“We have been 3D printing since the beginning, but through the years had taken on other methods like CNC machining and vacuum thermoforming to supplement jobs that couldn’t be covered by 3D printing alone."
"Until now printed dentures had to be designed and manufactured in multiple parts and bonded together. The TrueDent solution takes a lot of that stress out. It simplifies the process, lowers the costs, and allows for dentures and temporaries to be produced much faster achieving incredible aesthetics. We can now expand our prosthetic service offering printing multi-colored personalized appliance at scale."
“Using FDM for composite tooling provides us greater design freedom and more rapid iteration, regardless of part complexity.”
“We can now make nylon prototypes with nearly the exact same properties as production parts.”
“By introducing Stratasys 3D printing in-house we can receive a customer scan from anywhere in the world in a matter of minutes and can rapid prototype the mold within a few hours. Since installing the technology, we have cut our prosthetic tool turnaround time by as much as 93%.”
"Having a real frame 3D printed in person is really helpful for us because we can see what we need to change without making a carbon tool and a real frame, which takes a lot of time and money.”
“Developing Danny’s bike was really uncharted territory for us. We’d never really made anything like that before in-house and determining the (production) timeline was one of the biggest challenges because were trying so many new and different things that we’d never done before.”
“What we were trying to achieve is something that’s exactly on Danny’s specs, that would be as tough as possible and be an R&D platform for us to experiment with different techniques and manufacturing technology.”
“The Stratasys Continuous Build 3D Demonstrator is such a valuable tool for us. We now have the ability to print overnight and show up in the morning to find multiple finished pieces, not just one.”
“We are looking to serve 600 to 1,200 students, maybe 50 to 100 times our current number.” With the Demonstrator, “We have actually been able to institute new courses to further use 3D printing technology. Without this automated, efficient solution, we would only be able to serve a small segment of our population.”
“PolyJet technology excels in precision and color reproduction. It now only takes three to four hours to complete one job, whereas it would previously take one full day by hand.”
“3D printing allows us to reproduce real-life conditions and create customized tools, helping us make the optimal decision for every patient and perform surgeries smoothly. Patients are better consulted on the treatment procedures and outcome, resulting in higher confidence and satisfaction.”
“FDM has saved the government over $3.8 million to date with an expected 10-to-15-year savings of over $15 million.”
“Our production services for end-use parts have become much more flexible and tailored to our customers’ needs since we introduced the Fortus 900mc into our manufacturing process. Before we integrated 3D printing into production, we were limited to higher quantities of parts in order to make the project cost-effective. For small volume part demands from customers, we would store excess parts until they were used, discarded or became too outdated to use. With the Fortus 900mc, we can now create a design that is 100 percent customized to specific requirements and optimized several times before it is 3D printed. This takes our production time down from weeks to a matter of days, in a way that we can now produce a single customized part cost-effectively in low volumes.”
“Customers such as the SWU Verkehr GmbH see ‘availability’ as the most important asset to their business – trains and services need to be available and run constantly throughout the day in order for the transport company to be profitable. We at SIEMENS are regularly faced with this challenge, however the ability to quickly and cost-effectively 3D print customized parts specific to customer requirements, enables clients such as the SWU Verkehr GmbH to be closely involved in the design and production of its own parts.”