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Stratasys Rolls Out New 3D Printing Demonstrators
by Charles Alcock
- August 24, 2016, 4:01 AM
Stratasys will display its new Infinite Build 3D demonstrator at the IMTS show in Chicago during September. [Image: Stratasys]
Stratasys is preparing to unveil a pair of technology demonstrators that it says will represent a generational advance in the use of additive manufacturing and 3D printing in aerospace production. According to the U.S.-Israeli company, the equipment will allow manufacturers to make larger, stronger parts to higher quality standards, overcoming some of the key limitations that have held back the technology’s adoption by airframers and aircraft systems manufacturers.
At September’s International Manufacturing Technology Show in Chicago, Stratasys will be showing how its Infinite-Build 3D demonstrator can make large, lightweight thermoplastic parts in a repeatable way. The equipment, which is now being evaluated by Boeing, prints on a vertical plane that allows for a practically unlimited part size to be built.
Stratasys also has developed a new robotic composite 3D demonstrator that combines its advanced extrusion technologies with motion control hardware and product lifecycle management software developed by Siemens. This uses an eight-axis motion system that the company says will greatly accelerate production rates and so make it cost effective to produce a greater variety of lightweight, high-value composite structures without labor-intensive processes.
by Charles Alcock
- August 24, 2016, 4:01 AM
Stratasys will display its new Infinite Build 3D demonstrator at the IMTS show in Chicago during September. [Image: Stratasys]
Stratasys is preparing to unveil a pair of technology demonstrators that it says will represent a generational advance in the use of additive manufacturing and 3D printing in aerospace production. According to the U.S.-Israeli company, the equipment will allow manufacturers to make larger, stronger parts to higher quality standards, overcoming some of the key limitations that have held back the technology’s adoption by airframers and aircraft systems manufacturers.
At September’s International Manufacturing Technology Show in Chicago, Stratasys will be showing how its Infinite-Build 3D demonstrator can make large, lightweight thermoplastic parts in a repeatable way. The equipment, which is now being evaluated by Boeing, prints on a vertical plane that allows for a practically unlimited part size to be built.
Stratasys also has developed a new robotic composite 3D demonstrator that combines its advanced extrusion technologies with motion control hardware and product lifecycle management software developed by Siemens. This uses an eight-axis motion system that the company says will greatly accelerate production rates and so make it cost effective to produce a greater variety of lightweight, high-value composite structures without labor-intensive processes.
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