Applications include
- customized manufacturing tools, prototype elevator parts and customer education devices
French company now checking opportunities to 3D print spare parts to expand its service offering
Mathilde Richy, Structural Calculation Manager, SODIMAS, testing her 3D printed fastener produced on a Stratasys Fortus 450mc 3D Printer (Photo: SODIMAS)
September 08, 2016 04:20 PM Eastern Daylight Time
MINNEAPOLIS & REHOVOT, Israel–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Stratasys Ltd. (Nasdaq:SSYS), the 3D printing and additive manufacturing solutions company, today announced that French-based elevator designer and manufacturer, SODIMAS, is reducing turnaround times of its prototype parts by 98% since integrating Stratasys 3D printing solutions in its production line.
“We will continue to leave the standardized, long-run production to our competitors”
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According to Stéphane Réau, deputy technical director at SODIMAS, 3D printing is integral to the company’s design chain as it allows the team to perfect parts early when iterations are required quickly and cost-effectively. This crucially enables SODIMAS to accelerate its time-to-market and strengthen its competitive edge.“With Stratasys’ FDM-based 3D printing solutions, our CAD engineers can send designs directly to the Fortus Production 3D Printer and have the printed parts in their hands in just a few hours for testing,” Réau explains. “To put that efficiency into context, using traditional means, we would previously have been looking at around a 15-day lead time before having the part ready to validate for design and fit – so we’ve basically slashed this from two weeks to two or three hours.”
Testing 3D Printed Functional Prototypes Before Manufacturing in Aluminum
After several years of utilizing its Dimension 1200es 3D Printer for the manufacture of small prototype parts, the company saw an opportunity to expand its 3D printing prowess with the installation of Stratasys Fortus 450mc 3D Printer. This has increased the company’s prototyping capacity thanks to the large build tray and extensive range of advanced thermoplastic materials, including the high-strength ULTEM 9085 3D printing material. (…)
