“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 …

“For housing prototypes, we wanted to test the aesthetics as much as the geometric functionality – so dimensional accuracy, repeatability and access to industrial-grade materials was a definite criterion for us. The F-Series 3D printer offered us all of this.”

“Now, we can comfortably ship the number of units we have on order, without worrying about immediately tooling something up. The parts are rugged and robust and look great, like a finished product.”

“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.”