Selecting The Right 3D Printer for the Job

Right 3D Printer The

for the Job

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Before We Start

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Moderator

Leslie Langnau

Design World

Buddy Byrum

3D Systems

Presenters

Gerry Berberian

Objet Geometries

Scott Harmon

Z Corporation

Fred Fischer

Stratasys, Inc.

Design World The Right 3D

Printer For the Job

Professional 3D Printers offer best part quality and functionality • Highest available feature definition

• Highest accuracy and precision

• Broad range of functional materials

• Best elapsed time to finished part

Personal 3D Printers provide convenience and economy • Desktop convenience

• Plug and play set-up and operation

• Easy-to-use

• Remarkable part quality and functionality

Entry-level 3D Printers are available to all • Compact

• Variety of available materials

• Open-source design allows for experimentation

3D Printer Requirements vs. Budget Utility

3D Printing Functionality

Model Prototype Pattern Tool Part

3-D Printing

• Does The 3D Printer Allow For:

• Testing of theories & alternate materials?

• The observation of all printer functions?

• Low cost experimentation & tinkering?

• A limited budget? System purchase plus ongoing materials & maintenance?

• Does the printer provide basic process understanding & valuable education opportunity

Experimentation & Education

Under $4000

Concept & Communication Models

• Smooth surface finish & fine feature represent designer’s intent

• Smooth surfaces easier to paint when making “life-like” models

• Fine detail communicates quality of the design

• Build speed and capacity for Rapid Feedback

Life-like Models

• Part Size

• Part Geometry Complexity

• Number of Parts being built in a job

Build Speed

• Will multiple people use the printer?

• Project crunch periods dictate need for flexible capacity?

• Multiple Component Assemblies

Typical Use

Concept Model Case Study

•Thun spA, Italy • Using a Personal 3D Printer, they

verified detailed features and determined which colors to apply

• This project introduces a new figurine in the Classics section “People of the world” called: Peruvian woman with baby

Printer A

Printer B 50°C

40°C

30°C A

A B

B

Form - Fit - Function Models

• Professional Printers offer accuracy up to +/- 0.001 in

• Sophisticated software tools allow for fine-tuning

• Personal 3D Printers may range from 0.01 to 0.03 in

Accuracy & Precision

• Do the available materials best match performance requirements?

• Do the materials remain stable in the typical use environment?

• Do the parts remain stable over time?

Material Properties & Stability

• Are edges, corners and holes well defined?

• Will pins, connectors and other features mate?

• Does surface finish match the designed surfaces to ensure proper functionality?

• Are surfaces and sidewalls smooth or are there stair-stepped layers?

Part Features

Aeronautical Cooling Fan Case Study

•TEMA • 4-blade rotor prototype printed using

a Professional 3D Printer

• Created to perform destructive tests at 14,000 revolutions per minute.

• Test completed successfully

• The final part is made out of aluminum

Digital Manufacturing

• Professional & Production level systems

• Fine detail, surface finish and accuracy

• Materials sufficiently stable, strong and temperature resistant for the application?

• Use caution when looking at material specs:

Patterns & Molds

• 3D printer technologies are available to produce wax patterns

• Designed for direct “lost-wax” casting production

• Digital production directly from CAD without tooling

• Castable plastic available for dual-purpose prototyping and digital production

Direct Casting

Assure fitness for the application. Test a sample part if possible.

High-definition casting, cycle-pedal development

•Dreamslide • Materials and manufacturing process

selection

• Functional design, for product and process

• Supply specifications

• Parts prototyping done using a model produced on a Wax Professional 3D Printer for direct investment casting

Understanding the Economics

System Price

Material Cost

Service & Maintenance

Other Consumables

Labor

Highest & Best Value

1 • No Single 3D Printer Does Everything

2 • Determine the Applications that will

provide the greatest benefit

3 • Benefit from multiple 3D Printers for your

in-house printing capabilities

4 • Outsource Services are available for

special, occasional requirements

Pick the right tool, or combination of tools for the job!

Personal 3D Printers

Professional 3D Printers

Production 3D Printers

Most Complete 3D Printing Product Range

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Selecting a 3D Printer

Scott Harmon, Vice President Business Development

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Overview

• Operation

• Speed / Capacity

• Resolution / Color

• Cost

• Material Properties

• Best Fits


Operation

• Operation

– Deposit

– Spread

– Print


Speed

• ~.9” per hour

• Multiple Parts

• Multiple Colors

• Sample

– 7 parts

– 100 cu in

– 12 hours


Color and Resolution

.0035-.004” layers

300x450 dpi

Unlimited color


Cost

• Variable by Application

• No Support Structures or Waste

Draft Basic Color Functional Presentation

~$2.00 / in3

($0.12/cm3)

~$3-4/ in3

($0.18-$0.24/cm3)

~$3-4 / in3

($0.18-

$0.24/cm3)

$5-6 / in3

($0.30-$0.36/cm3)


Materials

• Strong

– Tensile 26 MPa

– Flexural 44 MPa

– Compression 98 MPa

• Rigid


ZPrinter Best Fit

• Design Intensive Companies

– Advantages in Speed, Cost & Color

• Beyond Engineering

– Manufacturing, Sales, Marketing, Market Research, Customers

• Office Friendliness

– No waste, no plumbing hook ups, no supports


Case Study: Cisco Consumer Group

• Business: Develops home networking and networked entertainment solutions for consumers.

