“The beauty packaging industry uses a lot of glass and very transparent materials. Having the ability to replicate ‘glass like’ components at the prototyping stage really helps to visualize a product and improve the quality of our final designs. For example, we can now produce nail varnish bottle prototypes in the VeroUltraClear material that are barely distinguishable from the final product with the naked eye. The ability to present these models to both potential clients and existing ones is a serious game-changer for our business as it opens up significant opportunities in a large portion of the market.”
“China Eastern Airlines plans to introduce the new Airbus 350 which is equipped with over 1,000 3D-printed flying parts. As a complementary method to the traditional manufacturing, 3D printing will become more widely adopted in the future. It’s critical to gain the expertise and be well-prepared for future challenges.”
“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.”
“The fact that we were able to print multiple iterations quickly enabled the designers to experiment more and still make all their deadlines.”
“We recently received an order for several million dollars that we would not have even been able to bid on previously because the timeline was so tight."
“For the electronics guys, some of their prototypes are super small, with thin walls. We’ve got guys using them for light fixtures and USB holders. Now we can give them a functional work piece to test with Digital ABS and rubber in one part. I have an example on the floor that looks really close to a production piece.”
“Since we began leveraging Stratasys 3D printing technology, we’ve experienced faster turnarounds, better capabilities and a vibrant, growing business.”
“Everything that we do in the development of an orthodontic appliance—whether it be a palatal expander or a Herbst appliance to correct an overbite—is based on a physical model. With the advent of intraoral scanners, it became clear that printing dental models with a 3D printer would be faster, more accurate and less prone to human error than the traditional impression-based approach.”
“Using FDM for composite tooling provides us greater design freedom and more rapid iteration, regardless of part complexity.”
“Time is our greatest enemy, and with the Stratasys F370, we can spare more resources to tackle other complex designs and save logistic and prototyping costs and time. Developing a drone used to take up to a year or longer, and now we have it down to around 8 months.”
“Stratasys additive composite tooling solutions have allowed SSL to respond to design releases and changes with unprecedented speed at significantly reduced cost, without compromising part quality or performance.”
“Students can actually test their rocket designs modeled in the Dimension 3D Printer the way an engineer would, which gets them excited about the process even the icky math part.”
“Stratasys additive manufacturing solutions represent a real game changer because they are allowing us to save time and cost within our composite part production process, without compromising part quality or performance.”
“These are hollow parts with complex geometries that need to be sealed. As an example, the air duct was manufactured using the Stratasys additive manufacturing sacrificial tool procedure. We were able to remove the tool easily without leaving seams inside of the part because the complex tool is built in one piece and requires less post-production work.”
“Critical for the optimum inner surface quality of the part and means that functionality is improved, compared with traditional sacrificial tooling methodologies that use multiple parts bonded together to achieve the same shapes.”