Putting Additive Manufacturing to work across critical rapid prototyping, custom tooling and part production processes, Stratasys is bringing to market advanced elastomers and enhanced materials for its leading FDM and PolyJet machines. Enabling customers to make it today with 3D Printing, the FDM elastomer solution is intended to provide manufacturers with new levels of elasticity, durability with…
Pioneering a New Era in 3D Printed Production Metal Parts
Helping customers pioneer a new era in additive manufacturing for production-grade metal parts, Stratasys is releasing further details of its new platform currently being developed and designed for short-run metal applications. First unveiled earlier this year, the additive platform is based on Stratasys’ innovative, first-of-its-kind “Layered Powder Metallurgy” (LPM) technology, designed to make production of metal parts…
GKN Aerospace Cuts Production Time with Stratasys AM
Stratasys announced that GKN Aerospace is improving production times and removing design constraints for multiple tooling applications since integrating additive manufacturing at its Filton manufacturing site in the UK. GKN serves over 90 percent of the world’s aircraft and engine manufacturers with aerostructures, engine systems and technologies. According to Tim Hope, Additive Manufacturing Center Manager, at GKN Aerospace,…
Mission To The Moon: Stratasys Joins Forces With Lockheed Martin And PADT To Engineer Advanced 3D Printed Parts
Stratasys Ltd. (NASDAQ: SSYS) and Phoenix Analysis & Design Technologies, Inc. (PADT) jointly announced the companies are teaming with Lockheed Martin Space to deliver next-generation 3D printed parts for NASA’s Orion deep-space spacecraft. Key to the project are Stratasys advanced materials – including an ESD variant of the new Antero 800NA, a PEKK-based thermoplastic offering high performance…
Photos of the Day: World’s First Jet-Powered, 3D Printed UAV Tops 150 MPH
Stratasys has announced that it has teamed with Aurora Flight Sciences to deliver, what is believed to be, the largest, fastest, and most complex 3D printed unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) ever produced. Unveiled for the first time at this week’s Dubai Airshow (Stand 206), the high-speed aircraft is built using lightweight Stratasys materials to achieve…
Stratasys Consolidates to Form Stratasys Direct Manufacturing
Stratasys has announced it has combined Solid Concepts, Harvest Technologies and RedEye to form Stratasys Direct Manufacturing. Stratasys believes this move better positions the company to meet growing customer needs for additive manufacturing (or 3D printing) services as a production method. Now one of the largest advanced manufacturing service organizations, Stratasys Direct Manufacturing creates custom…
Katy Perry Lights Up World Tour with 3D-Printed Mohawks
Stratasys has announced that its technology is illuminating the stage in the opening song of US pop star, Katy Perry’s Prismatic World Tour with vibrantly colored 3D printed mohawks produced by leading Hollywood special effects company, Legacy Effects. Inspired by the plume of an ancient Roman’s imperial-centurion helmets, the mohawk’s main structure is manufactured…
Tackling a 3D Printed Football
Stratasys 3D Printing has already impacted the wide world of sports – from snowboarding to fencing, from NASCAR to kite surfing. But this is the first time that Stratasys has 3D printed an actual football – It might even be a world first. Produced on the Objet500 Connex3 Color Multi-Material 3D Production System, the Stratasys…
Stratasys Introduces 3D Printing Curriculum for Educators
Stratasys has introduced a new 3D printing curriculum for educators. The full-semester, 14-week course is aimed to help prepare secondary and post-secondary students worldwide for careers being transformed by 3D printing. Learning materials are free to educators and include a curriculum guide, supporting presentations, 3D models (STL files) and grading tools. Focused on academia community…
Impact of 3D-Printing in Facial Transplants
Stratasys announced that Dr. Frank J. Rybicki, the director of Applied Imaging Science Laboratory at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, discussed the impact of Stratasys 3D printing for a full-face transplant patient at the 2014 Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) annual meeting in Chicago yesterday. READ: 3D-Printing Can Improve Human Face Transplants Dr. Rybicki and…