• Challenge: Upholding traditional Scandinavian design standards in competitive consumer electronics market.

• Results

– Cisco designers acquired a ZPrinter 450.

– Create prototypes in hours instead of weeks, at one-fifth the cost.

– Enables Cisco to apply specific design standards in a way that keeps the development cycle humming.

– Designers get an average of ten prototypes per week, resulting in more refined, elegant products.

“We get prototypes quickly,

we refine them quickly, we

create new ones, and we

derive our elite designs…”

-Eskild Hansen, Head of

European Design Centre


Case Study: Spirax Sarco

• Business: Leader in steam-related products and services.

• Challenge: Improve marketing of large, complex machines with the help of scaled models.

• Results:

– Started making models for marketing on ZPrinter.

– Sales models of 1,000 lb. products reduce time, shipping, labor at tradeshows.

– Sales staff is able to bring models of large products on sales calls.

– ZPrinted model of heat exchanger helped seal $600K sale, beating companies with only 2D drawings.

“Time, weight, booth space, model

portability, sales impact, design

improvements and overall

customer satisfaction have made

3D printing a strategic solution.”

-Leslie Penfield, Product

Development Engineer

Selecting an Additive

Manufacturing System

Fred Fischer, Stratasys

Solution Classification

Additive Manufacturing

On-Demand Services

(Service Bureaus)

LOWEST BARRIER TO

PARTS

3D Printers

MOST AFFORDABLE

SOLUTIONS

3D Production

Systems

HIGHEST PERFORMANCE

SYSTEMS

Primary Applications for

Additive Manufacturing Technology

Established / Traditional

(Design)

Direct Digital Manufacturing

(Manufacturing)

Additive Manufacturing

Concept

Models

Functional

Prototypes

Manufacturing

Tools

End-Use

Parts

Technology Assessment

Conceptual

Models

Functional

Prototypes

Manufacturing

Tools

End-Use

Parts

3D PRINTERS 3D PRODUCTION SYSTEMS 3D Printers 3D Production

Systems

Performance Requirements Increase

Case Study: Arctic Spas

• Creates jets, valves, unions and fittings w/ 3DP

• 3DP used to prove out design before

spending up to $25K on tooling.

• ABS parts held water pressures over 20-25 psi.

“I can create the actual part using

Dimension, throw it in the tub and test it for real.”

-- CAD department manager,

Pete Vant Hoff.

Tire blowout indicated cooling duct problem Traditional fix would require over 1 month Team risked losing several races

Prototype and manufacture new duct outlet Several iterations modeled & prototyped Produced tooling buck for end-use part

Huge time savings Problem solved before shipping to next race Design, test & manufacture in 56 hours 33 days without FDM

Impressive cost reduction Fortus part $147 vs. $1,175 for traditional

mfg

Joe Gibbs Racing:

Concept to Car in Under 3

Days

NEXT SLIDE

Back to Slide: Primary Applications

Back to Slide: Manufacturing Tools

Images

Method Cost Time

Traditional mfg

$1,175 33 days

Fortus $147 3

days

Savings $1,028

(87%)

30 days

(75%)



• Typical key selection criteria

• Office setting vs. Shop floor

• Materials

• Time-to-part

Don‟t get caught in the speed game

Understand entire process

• Part Precision

• Understand your REAL application needs



• All systems have merits

• Ask for benchmarks

• STL file

• www.stratasys.com

• [email protected]

• 1-800-480-3548

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Fred Fischer, Stratasys

Objet Geometries

Gerald Berberian Sales Operations

Objet Geometries Inc.

Billerica, MA

Company Profile

A leading solution provider of high-quality, cost effective

3-dimensional printing systems and materials for rapid

prototyping and rapid manufacturing

• 80% of relevant Fortune 100 are using Objet! – General Motors, Ford, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, General

Dynamics, Raytheon, L3, HP, Dell, Apple, Sears, Walt Disney, Microsoft,

Motorola ….

• Strong business model – Diversified customer base buying, Printing Systems, Resin and Service

• Award wining unique technology • Structured for growth :

– WW sales and marketing infrastructure

– Strong and advanced IT infrastructure

– First in class service organization, top rated by its customers

• 2,600 unit install base

.

