"With this 3D printed check fixture being so much lighter, it’s far easier for the associate to lift it and carry it to the main station without the risk of hurting themselves trying to lift a 40-pound fixture. It saves more time than you would think; especially with the size …

“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 …

“In the development process of the latest generation of road buses, we printed parts that simulated the final ones to avoid stopping high-speed road tests in product reliability evaluation. This procedure accelerated the launch process by about one year: door finishes, mirror finishes, supports for electronic dashboard items, and even …

“With some traditional fixture projects costing over $100,000, the savings can be substantial.”

“Our motto with 3D printing is: If you can think it, we can design it and we can print it.”

“The capability of the machine is ideal for our requirements and has proven to be an irreplaceable part of the R&D process.”

“So far we have not found anything we cannot do with FDM.”

"3D printing offers substantial time savings. It only requires a few minutes of setup time and we can print as many as four high-precision jobs a day.”

“Before 3D printing we would have to wait weeks for an outsourced prototype, and then start again if the design needed modifications. Now we print overnight and have our prototype ready in the morning.”

“FDM is an ideal technology for implant manufacturing because it can produce strong, durable, biocompatible parts with the right physical properties.”

“It’s all about changing the mind-set of students. How they go about constructing things shifts dramatically once they’ve used a 3D printer. It really is construction without limitation.”

“We’re trying to update these cars as fast as possible. Being able to 3D print components, we can quickly run through multiple iterations and it saves a lot of time.”

“When we first started using 3D printing in the early 2000s, we were mainly using it to support our wind tunnel model program. Since then, it’s evolved into many different things. It’s evolved into jigs and fixtures, washout tooling in our composites department and race car components.”

“Typically, all of our competitors end up with the same solution at some point in time. But we need to be on to the next solution, and Stratasys helps us get to the next solution quicker.”

"Additive manufacturing offers significant opportunities to decrease spare-part inventory, reduce the supply chain and slash costs. The ability to print a spare parts ondemand offers manufacturers a rapid solution that ensures production continuity and, most importantly, help safeguard revenues.”