3D Printing / Additive Mfg

11 05, 2015

3D Printing Student Design Contest Winners Announced

By |2016-12-15T14:31:09-05:00May 11th, 2015|Categories: 3D Printing / Additive Mfg, Stratasys|0 Comments

Stratasys has announced the winners of their 11th annual Extreme Redesign Contest. The 2015 Extreme Redesign 3D Printing Challenge was open to middle school, high school, and college students around the world in engineering, design, and art or architecture. This year’s winners include: Art & Architecture Category 1st Place: “Helico” Helix-shaped Sharpener by Haya Alnibari, Ti Fu, Toronto, ON, Canada Ryerson University, Instructor: Vincent Hui Engineering: Secondary Education 1st Place: HUNCH 2015 Zero Gravity Scale [...]

3 04, 2015

How 3D Printing Customized Jigs and Fixtures Saves Rutland $60,000 Per Year

By |2016-12-15T14:31:09-05:00April 3rd, 2015|Categories: 3D Printing / Additive Mfg|Tags: , |0 Comments

5 Jan. 2015 by Stratasys Staff Rutland Plastics is a custom injection molding company located in Rutland, United Kingdom that produces products for a wide range of companies and industries. Because each project is unique, Rutland must create complementary jigs and fixtures to position and hold the project’s components during manufacturing operations like assembly, gluing, drilling, and measuring. Now thanks to Stratasys 3D printing, creating a steady stream of assembly tools 100% customized for each [...]

2 03, 2015

Stratasys Material News

By |2016-12-15T14:31:10-05:00March 2nd, 2015|Categories: 3D Printing / Additive Mfg, News / Promos, Services, Stratasys, Technology|0 Comments

Endur – Now Available in 20 Different Digital Materials! Info from Stratasys February newsletter Endur (RGD450), the advanced PolyJet material for simulating Polypropylene is now available in 20 Digital Material combinations. Endur can now be blended with TangoBlackPlus and TangoPlus rubber-like material to produce 8 new Digital Materials  which provide impressive impact strength for tough prototypes and12 new flexible Digital Materials with a range of Shore A values. The Endur material, renowned for its durability [...]

17 02, 2015

Stratasys 3D Printing Keeps NASA Satellite On Time and On Budget – FDM Strong Enough for Space

By |2016-12-15T14:31:10-05:00February 17th, 2015|Categories: 3D Printing / Additive Mfg, Stratasys, Technology|0 Comments

Reposted from Stratasys Blog We're pleased to announce a new frontier in aerospace 3D printing. Stratasys Direct Manufacturing has partnered with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to 3D print 30 antenna array supports for the FORMOSAT-7 Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere, and Climate (COSMIC-2) satellite mission. Scheduled for launch in 2016, the COSMIC-2 mission marks the first time 3D printed parts will function externally in outer space. The antenna arrays will capture atmospheric and [...]

30 01, 2015

Stronger, More Colorful Prototypes, End Use Parts with New 3D Printing Materials

By |2016-12-15T14:31:11-05:00January 30th, 2015|Categories: 3D Printing / Additive Mfg|Tags: , |0 Comments

Reposted from Stratasys Blog 29 Jan. 2015 by Laurie Carr Color ASA Thermoplastics allow you to bypass further painting or finishing steps, saving time and money Endur Digital Materials are ideal for challenging geometries and repetitive testing – produce durable prototypes with thin walls, living hinges, snap-fits and moving or assembled parts Stratasys’ tenacious new 3D printing materials allow you to produce more durable prototypes for repetitive testing and tough, color-matched assembly tools as well [...]

30 01, 2015

Take Advantage of Spindle Probes

By |2016-12-15T14:31:11-05:00January 30th, 2015|Categories: 3D Printing / Additive Mfg|Tags: , , |0 Comments

Take Advantage of Spindle Probes Reposted from Mastercam Blog, December 5, 2014 by rah Most new CNC machines purchased today are equipped with spindle probes but few of these are being used effectively, if at all. Some manufacturers are reluctant to use spindle probes because they believe that expensive CNC equipment should not be used for measuring parts. The reality is that when parts have to be brought to a CMM for in-process inspection, far [...]

27 01, 2015

Stratasys Scores with 3D Printed Football!

By |2016-12-15T14:31:11-05:00January 27th, 2015|Categories: 3D Printing / Additive Mfg, Services, Stratasys, Technology|0 Comments

Re-posted from Stratasys Blog 27 Jan. 2015 by Stephen Burg Stratasys 3D printing and sports have often teamed up with winning results. Kite surfing, snowboarding, skiing, motors sports, fencing - all had their competitive edge sharpened with 3D printing. We even worked with the University of Texas at Dallas to help them improve their sports concussion testing protocol. But this is the first time that we at Stratasys have 3D printed an actual football. It [...]

2 01, 2015

3D Printed Surgical Models Improving Implant Surgery While Saving Time and Money in Twelve UK Hospitals

By |2016-12-15T14:31:11-05:00January 2nd, 2015|Categories: 3D Printing / Additive Mfg, Stratasys, Technology|Tags: , |0 Comments

To understand why 3D printed surgical guides are making such an impact on medical procedures, you need look no further than Replica 3DM. This innovative supplier of medical and commercial 3D printed models is using its Stratasys 3D Printers to support 12 UK National Health Service (NHS) hospitals. The surgical models produced on the company’s Objet24 and Objet30 Pro 3D Printers allow surgeons to accurately test intended implants prior to surgery. As a result, the hospitals [...]

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