RP / DDM

AZPrinter 450 3D printer quickly make relatively inexpensive prototypes.

The Alaris30 desktop 3D printer provides high-quality, finely detailed printed models in a compact office-friendly system.

Engineer Blair Gotell designed what he calls the Stack-a-Buoy for fisherman. Intended for use with lobster lines, the buoys are easy to store and transport because they can be stacked even while attached to a rope.

A software module called TetraShell from DSM Somos lets users build structurally stronger parts with skin thicknesses that can vary.

A company that develops products for people with disabilities extensively prototypes the products with a Dimension 3D printer.

Newer technologies allow the fabrication of custom implants directly from CAD data.

A service bureau provides custom rubber prototypes.

A new desktop milling machine targets designers.

SR-30 soluble support saterial for Fortus systems.

Rapid prototyping helped MetroCast Corp. make aesthetically pleasing precast “polymer-concrete” building panels for an outdoor pavilion.

A gun aficionado uses ZoomRP.com, a 3D printing or rapid prototyping program, to get SLS prototypes of an A 47 automatic rifle. 

Motor manufacturer Baldor Electric brought 3D printing in-house via a Dimension 3D Printer.

Our company uses the ZPrinter 650 3D printer, which lets us cut the time to get a physical model of a shoe component to only a few hours.

The RedEye Link in AutoCAD 2009 Lets Designers Get Thermoplastic Prototypes