3D Print Plays Large Role in Guardians of the Galaxy
Stratasys has announced that its Objet Connex technology has played a starring role in one of this year’s biggest movie blockbusters, through its continued use by leading movie costumes and props specialists, FBFX Ltd. FBFX Ltd was part of the team behind the off-beat science fiction adventure movie, Guardians of the Galaxy, a role which…
Stratasys to Acquire GrabCAD
Stratasys has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held GrabCAD in an all-cash transaction. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The transaction is expected to be completed by the end of September, subject to the fulfillment of customary closing conditions. Upon completion of the transaction, GrabCAD will operate as…
Sports Drone Set for Take-Off with Stratasys 3D Printing
Entirely 3D printed auto-follow device for GoPro cameras begins US tour Stratasys Ltd. (Nasdaq: SSYS) has successfully introduced AirDog, the world’s first automated drone designed to track and video outdoor sports and activities, using Stratasys 3D printing technology. View: Photos of the Day: The World’s First Auto-Follow Sports Drone Aimed primarily at the consumer…
Stratasys Adds Flexible Color Digital Materials
Stratasys Ltd. has released a previously announced extension to its range of flexible and rigid material options for the Objet500 Connex3 Color Multi-material 3D Printer. Hundreds of new rubber-like color materials and many rigid ones combined with existing options, allow virtually unlimited combinations of flexible, rigid, and translucent-to-opaque colors in a single print run. The…
3D Printing an Acoustic Chaise
Professor Neri Oxman, Architect, Designer and Professor of Media, Arts and Science at MIT, in collaboration with Professor W. Craig Carter, Department of Materials Science and Engineering of MIT, continues to explore new worlds of sight and sound with the Object500 Connex3 Color Mulit-material 3D Printer: http://ow.ly/v1YxU. In this exclusive interview, Neri describes her vision…
Stratasys’ New Objet Printer Gives Affordable Access to Digital Dentistry
Stratasys (Nasdaq: SSYS), a manufacturer of 3D printers and materials for personal use, prototyping and production, today introduced the Objet Eden260V Dental Advantage 3D Printer, which offers affordable access to digital dentistry. The 3D printer will be on display Feb. 21 – 22 at the LMT Lab Day Show in Chicago, in booth 203. For dental…
Italian 3D Printing Service Bureau Adds Second Fortus 900MC 3D Production System
Stratasys Ltd. (Nasdaq: SSYS), a manufacturer of 3D printers and materials for personal use, prototyping and production, has announced that Società Progettazione Ingegnerizzazione SRL (Spring SRL) finalized the purchase of its seventh Stratasys’ Fused Deposition Molding (FDM) 3D Printer at EuroMold 2013, through Italian reseller, Technimold. Following several years of utilizing Stratasys FDM technology for…
Photos of the Day: Museum Scans & 3D Prints Guests
Stratasys has announced that the London Science Museum will feature 150 3D printed miniature models of visitors in its new exhibition, ‘3D: Printing the Future.’ Featuring contributions from Stratasys UK distributor Laser Lines Ltd, the exhibition will explore the process of 3D printing, from 3D scanning right through to the production of 3D models. The…
Stratasys and Objet Complete Merger
Stratasys (NASDAQ: SSYS) and Objet have announced the completion of their merger, forming a leader in 3D printing and direct digital manufacturing. The combined company will trade on the NASDAQ stock exchange as Stratasys Ltd. (“Stratasys”) under the symbol SSYS beginning December 3, 2012. Based on the closing price of Stratasys, Inc. stock on…
9th Annual Extreme Redesign 3D Printing Challenge
Stratasys has announced the kickoff of its 2013 Extreme Redesign 3D Printing Challenge in partnership with online inventor community, Edison Nation, which operates the hit TV show, Everyday Edisons. In its ninth year, the contest invites students worldwide to submit inventive new product designs, redesigns of existing products, or original or redesigned works of…