3D Printing And The New Economics Of Manufacturing

3D Printing production is just scratching the surface of the multi-trillion dollar global manufacturing industry. (Read more...)

Big names at TCT 3D printing conference

TCT Show + Personalize is galvanizing its reputation for bringing big names to enlighten, engage and inspire at its annual 3D Printing, Additive Manufacturing and product design conference. The 2015 line-up features Andy Middleton (President EMEA at Stratasys), Max Lobovsky (CEO at Formlabs) and Scott Schiller (Worldwide Director of 3D Printing at Hewlett-Packard) (Read more...)

Additive Manufacturing Goes Big on Vehicles

Additive Fabrication Technology users are thinking big —really big— and taking on large, complex builds that point the way to a future of custom, printed vehicles. (Read more)

Additive Manufacturing Summer Class at MIT

As Additive Fabrication Technology becomes more and more commonplace within the workforce, schools around the world are beginning to realize that this technology is not a fad: Students at various universities have been showing a very strong interest in learning about Additive Manufacturing and the possibilities that it provides. MIT is known for their terrific technology education programs, and they are staying ahead of the curve by teaching students about 3D printing. (Read more...)

3D Printed Models of Your Organs

In a new era of personalized medicine, advanced models are better preparing surgeons for what they will encounter in the operating room. (Read more...)

Year 2030: ¿Additive Manufacturing = Aircraft Manufacturing?

¿Will be Additive Manufacturing the future of aircraft manufacturing? After Airbus announced that more than 1,000 parts of its A350 XWB had been made using a 3D Production System, the industry looks at one company that's making the equipment involved. (Read more...)

Paris Air Show: Additive Manufacturing for Aerospace

As additive manufacturing continues to take off within the aerospace sector, the 51st Paris Air Show (June 15-21) is giving OEMs the opportunity to explain to visitors how the technology is proving such a game changer for aerospace manufacturers and suppliers. (Read more...)

PolyJet 3D Printed Injection Molds

What if your plastic material requirements for your production parts are more than what rapid prototyping/additive manufacturing technologies can produce? One method would be to use injection molding. Another method involves the use of lower-cost, simplified and smaller tools (e.g. one cavity instead of multi-cavity) or using tools of softer and cheaper materials (aluminum). However, there is another method for these low volume runs, Printed Injection Molding Tool (PIMT).  (Read more...)

Automated Dynamics Selects Stratasys

For Automated Dynamics, additive manufacturing solutions like FDM soluble cores have enhanced their ability to meet complex challenges and deliver faster results: The team used a 3D printed soluble core application to deliver a robust composite prototype of a helicopter blade, saving 60-70% in tooling costs. (Read more...)

Creighton University Selects Stratasys

Since last fall, the University has two Stratasys Dimension SST 1200es 3D printers and both have spun out more than 100 items. (Read more...)

China: 3D printer helps separate conjoined twins

In 2014, surgeons in the United States used a 3D printer to make a model of a two-week-old baby's heart, which was full of holes and had an unusual chamber layout. Doctors said the 3D model acted like a "road map", allowing them to examine the heart's structure ahead of the surgery. Now, Chinese surgeons have used 3D printing technology as part of a successful operation to separate conjoined twins. (Read more)

Additive Manufacturing Presentations at EuroMold Soluble Cores

Stratasys Additive Manufacturing Presentations at EuroMold Soluble Cores

What isTangoPlus?

TangoPlus: a translucent rubber-like material.

How 3D printing is driving efficiency in aviation

3D printing is one of the disruptive technologies driving efficiency in the aviation industry. Producing the myriad of parts that make up an aircraft using additive manufacturing (AM, or 3D printing) rather than traditional methods is proving faster, lighter, less wasteful and more financially viable. Airbus’ new A350 XWB, which entered service with Qatar Airways at the start of this year, counts more than 1,000 components manufactured by leading 3D printing provider Stratasys and its FDM (Fused Deposition Modelling) Production Systems. And this is just the start; within a generation it is possible that we’ll be flying in aircraft that are almost entirely 3D printed. (Read more...)

WD Distibuting Selects Stratasys

W.D. Distributing, the largest machine tool service organization in Oklahoma, will now be a reseller of the full line of Stratasys authorized products. (Read more...)

New Seamless PTC & Stratasys Design-to-3D Print Worklflow

The new joint PTC-Stratasys Design-to-3D Print Workflow is set to dramatically streamline and facilitate the process of designing complex parts and models using Creo 3.0 and producing them on Stratasys’ Objet500 Connex3 3D Production Systems. (Read more)

United Launch Alliance Selects Stratasys

With help from Stratasys and their 3D printers, United Launch Alliance was able to replace and redesign a 140-piece air duct system for their Atlas-V rocket scheduled for a 2016 launch. (Read more)

Kobe University Selects Stratasys

Since 2011, Dr. Maki Sugimoto, associate professor at Kobe’s Graduate School of Medicine, has incorporated PolyJet multi-material 3D printing technology into medical training and surgery preparation. In 2014, the medical school decided to further realize the potential the technology offers by adding an Objet®500 Connex3 color multi-material 3D printer to its facility.

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Young Girl Receives 3D Printed Prosthetic Hand

Anni Emmert was born with no right hand, but when she goes back to school on Monday she’ll have a brand new bionic prosthetic thanks to the kindness of students at the University of Central Florida in Orlando. The people behind the arm are UCF’s engineering, architecture and art majors, who did the work for free through Limbitless Solutions, a nonprofit that creates and provides personalized bionics and solutions for disabilities. The students used 3-D printers created and donated by Stratasys to produce interchangeable parts that they will adjust and reprint as Anni gets older.

