The Next Step in Rapid Prototyping: Rapid Production

The Next Step in Rapid Prototyping: Rapid Production |

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Today we’re checking in with Ian Finn, president of Finnovation Product Development in Rochester, N.Y., who recently acquired a 3D Systems sPro™SLS® system. It seems the new machine has added an extra dimension to his manufacturing capabilities in that he can now take on clients who require strong end-use parts in as little as a few days. (Above: Ian with his sPro)

 

“The sPro SLS 3D printer takes rapid prototyping to the next level: rapid production,” he says in his blog. “This technology puts Finnovation Product Development’s Rapid Production capabilities in the ranks alongside General Motors, Boeing, and Burton Snowboards (to name a few) and allows production of durable prototype or end-use parts that can be delivered in days.”

 

He goes on:

Having the latest in SLS Rapid Prototyping and Rapid Production technology in house allows Finnovation to meet demanding deadlines and provide cost effective solutions while streamlining any design and manufacturing process. Based in Rochester New York, Finnovation Product Development operates around the clock, 7 days a week, to truly make this technology a “rapid” solution.

 

To read of Finnovation Product Development’s blog and hear more about how the sPro is helping Ian the reach a new level of production, click here.

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Objex Unlimited

36 Fieldway Road,

Toronto, Ontario M8Z 3L2

 

Objex Unlimited is a 3D printing studio located in Toronto.  We take pride in all of our products and services, offering the newest, and highest quality methods of production. With a highly skilled team of trained individuals we have no doubt that we can offer your business alternatives, which will save you work, time, and money. We use advanced 3D Printing Technology to produce Rapid Prototypes and highly detailed Concept Models directly from CAD Drawings. We can bring your CAD designs to life by creating real parts you can use and models that you can hold in your hand. Our commitment to you is to deliver in DAYS. Don’t let prototype production hold up your design cycle. Objex Unlimited is an Authorized Distributor of Artec 3D Scanners and 3D Systems Professional 3D Printers.

 

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Email: sales@objexunlimited.com

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3D Systems Launches Worldwide Seminars “Manufacturing the Future”

  3D Systems Launches Worldwide Seminars On “Manufacturing the Future” |


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  • Global event series invites local entrepreneurs and professionals to discover the latest 3D design-to-print technologies and solutions
  • Offers early access to demos & learning for 2014 product line

 

Release Date: Monday, March 10, 2014 – 09:15

ROCK HILL, South Carolina –March 10, 2014 – 3D Systems  (NYSE:DDD) announced today an expansive new seminar series designed to inform, educate, train and inspire local businesses, entrepreneurs, designers and other professionals world-wide on the new paradigm of 3D printing-powered design-to-manufacturing technology available. The seminars include demonstrations from the company’s 2014 product line spanning more than 20 new printers, design solutions and advanced materials; all of which are at the core of 3DS’ 3DPRINTING 2.0 initiative. This seminar series consists of over 300 total events between March and June 2014 at 3DS reseller locations throughout the globe from North America and Europe to the Middle East and Asia, and it will give attendees a firsthand look how 3DS’ newest printers can benefit the full spectrum of high-end manufacturers down to prosumers.

 

3DPRINTING 2.0 represents the exponential advancement in speed, capacity and performance materials that the company’s new roster of products brings to its entire 3D content-to-print platform for companies large and small, independent entrepreneurs, prosumers and consumers alike.

 

This seminar series will give clients a close look at the diversity and power of 3DPRINTING 2.0 as resellers demonstrate many of 3DS’ new products, spanning industrial-grade to desktop 3D printers, advanced materials and new scan-to-design and inspection tools for the engineer and designer’s desktop. Participants will see:

 

  • New developments in ColorJet 3D printing with full-color plastic
  • Expanded capabilities with multi-material composite parts in a single print
  • Fab-grade performance from the ProX™ 950, the latest SLA 3D printer for high-volume manufacturing
  • Production-grade SLS capabilities and part quality on par with injection molding from the ProX 500
  • Enhanced, low-cost jewelry and dental casting pattern capabilities with the Projet® 1200
  • Sub-$5,000, multi-material prosumer 3D printers
  • Sessions detailing how to evaluate the range of technology and choose the right 3D printer for any application

 

“This seminar series not only represents our commitment to providing the most complete set of 3D printers and expanding our portfolio, but it also exemplifies our dedication to our clients and to helping them find the right mix of cost and 3D printing capabilities that will drive their business into a successful future,” said Michele Marchesan, Chief Opportunity Officer, 3DS.

