Nexa3D and Keystone Industries Partner to Deliver Higher Performance 3D Printing Solutions for the Dental Industry
Nexa3D and Keystone Industries recently announced a collaboration to make all Keystone KeyPrint® 3D printing dental resins available worldwide on Nexa3D’s ultrafast NXE 400 3D printers. Under this agreement, both companies will combine their extensive dental, photopolymer and 3D printing capabilities to deliver the highest productivity, precision and performance 3D printing solutions to the dental market. This powerful new combination comes with Keystone’s best-in-class, FDA-cleared night guard resin, KeySplint Soft® and KeyModel Ultra®, the go-to material for next-gen dental and orthodontic models along with the rest of Keystone’s laboratory and medical device printing materials, including KeyTray and KeyGuide. All Keystone precision dental resins are manufactured in the USA, and available immediately through Nexa3D’s expanding global channels. “We are thrilled to tailor our entire portfolio of KeyPrint resins for Nexa3D, a company that is fast emerging as an additive polymer market leader,” said Keystone Dental President Ira Rosenau. “During our extensive internal optimization and validation testing, we confirmed that the NXE 400 produces outstanding quality prints at high volumes, making it an ideal additive manufacturing partner for the dental industry. We expect Nexa3D users to have an outstanding experience with our growing line of KeyPrint resins.” Nexa3D’s ultrafast and high-resolution NXE 400 3D printer [...]
3DGence FFF 3D Printing Platform
Let’s take a look at the innovative FFF 3D printing platform by 3DGence. Capable of printing high-temp & high-performance materials, this robust solution is geared to accommodate a wide range of demanding industrial applications. From concept modeling and functional prototyping, to manufacturing tooling and short-run production. With this platform, you'll experience 'best in class' value for your investment, with a low barrier to entry that's a fraction of other offerings in this category. The Industry F340 and F420 are based on the traditional FFF printing process, where the extruder heats & deposits the filament to build your geometry layer by layer. With the best volume-to-price ratio in its class, each offers swappable print modules that allow you to change materials quickly & easily. Print speeds of up to 400 mm/s can be achieved, with a minimum layer height of 40 microns. The 3DGence platform grants engineers access to an open certified materials platform with a wide range of options. This includes standard thermoplastics like ABS and ASA, as well as higher temp materials like PEEK, PEKK, and Ultem that traditionally have had higher barriers to entry. PEEK & PEKK are great for components in automotive, marine, nuclear, oil-well and more. While they have [...]
Formlabs Releases Fuse 1 Selective Laser Sintering 3D Printer
Formlabs just released the Fuse 1 selective laser sintering (SLS) 3D printer. This totally re-designed SLS 3D printer is ready to deliver industrial grade nylon parts, right on your workbench. Delivering production-ready nylon at a low cost per part, a large build chamber to accommodate various project sizes, and the ability to print 24/7, no other SLS printer offers the quality and ease of use as the Fuse 1. Formlabs has also begun to ship the Fuse Sift, an all-in-one powder recovery station for the Fuse 1. The Fuse Sift was created to flawlessly integrate into your SLS workflow and deliver a seamless, simple post-processing setup. SLS 3D printing has long been the domain of expensive, high-end industrial printers, oftentimes putting them out of reach for most business and product designers. The Fuse 1 delivers the industrial power of SLS into your workshop with an affordable, compact system for production-ready nylon parts. Affordable SLS Printing On Your Workbench The Fuse 1 offers a number of benefits typically found in industrial level SLS printers costing four times as much: Low material costs. With an expansive build chamber and the ability to reuse nylon powder, the Fuse 1 offers industrial quality SLS 3D printing for [...]
Casting Metal Parts for Prototyping from 3D Prints
Sylatech is an investment casting firm that uses Ultimaker 3D printers to speed up their rapid prototyping process. Sylatech offers services in CNC machining, radio frequency and microwave manufacturing, and investment casting. They have been around for over 53 years and have customers in aerospace, space, defense, medical, automotive, and construction. Sylatech uses 3D printing as part of their investment casting process. Before using Ultimaker 3D printers, customers had to directly invest in tooling needed for making their specific design in metal. However, if their metal part needs modifications, this can become a time consuming and costly addition to the process. Using an Ultimaker, the prototype can be finalized before investing in tooling for larger volume productions, cutting the risk of such changes. Speeding up the prototyping process With Ultimaker 3D printers, Sylatech can create a 3D printed model of the customer's design in a matter of days. These are then directly used to create a metal prototype. When modifications are needed to the design, the only additional cost is to 3D print the updated design. The 3D printed part made from PLA already gives an accurate prototype before a single metal part is created. When the 3D print is accepted, the metal [...]
New Partnership with MakerBot
We are proud to announce a partnership with MakerBot. Founded in 2009, MakerBot brought one of the first mass-produced and readily available 3D printers to the market which earned their acquisition from Stratasys®, a leader in industrial FDM 3D printing. In recent years, MakerBot as a company has completely transformed their business with a new focus on the B2B market. This becomes apparent when you see that the METHOD Series 3D printers have 21 industrial 3D printing patents from Stratasys® including: 100°C heated chamber Part dimensional accuracy ± 0.2mm (± 0.007in) Stratasys® SR30 Support Material Compatible with all 3rd party filament Nylon 12 Carbon Fiber, PC ABS, ASA and many more... To kick things off, Cimquest is running a promotion with MakerBot. Click below to claim a 25% discount on the Method Series. Claim the discount
New Dates for Xpand3D Manufacturing and Design Event
The xpand3D event will take place virtually April 20 & 21 We decided to push this virtual event off by a couple of months. We have been busy gathering content and we know that the further we push it off, the more great content we will be able to provide. Also, given the fact that Covid is going to prevent the previously scheduled spring in-person trade shows, this virtual gathering will nicely fill the gap in manufacturing events. At this virtual event you will have the opportunity to learn about the latest developments in 3D Printing, CNC Programming & Machining, 3D Scanning, Inspection and more with our . . . Integrated Live Streaming All of our keynote presentations will be live-streamed and you will be able to watch them in real-time. With over 20 exhibitors on individual Live Streams, you can engage directly with specialists through the Live Chat and explore the latest tech. Educational Sessions and Panels Take a deep dive into various disciplines and gain insight into real-world practices through a variety of different breakout sessions. We set strict requirements and review all presentations prior to the event, ensuring that all content is primarily educational and not product-focused. There will be [...]