Join us for a FREE 3D Rapid Prototyping Demonstration!
 

DATE:
February 16, 2012
TIME:
9:30 AM
Registration/Continental
Breakfast
10:00 - 11:30 AM
Presentation &
Demonstration
LOCATION:
R&D Technologies, Inc.
35 Belver Avenue
North Kingstown, RI

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The future of prototype development is right here. In order to grow and thrive as an organization, it is imperative to
understand and utilize the cutting edge technology all around you. R&D Technologies has taken 3D PRINTING/RAPID PROTOTYPING to a whole new level. We will be discussing the importance of having this tool available to you and why it is such an important piece of the design, research and product development cycle. The ability to bring concept to beta faster, more efficiently and with less expense should be a key priority to any successful organization focused on making a better product.

Our goal is to help you understand the benefits of bringing Objet 3D Printing into your organization. We look forward to showing you how our technology can help your company grow.
 


















 

Inside Microsoft's 3D Printing Model Shop!
 

Microsoft's user experience designer, Karsten Aagaard shows Joshua Topolsky around Microsoft's very cool product prototyping lab. In this video you can see a total of 3 Objet 3D printers (2 Objet Eden's and a brand new Objet Connex500) that are being used to rapidly prototype the next generation of Microsoft products!

Karsten really knows his stuff as he expounds on the unique benefits of 3D printing and the Objet Connex. He explains how a bicycle chain can be produced in a single shot with no assembly and how to achieve a wide range of flexible/rigid model combinations including overmolding for a PC mouse prototype. Also very nice, the 3D printed transparent touch-screen for the Windows phone.

How Far Have 3D Printers Come in the Last 12 Years?
 

As Objet is celebrating its 13th birthday this month I thought it would be a good time to show this great photo, kindly provided by Eduardo Napadensky. (Can you believe it was so old that I actually had to scan it?)

On the left is what our 3D printers looked like at the very beginning. This was the Objet Quadra Tempo back in the early days of 2000, with Eduardo in yellow and Avi Cohen in the white lab coat.

And in the photo below is where we are today, a mere 12 years later. Avi (now Head of Objet Medical and Dental Solutions) and Eduardo (now Chief Technology Officer) stand next to Objet's newest multi-material 3D printer � the Objet260 Connex, released in July.

The original Quadra Tempo was a game changer in its time. Delivering 20 micron print layers, the machine featured 1536 jet nozzles in 4 print heads, based in a single block and the machine printed one material, known in its time as M510.

In comparison, today's Objet260 Connex delivers double the print quality, from just half the number of print nozzles, at a significantly higher run speed � and in a machine with half the footprint.

In place of just one material it features a choice of 68 different materials with ranging properties from opaque to transparent, rigid to flexible, and standard to engineering plastics. It can also combine up to 14 different material properties and color shades within a single model prototype (!)

Here's to many more incredible developments in 3D printing and rapid prototyping from Objet in the years ahead�

Can you Read the Tiny Writing on these 3D Printed Steering Wheels?
 

This week's video blog highlights the unique power of multi-material inkjet-based 3D printing. These racing car steering wheels feature rubber-like over-molded hand grips and some really tiny 3D printed writing that remains true and concise even when reduced to miniscule proportions!

Also a nice surprise here - a very transparent 3D printed magnifying glass - printed in Objet VeroClear material.

These 3D printed steering wheels are courtesy of Gary Miller at the IPF Service Bureau.

By the way, the nice over-molding effect is just one of the mind-bending applications that can be achieved using the Objet Connex 3D printer. For more, check out the series of application notes here.