 

To register for an event near you, please visit 3DSystems.com.

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Objex Unlimited

36 Fieldway Road,

Toronto, Ontario M8Z 3L2

 

Objex Unlimited is a 3D printing studio located in Toronto.  We take pride in all of our products and services, offering the newest, and highest quality methods of production. With a highly skilled team of trained individuals we have no doubt that we can offer your business alternatives, which will save you work, time, and money. We use advanced 3D Printing Technology to produce Rapid Prototypes and highly detailed Concept Models directly from CAD Drawings. We can bring your CAD designs to life by creating real parts you can use and models that you can hold in your hand. Our commitment to you is to deliver in DAYS. Don’t let prototype production hold up your design cycle. Objex Unlimited is an Authorized Distributor of Artec 3D Scanners and 3D Systems Professional 3D Printers.

 

Contact Information

Phone: 416-233-7165

Email: sales@objexunlimited.com

Monday-Friday 10am-6pm EST

 

New book ‘3D Printing: Rise of the 3rd Industrial Revolution’, free for a limited time

3D Printing: Rise of the 3rd Industrial Revolution Free! |

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In 2014, 3D printing will go mainstream with a new book called 3D Printing: Rise of the Third Industrial Revolution. The book scrutinizes what this will mean for the world and the future of humanity. 3D Printing: Rise of the Third Industrial Revolution by Aaron Council and Michael Petch will go far beyond headlines like the story of 3D printed guns and graphically illustrate how 3D printing will change the world.

 

The authors thoroughly examine the history, the current market and the future of 3D printing. Themes explored in the book include how 3D printing is used in next-generation game consoles such as the Xbox One and how combining these technologies can create a robot. A discussion on the impact of 3D printing on medicine and healthcare is covered in depth, including how 3D printing will allow drugs to be downloaded from the Internet and printing using common household materials.

 

“The authors, Aaron Council, the founder and CEO of the Gyges3D.com online community, and Michael Petch, the CEO of Black Dog Consulting, explore how 3D printing is likely to change the current economic system for the better. The importance of the technology for the future of society and how it will create jobs in both the U.S and the developing world is given a detailed chapter. Political and social implications of 3D printing such as a reduction in materialism and even an end to conflict are all explored as by-products of this remarkable technology”

 

3D printing: Rise of the 3rd Industrial Revolution” is available as a free download from Amazon for a limited time.

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Objex Unlimited

36 Fieldway Road,

Toronto, Ontario M8Z 3L2

 

Objex Unlimited is a 3D printing studio located in Toronto.  We take pride in all of our products and services, offering the newest, and highest quality methods of production. With a highly skilled team of trained individuals we have no doubt that we can offer your business alternatives, which will save you work, time, and money. We use advanced 3D Printing Technology to produce Rapid Prototypes and highly detailed Concept Models directly from CAD Drawings. We can bring your CAD designs to life by creating real parts you can use and models that you can hold in your hand. Our commitment to you is to deliver in DAYS. Don’t let prototype production hold up your design cycle. Objex Unlimited is an Authorized Distributor of Artec 3D Scanners and 3D Systems Professional 3D Printers.

 

Contact Information

Phone: 416-233-7165

Email: sales@objexunlimited.com

Monday-Friday 10am-6pm EST

3D Systems to Present at Piper Jaffray Technology, Media and Telecommunications Conference

3D Systems Presents at Piper Jaffray Technology |

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Release Date: Wednesday, March 5, 2014 – 10:10

ROCK HILL, South Carolina –March 5, 2014 – 3D Systems  (NYSE:DDD) announced today that it plans to present at the Piper Jaffray TMT Conference 2014 on Wednesday, March 12, 2014 at 11:30 AM ET at the Le Parker Meridien hotel in New York, NY. Hugh Evans, Vice President, Corporate Development and Ventures, will update investors on the operational and strategic progress the company is making.

