Sam Green takes a first look at EuroMold 2011 and the Objet stand, including a look at some of the amazing 3D models and prototypes on display. EuroMold is the primary European event for rapid prototyping, additive manufacturing and 3D printing.
These tiny 3D printed cars were printed on the Stratasys Objet Eden 3D printer and scale down from 4 cm in length to a tiny 1cm in length. Even in the tiniest car, the wheels remain fully functional and there is no deformation of walls or loss of fine details – highlighting the enormous power of the Stratasys Objet line of 3D printers to turn CAD designs into visually and functionally accurate prototypes.
Zehavit Reisin, Head of Material Consumables at Objet talks us through some of the new 3D printing materials released by Object in 2011, including a human head printed in clear transparency, a functional violin printed in ABS-like material, some digital dental parts in bio-compatible material and more.
Gary Miller at IPF, a 3D printing and rapid prototyping service bureau in the UK sends Sam Green at Objet a series of 3D printed steering wheels, printed on the Objet Connex500 multi-material 3D printer. The steering wheels, a combination of Objet VeroWhitePlus rigid material with overmolded TangoBlack rubber-like material, feature tiny 3D printed writing, which remains visible and accurate down to a fraction of a mm.
3D printing and the Objet Connex multi-material 3D printer can evoke some emotional responses from people.
Jonathan Jaglom (VP Sales Operations, Objet) walks us through the Objet stand at EuroMold with a look at some of the applications created in the company’s new Digital ABS Material, including this full-size, functional 3D printed car dashboard, 3D printed injection molding plates and 3D printed skateboard.
The Stratasys Objet Connex500 Multi-Material 3D Printer printing 32 fold-up multi-tools all at the same time on the same tray! The tools are created in Objet’s tough Digital ABS material – known by its krypton ‘green’ coloring. The tools, along with their folding hinges, joints and pins come out of the printer already fully-assembled! Once the support material is washed away they are ready to use and strong enough to stand up to any rapid prototyping and design verification & testing purposes.
Avi Cohen (Head of Medical and Dental Solutions, Objet) walks us through some of the amazing digital dental models and parts printed on Objet 3D printers at this year’s EuroMold. Includes a look at the new Objet Biocompatible transparent material and a range of surgical guides, aligners and models for orthodontic and dental applications.
Objet brought along one of their Objet30 desktop 3D printers to LEGO® World 2012 to show kids exactly how LEGO transform their product ideas and 3D designs into functioning prototypes in rapid time. Once they come off the 3D printer, the prototypes can be held, tested and even played with to determine if the designs are suitable for production.
Sam Green describes the advantages of 3D printing in toy model prototyping, with the use of Stratasys Objet Connex multi-material 3D printers.
This catapult was ‘printed’ on a Stratasys Objet Connex Multi-Material 3D printer. The material is Stratasys Objet Digital ABS Material – a special composite material able to functionally simulate real ABS engineering plastic. All parts of the catapult were printed together at the same time on the same build tray – including the extendable arm, the spring and the tension screw. The catapult is an excellent benchmark for demonstrating the capabilities of the Digital ABS Material to perform under tension and compression.
This video shows how we created the Objet30 Pro movie based on some of the ‘b-roll’ footage taken on the day of shooting of the Objet30 Pro movie. Here you can see the actual 3D printed models that we created for the film in the 7 different materials. Notice the incredible detail on the miniature furniture – the tiny transparent wine glasses and bottle and the details on the figurines.
The Objet30 Pro Desktop 3D printer combines incredible fine detail accuracy with a versatile range of 7 different materials. This 3D printer is the only desktop system to feature transparent material and high temperature resistant material. The Objet30 Pro is ideal for the rapid prototyping needs of professional designers and engineers working in industries such as consumer goods, consumer electronics, medical devices, design consultancies and service bureaus.
Albensi Dental Laboratories explains the benefits of an Objet 3D printer to their workflow, digitizing their dental process. The benefits include much more accurate dental restorations, higher precision 3D models, delivery times reduced from 5-7 days to 2-3 days, and happier customers.
Clearstep is a UK based orthodontics lab using Objet 3D printers to rapidly produce customized teeth models for the production of clear aligners and clear positioners. The move for digital orthodontic workflow with the use of Objet 3D printers has enabled the company to achieve consistent accuracy, consistency and speed for their customers. Using Objet 3D printers the company can now service 60 customers per day – where they were able to service just 25 using manual teeth modeling methods. Thanks to Objet and other process efficiencies, company turnover is forecasted for the year to increase by approx 40%,…
Seeing a model prototype of her new pasta strainer design come to life thanks to Quirky and their Objet 3D printer is enough to almost make this designer cry for joy.
Gary Miller at IPF Service Bureau in the UK explains the unique business advantages his service bureau gains from operating Objet 3D printers. The company uses the Objet Eden350V and the Objet Connex500 multi-material 3D printer. The Objet Connex, due to its unique multi-material jetting capability, can print different materials into the same model, and hence many different model orders on the same tray at the same time. The multi-material capability includes printing a range of rigid and rubber shores simultaneously and also a range of materials capable of simulating the strength and temperature resistance of engineering plastics. Objet 3D…
Trek Bicycles uses their Stratasys Objet Connex500 3D printer and the Digital ABS material to rapidly prototype functional bike parts that can be tested on real bikes – in the field – just 2 hours after on-screen design! The Stratasys Objet 3D printing process saves weeks from the conventional CNC milling process, and allows Trek to perfect their design parts before production.
Joshua Topolsky tours Microsoft’s model shop with user experience designer Karsten Aagaard.