“Every feature is more or less conventional, but putting them together in a single compact and competitive mechanism is really a challenge.”

“With the quality of the wax material we print with, we get a 100% success rate – every part comes out perfect.”

“Some committee members said they used only Acu-Rite controls, so the next machines we purchased were Acu-Rite equipped. We’re very accommodating, even for small shops."

“Even several years ago, metal 3D printing was the way to go in terms of productivity, quality and economics. Just imagine how things have improved since then.”

"By 3D printing models ourselves, we're getting a better product and saving time and taxpayer money."

"It was too expensive, much too difficult to use, and the support was terrible We muddled through it for two years, but our growing workload prohibited wasting time trying to get it to work. We needed to make parts."

"For CNC turning, I program all seven lathes with GibbsCAM They all have a live-tooling C axis, but multitasking machining with the MX3000 does much more.”

“We were pushing out a lot of faces, often 24/7, and Bill Craig [3D Rapid Prototyping President/CFO] and his team were always there to help us out.”

“We used [3D printing] for a very specific purpose with the realism that they wanted in the faces, and the textures and the differences in color would not have been possible by hand-painting. And that’s why they have that nice texture on them. I find that aesthetically brilliant and it …

“Recent stop-motion animated features typically erase those lines digitally, but that was not our choice for Anomalisa. Rather than a distracting element, the seams serve as subtle and persistent signs of the incredible artistry on display in the film.”

“Prior to using the NextDent 5100, it took our clinic at least four hours to mill an upper and lower denture. We can produce these on the NextDent 5100 in as little as one hour, which improves productivity and reduces overall labor cost. The combination of improved speed and reduced …

“3D Systems offers some great software code with great number crunching algorithms, and Geomagic is the best at working with very, very, huge point clouds.”

“Our obstacle is getting customers familiar with the process we use for the first-article inspection, By creating an industry standard for non-contact parts verification, valuable time savings will improve the flow of the supply chain and relieve pressure on our customers as they move to just-in-time inventory and other cost-saving …

“We used to send out our 3D models to be printed by an outside facility, which would take two to three weeks. That held back our design group. With the ProJet 260Plus, we can go from 3D design on the computer to a full-color prototype in hours. Having this ability …

“There’s a real cost savings. We previously paid around $100 for each print we sent out. We estimate our costs with the ProJet to be around $10-$15 per print.”