Latest Additive Manufacturing innovations Stratasys enhances Additive Manufacturing with customer-driven upgrades

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By incorporating customer feedback into new upgrades and enhancements to its Additive Manufacturing ecosystem, Stratasys wants to help users better meet their AM needs. This includes updates to several Industrial and Healthcare Business Unit products and Stratasys Direct.

According to Rich Garrity, Stratasys' Chief Industrial Business Officer, additive manufacturing is on the cusp of a new era where it will work side-by-side with traditional manufacturing methods. Stratasys is actively shaping this trend with new products and updates. For instance, users can now profit from a new open platform for the F900 3D printer, more on-demand 3D printing capabilities and a new high-performance material for its Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) line. These new products and updates address customer feedback and are designed to unlock more opportunities and functionality for additive manufacturing capabilities. It is anticipated these enhancements will accelerate the speed of bringing products to market.

Stratasys Open AM is a software application that enables the user to modify machine controls to achieve results beyond standard print settings. Already available for the Fortus 450 mc printer, Stratasys is now making its Open AM software available for the F900 printer. This will allow for expanded functionality and capabilities and will unlock new materials for F900 users.

A new material offering that opens the application potential for demanding industries like aerospace and medical, where material properties are critical components of a 3D-printed solutions. This new high-performance, high-strength, validated material, Victrex AM 200, will be available for the Fortus 450mc and the F900. Victrex AM 200 is a PEEK-based polymer that is temperature, corrosion, and chemical resistant, with excellent mechanical properties which can be utilized with soluble and breakaway support material.

Carbon Fiber Visual Print Option is a new 5-slice (0.005”) layer height across the F-123 Series line of printers that is coming later this month for FDM ABS-CF10. It produces a smoother surface finish, to provide the perfect finish when a part’s visual appearance is important to the application. It is built for applications that demand the durability of a carbon-filled polymer, but also requires a visually appealing result without additional post-processing.

The F770 printer can now print in multiple colors, in addition to its original single ivory colour. Six new ASA colors, including red, white, light gray, black, blue, and yellow, will allow for more application versatility with FDM ASA and ABS-M30 tried-and-true engineering plastics. The new colours enable printing without painting or other post-production marking, allowing parts to be available much faster, increasing productivity.

Somos Next is now a validated material for Stratasys Neo stereolithography 3D printers. Somos Next is a resin with superior strength and can be used in automotive and consumer products, along with other applications, including prototyping, to produce durable, accurate and detailed parts.

Stratasys has introduced Parts on Demand by Grab CAD, a new integration that synchronizes the company’s software platform with Stratasys Direct. This addition allows Grab CAD Print customers to access Stratasys Direct’s fleet of 3D printers, allowing for larger and more intricate designs, a selection of more than 50 engineered materials, and the assurance of stringent quality inspections.

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