New MakerBot Solutions Address the Wider Needs
of Professionals and Educators; Include New MakerBot Replicator+,
MakerBot Replicator Mini+, MakerBot Print, MakerBot Slate Gray
Tough PLA Filament Bundle, Thingiverse Education, and More
MakerBot, a global leader in the desktop 3D printing industry,
today announced new 3D printing solutions that address the wider
needs of professionals and educators. MakerBot believes its new
solutions offer engineers and designers a faster and more effective
way to develop ideas and offer educators a better way to integrate
3D printing in the classroom to teach creativity and problem
solving.
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MakerBot for Professionals offers
engineers and designers a faster and more effective way to develop
ideas. (Photo: Business Wire)
The new MakerBot Print and Mobile applications are designed to
allow professionals to easily integrate MakerBot into their
workflow and help educators introduce their students to 3D
printing. These applications help streamline the print preparation
process, save time, and produce higher quality prints. The new
MakerBot Replicator+ and Replicator Mini+ have been re-engineered
and tested to provide improved performance—that means faster,
easier, and more reliable printing with a bigger build volume. With
the new MakerBot Slate Gray Tough PLA Filament Bundle, engineers
can create more durable, high-impact strength prototypes and
fixtures. For educators, MakerBot is also launching Thingiverse
Education to discover 3D printing classroom content created by
other educators. To see MakerBot’s new solutions for professionals
and educators in action, please visit makerbot.com. A full press
kit is available here.
“We have gone through a cultural shift here at MakerBot over the
past year, where listening and understanding the needs of our
customers are cornerstones of our company. As a result, we’ve
gained an in-depth understanding of the wider needs of
professionals and educators that has informed our product
development process,” said Jonathan Jaglom, CEO of MakerBot. “Our
new solutions for professionals and educators are based on feedback
addressing how we could accelerate and streamline the iterative
design process and make teaching with a desktop 3D printer easier
and more effective.”
MakerBot Print & Mobile
Integrating desktop 3D printing into your design workflow can be
challenging and time consuming. That’s why MakerBot has developed
connected 3D printing solutions that make the process easier. A new
version of MakerBot Mobile includes a Guided Setup feature that
walks the user through the entire 3D printer setup process step by
step. Once you’re up and running, the new MakerBot Print software
helps streamline the 3D printing experience for any workflow.
Native CAD Support1, for example, allows users to easily import
common CAD files2 and assemblies. This new feature eliminates the
need for STL files and can result in significant time savings by
reducing the number of files the user needs to manage and mundane
steps for each iteration. Users can now even organize 3D files and
multiple build plates into projects and easily email project files
as attachments to collaborate with others. Storing information as
complete project files instead of stand-alone model files allows
users to save the print settings and build plate layout of one or
more designs as one file.
MakerBot Print also enhances the print preparation process,
saving time and helping users achieve high quality prints. The new
Auto Arrange feature automatically positions objects across
multiple build plates to print them simultaneously or sequentially.
With Dynamic Print Settings3, users can change settings like
resolution or thickness for each individual model on the build
plate, saving time by printing models with varying print settings
simultaneously. A new Print Preview option lets users review the
Smart Extruder+’s path to make adjustments before printing a model.
Users can either review each individual layer or play an animated
video preview to see support material placement and validate that
small features are printable.
MakerBot Print and the new MakerBot Mobile app support different
office or classroom setups by building upon MakerBot’s remote
monitoring and printing capabilities. Individual users and small to
large organizations now have the flexibility to control and monitor
multiple 3D printers throughout an office or school, in different
buildings, or even different parts of the world through live camera
feeds and print status updates. MakerBot Print and an updated
version of MakerBot Mobile are available now.
