“Using 3D printers from the pre-development stage to the mechanical structure review reduced overlapping work between teams and shortened the development process by two months. Moreover, by immediately applying the modified design, it dramatically decreased the mold cost.”

“From a cost savings perspective, typical tooling costs range between $5-10K, depending on the complexity of the mold. By utilizing the Stratasys J55, we reduced that to less than $1000.”

“3D printing gives life to our ideas in a way that is previously unimaginable. It reduces our iteration process by more than 90%.”

“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.”