 

Investors are invited to follow the real-time audio webcast of the presentation that will be available on 3D Systems’ website under the Investor Relations section at 3DSystems.com/investor.

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Objex Unlimited

36 Fieldway Road,

Toronto, Ontario M8Z 3L2

 

Objex Unlimited is a 3D printing studio located in Toronto.  We take pride in all of our products and services, offering the newest, and highest quality methods of production. With a highly skilled team of trained individuals we have no doubt that we can offer your business alternatives, which will save you work, time, and money. We use advanced 3D Printing Technology to produce Rapid Prototypes and highly detailed Concept Models directly from CAD Drawings. We can bring your CAD designs to life by creating real parts you can use and models that you can hold in your hand. Our commitment to you is to deliver in DAYS. Don’t let prototype production hold up your design cycle. Objex Unlimited is an Authorized Distributor of Artec 3D Scanners and 3D Systems Professional 3D Printers.

 

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Phone: 416-233-7165

Email: sales@objexunlimited.com

Monday-Friday 10am-6pm EST

Making Your Phone Your “Canvas” of Self Expression

 

Making Your Phone Your “Canvas” of Self Expression |

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In November 3D Systems announced an exciting multi-year development agreement with Motorola in support of the cellphone maker’s new concept: Project Ara.

 

Project Ara aims to redefine the cell phone as a functionally and aesthetically customizable device within an open hardware ecosystem. It changes the phone into the ultimate self-expressive device. The system works via a series of modules that insert into the cell phone in whatever configuration best fits the individual. As part of this mission, 3D Systems will support Motorola with the functionality, sustainability, personalization and material versatility that only 3D printing can fulfill.

 

Project Ara encapsulates two exponential technologies, and through this partnership 3D Systems will develop the new materials and 3D printing technologies that forever alter each individual’s relationship with his or her phone.

 

Click here to see a video update about Project Ara.

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Objex Unlimited

36 Fieldway Road,

Toronto, Ontario M8Z 3L2

 

Objex Unlimited is a 3D printing studio located in Toronto.  We take pride in all of our products and services, offering the newest, and highest quality methods of production. With a highly skilled team of trained individuals we have no doubt that we can offer your business alternatives, which will save you work, time, and money. We use advanced 3D Printing Technology to produce Rapid Prototypes and highly detailed Concept Models directly from CAD Drawings. We can bring your CAD designs to life by creating real parts you can use and models that you can hold in your hand. Our commitment to you is to deliver in DAYS. Don’t let prototype production hold up your design cycle. Objex Unlimited is an Authorized Distributor of Artec 3D Scanners and 3D Systems Professional 3D Printers.

 

Contact Information

Phone: 416-233-7165

Email: sales@objexunlimited.com

Monday-Friday 10am-6pm EST

“Print the Legend” New Film That Tracks The Rise of 3D Printing

“Print the Legend” New Film That Tracks The Rise of 3D Printing |

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A new documentary, “Print the Legend”, which takes a closer look of the rise of the 3D printer, and follows the people racing to bring this how new technology to your home, documenting the “Macintosh Moment” of this revolution and exploring what it takes to live the American Dream.

 

The film features 3D printer company Formlabs, Makerbot, and 3D Systems etc, and figures in the community, including Cody Wilson, the man who created the first 3D printed gun.

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Luis Lopez and Clay Tweel directed the film. They previously produced the King of Kong, Oscar-winner Undefeated, and Make Believe, which won the grand jury prize at the LA Film Fest in 2010.

 

‘Print the Legend’ premieres at SXSW on Monday, March 10 at 1:45 p.m.

