantly easier, more intuitive and highly accessible. The approach is powered by a new, open architecture “design-to-3D print” workflow application, GrabCAD Print* – residing on the popular GrabCAD SaaS platform and supported by a community of more than 3 million designers, engineers and students. GrabCAD Print is designed to make 3D printing fast and easy-to-use, while reducing errors by eliminating requirements to [...]
http://cimquesttv.wistia.com/medias/ueljiz52ii?embedType=async&videoFoam=true&videoWidth=640 Stratasys FDM machines are unique in that they use a soluble support material that can be easily dissolved in a water bath. With our new support removal Techni Print, you can manage support in a faster, cleaner, and more economical way.
There is a new enhancement in SolidWorks 2016 that will allow you to define the edges of constant and variable fillets as curvature continuous. This option creates a smoother curvature between adjacent surfaces. Here’s an example of how it works . . . The part shown above contains two surfaces that meet at a sharp edge. Select the edge, and go to Insert > Features > and select Fillet/Round. In the property manager under Fillet [...]
http://cimquesttv.wistia.com/medias/paoe123gxh?embedType=async&videoFoam=true&videoWidth=640 Through this sweep function enhancement, you can create sweeps for a mid-path profile in either direction or the entire path (bidirectional sweep). You can also control the twist value of the path independently for each direction.
The Objet Connex 3 by Stratasys is a renowned series of machines in the 3D printing industry. The Connex 3 first entered the market in 2014, functioning through PolyJet technology. Its release was monumental as it was the first 3D platform to offer multi-material, multi-color 3D printing. Since then, it has evolved into an industry standard, operating at an elite level of performance that designers and engineers around the world depend on. The Connex 3 [...]
Repost from http://3dprint.com/ Ryerson University professors Claire Oswald and Claus Rinner have come up with a novel way to teach their students about local watersheds and the problems that they face. Working with Ryerson-affiliated 3D printing company Think2Thing, they’ve begun 3D printing scale models of Toronto watersheds, so that their students can actually hold the bodies of water in their hands. So far, they’ve printed every watershed in the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority. “The [...]
Liquid Silicone Rubber is a broadly used non-reactive compound. Its high resistance to extreme environments and temperatures make it a perfect seal material for aerospace, defense, and automotive components, but it is also used in sporting goods, medical devices, and consumer products. Unlike traditional thermoplastics which are melted before injection molding, LSR starts as a liquid which then cures into a solid after injected into a heated mold. It has a lower viscosity, which allows [...]
