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April 2016
3D Printing Comes to Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts
partial repost from http://www.usnews.com
Fashion, movies and athletic footwear companies are among the latest users of 3D printing. Boston has a storied tradition of textile manufacturing, and, in more recent history, a tech scene. In its current exhibition, #techstyle, the city’s Museum of Fine Arts looks to the future and at how some designers have interwoven fashion with technology.
This 3D dress and cape is […]
Getting the Most Out of Employee Training
Last week, we covered the Top 5 Reasons to Train Your Employees and now it’s time to discuss how to get the most out of their training. You’re making a big investment when you carve out time and money to send your employees to training. It’s important to get the most out of it and here are some things to consider.
What is your plan for training your […]
Limited Time Stratasys Promotions
Stratasys 3D Printers are revolutionizing the way in which new products are developed. Through additive technology, you can experience substantial lead time and cost savings while achieving greater freedom over your design process.
For a limited time, we’re running some great promotions on materials and trade-ins, and even a Buy One Get One on 3D printers.
To learn more about all of our current 3D […]
Stratasys New J750 3D Printer Brings One-stop Realism to 3D Printing
Stratasys has once again transformed the impact of 3D printing on product development and delivery with the new Stratasys J750 3D printer. This new solution enables customers — for the first time — to mix-and-match full-color gradients alongside a wide range of materials to achieve one-stop realism without post-processing. This, together with the system’s superior versatility, makes the J750 the ultimate 3D printing solution for product designers, engineers and manufacturers, as well as service bureaus.
As […]
Top 5 Reasons to Train Your Employees
The biggest, and likely most obvious, reason to train your employees is that it increases their productivity and quality through increased abilities.- Training ROI on an employee can be equal to, or better than, a monetary pay raise while building confidence and commitment.
- Training increases employee morale, motivation, and creativity. Believing in your employees enough to send them to training gives them a sense of belonging and worth, which […]
FDM Part Smoothing
When you are looking for a way to make very functional FDM parts look closer to being traditionally manufactured parts there are few methods out there. Some of these require manual working of the part, some mechanical, while others require almost no work at all.
One of the major concerns that comes up regularly is the dimensional stability of the parts after the finishing process. When […]