MakerBot Replicator+ and Replicator Mini+
The new MakerBot Replicator+ and Replicator Mini+ have been
re-engineered and tested to provide improved performance—that means
faster, easier, and more reliable printing with a bigger build
volume. Both printers feature an improved gantry and Z-stage
through stiffer materials and sturdier construction for consistent
and predictable printing. MakerBot’s new 3D printers went through
extensive printer and subsystem testing of 380,000+ hours4 across
multiple facilities over the course of development to help ensure
reliable, high quality performance. During this process, MakerBot
worked closely with Stratasys to implement new, consistent
procedures for enhanced print quality, product lifetime testing,
and for validating test results.
The new MakerBot Replicator+ and Replicator Mini+ are both
faster and quieter than their predecessors and feature larger build
volumes for printing bigger models or more prints at one time. The
MakerBot Replicator+ is approximately 30 percent faster, has a 25
percent larger build volume, and is 27 percent quieter than the
MakerBot Replicator 5th Generation Desktop 3D Printer. The MakerBot
Replicator Mini+ is approximately 10 percent faster5, has a 28
percent larger build volume, and is 58 percent quieter than the
MakerBot Replicator Mini Compact 3D Printer. The MakerBot
Replicator+ and Replicator Mini+ both come with the swappable
MakerBot Smart Extruder+, which is designed and tested to provide
improved performance over a longer period of time.
When it comes to 3D printing, designers and engineers put a high
priority on predictability and how accurately a print resembles its
digital model. In that regard, the new MakerBot Replicator+ and
MakerBot Replicator Mini+ improve several aspects of print quality,
including print precision, surface appearance, and reduced warping
and curling. These print quality improvements are enabled by the
re-engineered hardware, including the gantry, Z-Stage, build plate,
and extruder carriage (Replicator+ only), in combination with
fine-tuned firmware and a new slicing engine. The MakerBot
Replicator+ also features a flexible build plate, making it easy to
remove larger prints by simply bending the plate. The new Grip
Build Surface included on both new printers ensures that prints
adhere better without the use of blue tape, resulting in improved
reliability and reduced warping and curling. Redesigned rafts and
supports break away more easily for a cleaner print surface of
printed parts.
The industrial design team at Canary, the fastest growing home
security startup, has been using MakerBot 3D Printers for a while
and recently had a chance to test MakerBot’s new solutions for
professionals. "Using a MakerBot Desktop 3D Printer helped us
accelerate the development of the new Canary Flex by allowing us to
prototype quickly and go through multiple iterations of the design”
said James Krause, Director of Industrial Design at Canary. “We
were enthusiastic to test the new MakerBot Replicator+ and right
away we noticed the faster workflow, as well as huge improvements
to print quality and speed."
The MakerBot Replicator+ has an MSRP of $2499 and the MakerBot
Replicator Mini+ has a MSRP of $1299 and both are available now.
MakerBot is offering the MakerBot Replicator+ at an introductory
price of $1999 and the MakerBot Replicator Mini+ at $999 until
October 31, 2016.
Slate Gray Tough PLA Filament Bundle
MakerBot is also launching a new Slate Gray Tough PLA Filament
Bundle that is designed to allow professionals to create durable,
high-impact strength prototypes and fixtures that save time and
money in testing. The new bundle consists of three spools of
MakerBot Tough PLA Filament in slate gray bundled with the MakerBot
Tough PLA Smart Extruder+. MakerBot Tough PLA combines the best
characteristics of PLA and ABS filament: It is as tough as ABS with
similar tensile, compressive, and flexural strength and it prints
as easily and reliably as PLA. It's also designed to flex more
before breaking, similar to ABS. These qualities make it especially
suitable for functional prototypes and prototyping jigs and
fixtures with threaded and snap fits. MakerBot Tough PLA has been
tested and optimized to print reliably and easily with the Tough
PLA Smart Extruder+. The Slate Gray Tough PLA Filament Bundle has a
MSRP of $379 and is available now.
"The new MakerBot Tough PLA is a workhorse for functional
printing. We mainly use it for prototyping parts and jigs for
product cycle testing,” said Mack Mor, Senior Product Engineer at
OXO, who’s been testing MakerBot Tough PLA over the past months.
