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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 […]
What is Mastercam’s Dynamic Motion?
Mastercam is pulling back the curtain to dig a little deeper into shoowing you just what their Dynamic Motion revolutionary technology can do for you. And if you’re a current Mastercam user, the news is even better. They’ve been including Dynamic Motion technology for more than five years and are constantly expanding it across the core of the Mastercam suite. That means the speed and efficiencies are built into our software, with no extra cost to you. Watch the video […]
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 […]
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 […]