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June 2014
How Stratasys Is Leading The Next Industrial Revolution
Reprinted from http://tcbmag.com/
Ask around about what’s happening with the increasingly talked-about technology called 3-D printing and you’ll hear a barrage of comments that sound like something Isaac Asimov would say: “Did you know you can print canoes?” “They’re printing cars!” “Did you hear about the human heart they made?” “There’s a printer making edible food.” They can sound straight out of sci-fi, but they’re often true.
Three-dimensional printing has been around for more than 20 years, but […]
May 2014
Additive manufacturing drives production of race-ready parts.
Reprinted from the Stratasys Blog: By Allen Kreemer, Stratasys, Inc.
Additive manufacturing (AM) has been crucial in the motor sports world for years. In the race for speed and performance, it has been
a lynchpin for design and testing. Now, race teams are revealing that AM parts will go far beyond review and evaluation. They have
found that AM is ready to hit the track and endure the rigors of […]
From the Stratasys Blog – 3D Printing the Legendary Escher Lizard
The Dutch graphic artist M.C. Escher continues to fascinate and inspire more than 40 years after his departure.
Especially well known for his mathematical bent and two-dimensional renderings of “impossible” three-dimensional geometries, workarounds for Escher’s tricky angles and structures have found a home with 3D printing!
Rachel McConnell, who explores art, engineering and design in her work, used an Objet500 Connex Multi-Material 3D Printer by Stratasys to create a […]
April 2014
Stratasys’ New Endur 3D Printing Material Looks and Functions Like Polypropylene
Reprinted from the Stratasys Blog -8 Apr. 2014 by Stratasys Staff
In the video below, Boaz Jacobi, Product Marketing Manager at Stratasys, talks about the capabilities of Endur and examines some applicative models that look and behave like polypropylene in terms of flexibility, strength and toughness.
Tweezers prototyped in Stratasys Endur 3D printing material to give polypropylene-like look and functionality
This week, Stratasys expanded its […]
March 2014
Cimquest 3D Printing and Rapid Prototyping Services
Cimquest offers 3D printing and rapid prototyping services.
Using the Dimension 3D printers, the new uPrint 3D personal printer or the Stratasys FDM 400 we can print your parts from your 3D CAD data. The parts and assemblies are printed with ABS plastic, a strong, durable material that can be used for extensive testing of form, fit and function. Maintaining build tolerances of +-.005, the resultant parts/assemblies produced […]
Stratasys Gets Tough with Nylon 12
Reprinted from the Stratsys Blog:
Tough and flexible bender bar created with FDM Nylon 12 material on the Fortus 3D Production System
A new nylon material with the specs to be the toughest in additive manufacturing is a strong reason to take notice.
Stratasys chose EuroMold 2013 to launch FDM Nylon 12 for Fortus 3D Production Systems.
Designed to optimize strength and toughness while reducing the […]