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October 2014
3D Printing Central to Nike’s Continued Growth According to CEO Parker
Reprinted from 3dprint.com
Innovation, innovation, innovation is the manufacturer’s equivalent to the well-known real estate mantra. Top performers like Nike don’t get the luxury of duplicating cookie cutter condos year after year. From moment to moment, the company has to deliver the new with a breakthrough nexus.
At a company known for innovation and acute attention to feedback from its customers, 
Nike president Mike Parker sees innovation in manufacturing as a […]
August 2014
FDM and PolyJet 3D Printing: Determining Which Technology is Right for Your Application
There’s recently been a lot of news about FDM (Fused Deposition Modeling) and PolyJet 3D printing technologies. So, when entering the market for an additive manufacturing system, it’s beneficial to have a deeper understanding of the differences between the two technologies to select the 3D printer with the right set of capabilities for your business.
After all, each technology builds parts its own way and each provides a variety of attractive benefits and capabilities. Say that […]
July 2014
Using the Stratasys uPrint / Dimension vs Fortus
Working at Cimquest you have a few advantages. A distinct one is having over a dozen top of the line 3D Printers at your disposal. Occasionally that means you get a few slightly unnecessary toys sitting around the office…
However, our primary goal is in using the printers to educate. And that leads me to my topic today…
uPrint / Dimension vs Fortus
This entry concerns the FDM […]
Stratasys Case Study – Instrumentation Laboratory
“FDM helped us achieve a manufacturing cost reduction of 40%. That’s 10% more than the traditional approach would have offered.”
— Scott Notaro, Medical Engineering Manager, Instrumentation Laboratory
Instrumentation Laboratory is a worldwide manufacturer of in vitro diagnostic instruments, related reagents and controls for use primarily in hospitals and independent clinical laboratories. The company’s product lines include critical care systems, hemostasis systems and information management systems.
The company developed its […]
June 2014
Tools Without Tooling: How Additive Manufacturing is Changing the Way We Make…Everything
Reprinted from the Stratays Blog.
Additive Manufacturing (AM) has been called the Next Industrial Revolution, improving virtually every aspect of the way products are made. Direct Digital Manufacturing (DDM) is a key component of additive manufacturing, which generally describes the process of producing parts directly from digital CAD data.
Normally DDM stories tend to focus on end use parts, where additive manufacturing is used to cost-effectively produce the final […]
Exploring a New World of 3D Printed Product Realism with Flexible Color Digital Materials
Reprinted from the Stratasys Blog: 9 Jun. 2014 by
Today we’re excited to unveil Stratasys’ extended range of flexible and rigid material options for theObjet500 Connex3 Color Multi-material 3D Printer. With these new color palettes, Stratasys is continuing […]