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/young-girl-reacts-receiving-surprise-prosthetic-hand-31548997

Clemson University & BMW Selects Stratasys

The students decided to build the parts with the Stratasys Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) process because of its strong engineering-grade thermoplastics and the ability to produce large parts by building separate sections and bonding them together with the same thermoplastic.

The students sent the design files to Stratasys Direct Manufacturing  to quote FDM services and discovered the parts would be 75 percent cheaper and ready 3-4 months faster compared to steel stamping: " Overall it was great working with the Stratasys Direct Manufacturing (SDM) team and at the end of the day we got a chance to learn about a new technology which could very well be the future of low volume production parts.”

Stratasys Direct Manufacturing built 14 parts for Deep Orange in ABS-M30 on the  Stratasys Fortus 900mc 3D Production System , including: four pieces of the tailgate, four pieces for the side frames, four pieces for the roof and rear window and two side panels.

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King's College Hospital Selects Stratasys

Medical students and doctors are being trained to use 3D printing, especially when it comes to treating major injuries affecting the head, mouth, jaw, face and neck. "In the past, they did not have this technology, so they had to [treat patients] manually. But nowadays, if I didn't have 3D printer technology, I wouldn't be able to do my work," Dr. Muhanad Hatamleh, a senior clinical maxillofacial prosthetist at King's College Hospital, told IBTimes UK at the 3D Printshow 2015 in London. The hospital is making use of a Stratasys Objet Eden260VS printer that features a print resolution of 16-micron layers. This is not only the same thickness as a human hair but also the thinnest layer accuracy in the industry today. (Read more...)

Four Key Takeaways from the Wohlers Report 2015

It’s not easy to summarize a 300+ page report in the span of a blog post, especially one as thorough and educationally deep as Wohlers Report 2015 on the state of the 3D printing industry. The past three years have been a head spinning period of growth for additive manufacturing (AM) in terms of technologies, materials, process controls, adoption and revenue. The research and study contained within Wohlers Report 2015 is at once thrilling and sobering, with commentary on how and where this industry could stimulate faster evolution, and what inhibits AM from even more widespread growth. We outlined some of the key takeaways from (Read more...)

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich Selects Stratasys

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich Invests in Multiple Stratasys 3D Printers to Stimulate Engineering Curriculum (Read more...)

Koenigsegg Automotive AB Selects Stratasys

Though outsourcing 3D printing accelerated product development, the process’ speed and efficiency was improved by bringing the same 3D printing technology in-house, in order to evaluate different versions of a design more quickly and effectively. Koenigsegg realised that having a 3D printer onsite would speed up the prototyping process and therefore the development of its cars. After evaluating all printers available on the market and judging each one on performance, available materials, price and size, Koenigsegg purchased a Dimension SST 1200es printer. When asked about the merits of utilizing 3D Printing, Christian von Koenigsegg, founder and CEO at Koenigsegg Automotive AB, had high praise for the Stratasys machine. (Read more...)

Space Station's 3D Printed Mobile Freezers

Space Station's Mobile Freezers: A Challenge Only Solved with 3D Printing’s Unique Thermal, Tensile and Geometric Properties (Read more...)

Disney Selects Stratasys

Disney Research Lab Creates 3D Printed Robots that Emulate Animated Characters (Read more...)

Tecnologia Polyjet en Graphispag

Durante la pasada feria Graphispag he tenido ocasión de comprobar el efecto sorpresa que producía en el público la contemplación en vivo y en directo de una impresora 3D basada en tecnología Polyjet. (Leer más...)

3D Print Spoon Enables Four-Year-Old to Regain Independence

Independence for Anthony, particularly being blind and having limited mobility, is a challenge and this spoon is going to make him a little more independent and free. In fact, he even used his new spoon to eat his birthday cake at his fourth birthday party last weekend. (Read more...)

Children’s Hospital Brings 3D Printed Heart Modeling In House

A team of doctors and technicians at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital use 3D modeling and printing to help them visualize a patient’s complex cardiovascular anatomy and to explore potential options for treatments. (Read more...)

Stratasys and Creaform Announce Joint Marketing Agreement

This new partnership empowers users to leverage cutting-edge 3D scanning technology and world-class 3D printing technology designed to streamline the process across various industries and applications. (Read more...)

3D Printing Innovations at Materialise World 2015

More than 1,000 participants converged on the Square Conference Center in Brussels to discuss the latest developments and trends in additive manufacturing at Materialise World 2015. (Read more...)

Additive Manufacturing for Aerospace at Paris Air Show

This year's Paris Air Show (15th to 21st June, Le Bourget Exhibition Centre, France) will demonstrate how Additive Manufacturing helps aerospace companies increase supply chain efficiency, produce lighter weight flight parts and improve buy-to-fly ratios.   (Read more)

Lightweight Leg Brace Cost-Effectively Customized for Perfect Fit with 3D Printing

Braces or splints are a part of life for many who have experienced serious illness or injury. Widely used to support limbs which cannot take a person’s full weight, the design of braces seems to be in desperate need of a makeover. Or Steiner, an industrial designer, applied his training and experience – and used 3D printing to modernize the old-fashioned appearance of leg braces as his graduation project. (Read more)

3D-Printed Parts Used to Build New Airbus Jetliner

When airplane parts didn't arrive on time, European Aerospace company Airbus was in a bind because it had a deadline to meet. Technology designed by a local Minnesota company saved the day and helped create a first-of-its-kind plane. (Read more)