 

Check Out this teaser trailer for Print The Legend Below

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Objex Unlimited

36 Fieldway Road,

Toronto, Ontario M8Z 3L2

 

Objex Unlimited is a 3D printing studio located in Toronto.  We take pride in all of our products and services, offering the newest, and highest quality methods of production. With a highly skilled team of trained individuals we have no doubt that we can offer your business alternatives, which will save you work, time, and money. We use advanced 3D Printing Technology to produce Rapid Prototypes and highly detailed Concept Models directly from CAD Drawings. We can bring your CAD designs to life by creating real parts you can use and models that you can hold in your hand. Our commitment to you is to deliver in DAYS. Don’t let prototype production hold up your design cycle. Objex Unlimited is an Authorized Distributor of Artec 3D Scanners and 3D Systems Professional 3D Printers.

 

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Phone: 416-233-7165

Email: sales@objexunlimited.com

Monday-Friday 10am-6pm EST

3D Systems Founder Chuck Hull to be Inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame

3D Systems Chuck Hull Inducted to the National Inventors Hall of Fame |

  • Hull honoured for his globally transformative and impactful work inventing and pioneering 3D printing and the STL file format that connects all CAD formats with 3D printers

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Release Date: Tuesday, March 4, 2014 – 09:05

ROCK HILL, South Carolina –March 4, 2014 – 3D Systems (NYSE:DDD) today announced that Chuck Hull, the inventor of 3D printing and founder of 3D Systems, will be inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame (NIHF) for his globally impactful and transformative work inventing and pioneering 3D printing. With this induction, Hull joins the ranks of formerly honoured inventors, including Eli Whitney, Thomas Edison, Orville and Wilbur Wright, Henry Ford, and George Eastman, as well as Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak.

 

Hull is being recognized by the NIHF and the United States Patent and Trademark Office for his ground-breaking invention of the original 3D printing technology, Stereolithography (SLA). Hull also co-created the STL file format, which continues to be the gold standard in ultra high-definition 3D printing connectivity with all CAD formats. In 1983, Hull 3D printed a small cup, the first-ever object created with additive technology. The success of Hull’s process served as a catalyst to his founding of 3D Systems in 1986.

 

Hull continues to lead the 3D printing revolution as 3D Systems’ Chief Technology Officer, celebrating 30 years of continuous 3D printing innovation and presiding over seven different 3D print technologies, more than 100 materials and 1,700 patents.

 

Since 1973, the National Inventors Hall of Fame has been honouring the individuals who have conceived, patented and advanced great technological achievements dating back to the birth of our nation. To be inducted, candidates must hold a United States patent that has contributed significantly to the nation’s welfare and the advancement of science and useful arts.

 

“Each year we have the distinct honour of recognizing individuals whose contributions to society will resound throughout the ages,” said Michael Oister, Invent Now CEO. “3D printing is an astounding technology that is poised to change the way our world works and the way we interact with it. We are delighted to welcome Chuck Hull to our NIHF family.”

 

“I am deeply honoured to become a part of the NIHF and be considered among the group of high caliber innovators who have transformed the world and improved the human condition in tangible and powerful ways,” said Chuck Hull, Founder and Chief Technology Officer, 3DS. “I always knew that 3D printing had the capacity to change the entire design-to-manufacture process, but could not have anticipated the full impact that my work would have on every facet of our lives. It is incredibly humbling and exhilarating to be a part of this transformation.”

 

Hull will be honoured on May 21, 2014, at the United States Patent and Trademark Office in Alexandria, Virginia.

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Objex Unlimited

36 Fieldway Road,

Toronto, Ontario M8Z 3L2

 

Objex Unlimited is a 3D printing studio located in Toronto.  We take pride in all of our products and services, offering the newest, and highest quality methods of production. With a highly skilled team of trained individuals we have no doubt that we can offer your business alternatives, which will save you work, time, and money. We use advanced 3D Printing Technology to produce Rapid Prototypes and highly detailed Concept Models directly from CAD Drawings. We can bring your CAD designs to life by creating real parts you can use and models that you can hold in your hand. Our commitment to you is to deliver in DAYS. Don’t let prototype production hold up your design cycle. Objex Unlimited is an Authorized Distributor of Artec 3D Scanners and 3D Systems Professional 3D Printers.

 

Contact Information

Phone: 416-233-7165

Email: sales@objexunlimited.com

Monday-Friday 10am-6pm EST