Latest Rapid prototyping Stories

A team of engineers and artists working at the University of Washington's Solheim Rapid Manufacturing Laboratory has developed a way to create glass objects using a conventional 3-D printer. The technique allows a new type of material to be used in such devices.The team's method, which it named the Vitraglyphic process, is a follow-up to the Solheim Lab's success last spring printing with ceramics."It became clear that if we could get a material into powder form at about 20 microns we...

REHOVOT, Israel, Sept. 2, /PRNewswire/ -- Objet Geometries, the innovation leader in 3D printing, today announced a 3D printer trade-in program to help users of rapid prototyping technology upgrade to Objet's newest and most advanced systems. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080514/305187 ) Participants in the program will receive a credit of up to US$80,000 or euro 60,000 toward the purchase of a state-of-the-art Objet system, including the Connex350(TM) or Connex500(TM), the...

SAN FRANCISCO and CALABASAS, Calif., Aug. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Raising the bar for fast, cost-effective and high-quality 3D game animation, Mixamo Inc. and Emergent Game Technologies announced today that users of Gamebryo((R) )LightSpeed(TM) will now have a seamless integration of character animations when using Mixamo's online service within their game development pipelines. LightSpeed developers who purchase Mixamo's new animation services have access to a brand new technique for...

REHOVOT, Israel, July 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Objet Geometries Ltd., the innovation leader in 3D printing, today announced a new add-in forSolidWorks((R)) 2009 computer-aided design (CAD) software, CADMatrix(TM). (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080514/305187 )Available free of charge at the Objet Web site, the new CADMatrix(TM) add-in enables designers and engineers to seamlessly assign Objet model materials to multi-part, multi-material designs within SolidWorks, thus allowing for...

Ultra Tech Machinery to Build EWI's First Very High Power Ultrasonic Additive Manufacturing Machine COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- EWI has announced that it has signed an agreement with Ultra Tech Machinery to build the first very high power ultrasonic additive manufacturing machine. The contract, valued at $1.1 million, was signed today as part of the Wright Program granted to EWI by the State of Ohio. "Ultra Tech Machinery is a unique and innovative machine tool...

Producing multiple prototypes overnight with the push of a button has eliminated expensive overseas trips and production tooling costs BURLINGTON, Mass., June 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Speed matters if you're charging to the basketball hoop, sprinting for the tape or skating with style. Speed also matters if you're making the footwear for these purposes, which is why Converse uses 3D printing technology from Z Corporation to pump out bold new sneaker prototypes every night. Overnight...

REHOVOT, Israel, June 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Objet Geometries (http://www.objet.com/), the innovation leader in 3D printing, today launched the Connex350(TM), the company's second rapid prototyping system that allows product developers and manufacturers to simultaneously print multiple materials with different mechanical and physical properties. Modeled after Objet's groundbreaking Connex500(TM), the only other 3D printer in the world with this capability, the Connex350(TM) will debut on...

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., April 9 /PRNewswire/ -- EoPlex Technologies CEO, Arthur L. Chait was a guest presenter at the Annual Conference on MicroManufacturing for the Society of Manufacturing Engineers. Chait delivered his presentation on new manufacturing techniques last week in Minneapolis. Chait's presentation focused on a new way to close the manufacturing gap that has developed as sub-micron technologies have advanced, leaving gaps behind the "larger" micron and millimeter level. He...

REHOVOT, Israel, March 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Objet Geometries Ltd., the innovation leader in 3D printing, today announced that printing technologies pioneer David Reis has been named President and CEO, effective immediately. He assumes the role from Adina Shorr, who steps down after six successful years at the company. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080514/305187 ) Mr. Reis, who has served on the Objet board since 2001 and is currently Objet's Active Vice Chairman,...

REHOVOT, Israel, February 5 /PRNewswire/ -- In Coraline, the extraordinary new animated feature film, a young girl unlocks a mysterious door and enters into an exciting alternate reality. Truth be told, her magical journey began long before she opened that door - when the film's creative team broke new ground in animation by applying 3-D printing technology from Objet Geometries Ltd to create many of the magical stop-motion animations of Coraline's characters and sets. (Logo:...