“The flexibility is key for parts that don't break, even with thin
features that would normally be troublesome. The interlayer
adhesion is strong, but the raft is still super easy to remove. The
material also slides well so it is good for snap fits."
To help engineers and designers take their prototypes to the
next level, MakerBot is also releasing step-by-step guides that
explain techniques such as gluing, sanding, painting, vacuum
forming, brass inserts and silicon molding.
Thingiverse Education Thingiverse Education is a new
platform that allows educators to connect with each other to learn
3D printing best practices and exchange knowledge, already offering
over 100 lesson plans created by other educators and vetted by
MakerBot’s education and curriculum experts. Educators can filter
lesson plans by subject or grade, and, in the spirit of
Thingiverse, remix them to match specific learning goals. “We
believe that Implementing 3D printing in the classroom can only be
successful if the technology complements a teacher's goals for
their students,” said Drew Lentz, MakerBot Learning Manager. “With
a new section of Thingiverse dedicated to educational content,
teachers can engage in a rich community of educators to find lesson
plans, resources, and to find more ways to use 3D Printing in the
classroom than ever before.” Thingiverse Education will be
available in the coming days.
To learn more about MakerBot’s solutions for professionals and
educators, please visit makerbot.com.
About MakerBot
MakerBot, a subsidiary of Stratasys Ltd. (Nasdaq: SSYS), is a
global leader in the 3D printing industry. MakerBot’s mission is to
advance tomorrow's innovators and institutions by empowering the
professionals, educators, and students of today. Rather than solely
focus on hardware, MakerBot offers connected solutions that address
the wider needs of professionals and educators. MakerBot's
solutions provide a faster more effective way for engineers and
designers to test ideas and help educators to prepare students for
the jobs of tomorrow. Founded in 2009 in Brooklyn, NY, MakerBot
strives to redefine the standards for reliability and ease-of-use.
Through this dedication, MakerBot has one of the largest installed
bases in the industry and also runs Thingiverse, the largest 3D
printing community in the world. To learn more about MakerBot,
visit makerbot.com.
Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
The statements in this press release relating to Stratasys’
beliefs regarding the benefits customers will experience from
MakerBot Print, MakerBot Mobile, MakerBot Replicator+, MakerBot
Replicator Mini+, Slate Gray Tough PLA Filament Bundle, and
Thingiverse Education (New Products) are forward-looking statements
reflecting management's current expectations and beliefs. These
forward-looking statements are based on current information that
is, by its nature, subject to rapid and even abrupt change. Due to
risks and uncertainties associated with Stratasys' business, actual
results could differ materially from those projected or implied by
these forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties
include, but are not limited to: the risk that consumers will not
realize or otherwise achieve benefits from the new aforementioned
Products; the risk that technical or other difficulties will
preclude the potential benefits described in this release; and
other risk factors set forth under the caption “Risk Factors” in
Stratasys' most recent Annual Report on Form 20-F, filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on March 21, 2016.
Stratasys is under no obligation (and expressly disclaims any
obligation) to update or alter its forward-looking statements,
whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise,
except as otherwise required by the rules and regulations of the
SEC.
1 Windows only. Importing STL assemblies possible for Mac
users. 2 The following file formats are supported: MakerBot
(.makerbot), STL (.stl), SolidWorks (.sldprt, .sldasm), InventorOBJ
(.ipt, .iam), IGES (.iges, .igs), STEP AP203/214 (.step, .stp),
CATIA (.CATPart, .CATProduct), Wavefront Object (.obj),
Unigraphics/NX (.prt), Solid Edge (.par, .asm), ProE/Creo (.prt,
.prt., .asm, .asm.), VRML (.wrl), Parasolid (.x_t, .x_b) 3 The
Dynamic Print Settings feature is expected to become available in
the coming weeks. 4 This number includes testing of the MakerBot
Replicator+, MakerBot Replicator Mini+, Smart Extruder+, and other
subsystems. 5 This number is based on internal testing of a variety
of prints by MakerBot. Print speed improvements vary depending on
the geometry of the printed model.
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