0

500

1000

1500

2000

2500

2006 2007 2008 2009

Install base:

Objet World Wide

Germany

Israel

Hong Kong

China Germany

Israel

Hong Kong

China North America

Germany

Israel Hong Kong

China

Mexico

Japan

63 Distributors World Wide

Operations 63 Support 67 R & D 76 Sales &

Marketing 57 G & A 45

1 Employee

3 Distributors

LA

50 Employees

12 Distributors

USA

212 Employees

ISRAEL

26 Employees

24 Distributors

EUROPE

• Japan 1 Employee

• Hong Kong 10 Employees

• China 8 Employees

24 Distributors

AP

Core Technology – 3D Inkjet Printing

• 2D inkjet technology reproduces image

by propelling droplets of liquid material, Ink

– Objet uses liquid photopolymer instead of ink

– Objet adds the 3rd dimension (z-axis) to reproduce models

• Most scalable technology in the additive manufacturing arena

– Via additional print-heads

– Scalability for large trays, large models and multiple small models

– Inkjet “Moore‟s law”

• Growing performance over time relying

on a multi-billion printing industry market

• Intellectual property:

– Over 50 patents granted or pending, over 70 licensed

Objet Single Material Technology

Support Material Model

Material

Instant

UV Curing

Printing Head

Objet Dual Material Technology Print Heads

Build Tray

UV Light

Material A

Material B

Objet dual material

technology works by

jetting two materials

simultaneously

Delivering Excellence

• Objet Single & Dual Material Technology

• 16 micron ultra thin layers

• Thin walls, down to 0.6mm/0.02in

• High accuracy 0.1mm/0.004in

• High resolution – Smooth surfaces

– Fine details

• Office environment friendly

Applications

• Rapid Prototyping:

– Form modeling: "A model speaks a thousands

pictures".

– Fit testing: placing two

printed elements together.

“Objet has the ability of „Printing Reality‟ “

– Functional testing: enables real

world physical testing in one build

process

• Rapid Manufacturing:

– Small quantity production

– Production grade material: HA, Bio Comp

And the Oscar Goes to… an Objet 3D Printer

Avatar, winner of Academy Award for best art direction and best

cinematography – and Coraline, nominated for best animated feature film,

were brought to the big screen thanks to innovative 3D printing (or rapid

prototyping) technology by Objet Geometries.

Objet Families of High Definition 3D Printing Systems

Connex Family

Worlds Only Multi-material

3D Printing Systems

Eden Family

Professional line of

3D Printing Systems

Objet30/24

Affordable Desktop

3D Printing System

The Objet30/24

Objet30/24

The first desktop

3D Inkjet printing

system capable of

printing high-quality,

detailed models all

at an affordable

price.

Objet24 = $19,999

Objet30/24 Desktop

3D Printing System

The Eden Family

Eden350/350V Eden500V Eden250

Eden500V™

The ideal solution

in build size,

surface quality,

accuracy, easy of

use and versatility.

Eden350/350V™

Systems - Versatile

Systems Delivering

High Productivity

and High Quality

in an Office

Environment.

Eden250™

3-Dimensional

Printing System

provides the

perfect entry

point to the

world of high-quality

rapid prototyping.

Eden260V

Eden260V™

Superior accuracy,

high quality and the

power of a large

system in a small

footprint.

The Connex Family

Connex500

Connex500™

Superb productivity

with large size build

tray

Connex350™

Is ideal for customers

who wish to print a

wide range of parts

and assemblies

Connex350

The only solution

for creating multiple

material 3D parts in

a single build

FullCure ® Materials

Hearing Aid

6XX series Tango 9XX series Vero 8XX series

DurusWhite

4XX series

General Purpose

7XX Series

Clear

FullCure630

TangoPlus/

FullCure930

VeroWhite

FullCure830

DurusWhite

FullCure430

Transparent

FullCure720

RoseClear

FullCure655

TangoGray

FullCure950 VeroBlue FullCure840

SkinTone

FullCure680

TangoBlack

FullCure970

VeroGray

FullCure850

TangoBlackPlus

FullCure980

VeroBlack

FullCure870

FullCure705 - Support

New FullCure ® Materials

• Objet VeroWhitePlus:

Great dimensional stability

• Objet VeroClear:

True transparent material with great

dimensional stability

• Objet High Temperature:

Thermal functionality for static parts,

combined with outstanding

dimensional stability

• Objet ABS-like:

3D Models simulating engineering

plastics

Digital Materials

Digital material are made up of two FullCure modeling materials.

The objective of digital materials, as composites, is to combine two

different materials so that the result is a new material with

characteristics better and different than those of the basic materials.

Thank you!

Thank You

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