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Multi-material 3-d Printer

Wednesday, January 02, 2008
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Multi-material 3-d Printer

Multi-Material 3-D Printer
Connex500 offers the ability to produce parts and assemblies with 21 new Digital Materials

Connex500 offers the ability to print parts and assemblies made of multiple model materials, all in a single build.
Objet Geometries, a company specializing in jetting ultra-thin photopolymer layers, has announced the new Connex500. Based on Objet’s PolyJet Matrix technology, the Connex500 opens a new chapter in rapid prototyping and rapid manufacturing. Connex500 offers the ability to print parts and assemblies made of multiple model materials, all in a single build. Pushing the revolution even further ahead, the Connex500 also fabricates Digital Materials on the fly, enabling users to create composite materials that have preset combinations of mechanical properties. Additional Connex500 features include:

  • The ability to produce parts and assemblies with 21 new Digital Materials, as well as the seven original FullCure model materials.
  • The ability to print parts with specific Shore A values, a scale used to indicate material hardness in soft, flexible materials.
  • The opportunity to emulate the look, feel and function of final products more closely than previously possible.
  • The capability of producing product prototypes that use over-molding in the manufacturing process.
  • The ability to fabricate translucent models that can aid in medical applications by showing nerves, tumors and other areas of interest.
  • 600 x 600 dpi printing resolution in both the X and Y axes, 1,600 dpi on the Z axis.
  • Thin walls that can be printed down to 0.6 mm.
  • A maximum tolerance of 0.3 mm over large models.
  • 3 printing modes: The DM mode that operates at 12 mm per hour in 30-micron layers and is used for Digital Materials and multiple model material printing. The HQ mode which builds parts at 12 mm per hour in 16-micron (0.0006”) layers. The HS mode which runs at 20 mm per hour in 30-micron (0.001”) layers.
  • A 500 x 400 x 200 mm (19.7” x 15.7” x 7.9”) build volume.
  • Objet Studio Software that was especially designed to assign multiple materials to STL files and create files that include different material types, assemblies and model characteristics.
For more information click here to visit www.2objet.com

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