- Collaboration aims to enable
appropriate mechanical properties and faithful part functionality
to deliver ‘print right, first time’ capability - supporting
improved cost and time efficiencies for customers
- Customers also set to benefit from
increased material understanding and greater dimensional accuracy
of 3D printed parts
Stratasys Ltd. (Nasdaq: SSYS), a global leader in applied
additive technology solutions, today announced at formnext 2017,
that it is collaborating with e-Xstream engineering, a world leader
in multi-scale modeling of composite materials and structures, to
deliver high performance process modeling and structural analysis
numerical tools for Stratasys additive manufacturing solutions.
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The combination of Stratasys additive manufacturing solutions
with e-Xstream’s accurate, effective numerical tools is designed to
offer customers high-performance design and validation
capabilities. These include increased material understanding and
greater dimensional accuracy of 3D printed parts to optimize output
results and expand the aperture of applications. By doing so, our
aim to increase the adoption of Stratasys 3D printing technology in
key manufacturing sectors, including aerospace and automotive, is
further facilitated.
“Stratasys recognizes the importance of simulation and modeling
as a way for customers to optimize part production by designing
with additive in mind, while ensuring that the material and process
will deliver ‘print right the first time’ assurance,” said Scott
Sevcik, VP Manufacturing Solutions at Stratasys.
Central to the collaboration is the objective to develop
predictive simulation solutions for Stratasys’ Fused Deposition
Modeling (FDM) technology to enable the production of tighter
tolerance, higher performance parts. This is aimed at being
achieved in conjunction with e-Xstream engineering’s standalone
material modeling platform, Digimat, which offers a self-contained
module to enable a flexible interface that is accessible for basic
to advanced level designers, as well as other users across multiple
manufacturing based workflows.
Core functions of the collaboration comprise:
- Process simulation applied to
the design-to-3D-print workflow to achieve the high accuracy and
repeatability required by manufacturing users. Advanced numerical
tools are needed to predict and mitigate part warpage as well as
realize the impact of design decisions on the manufacturing process
before the part is produced.
- Material engineering to create a
framework and methodology for characterization by understanding the
key parameters driving the material’s behavior. This framework will
support the accelerated development and optimization of future
material system solutions.
- Part performance predictions
that are applied daily to complete the engineering workflow for
traditional manufacturing processes, providing the product designer
with an accurate early design. The extension of Digimat’s
structural analysis solution for FDM will predict part performance
(stiffness, strength, etc.) as a function of the material and the
printing process parameters, such as printing direction or
toolpath.
“For engineers to unlock the design freedom that additive
manufacturing offers, they need tools for accurate and effective
analysis. We are happy to be collaborating with simulation leaders,
such as e-Xstream, whose customized tools are a key contributor to
enabling additive manufacturing to become a high-performance
production technology,” continued Sevcik.
Further to the collaboration, the next release of e-Xstream’s
material modeling platform, Digimat, will deliver the first
material models of ULTEM™ 9085 resin, a strong, lightweight
thermoplastic meeting aerospace requirements, with a complete
process package for the Stratasys Fortus 900mc Production 3D
Printer. Customers are provided the numerical tools necessary to
perform both process simulation and structural analysis by feeding
critical process information from Stratasys’ pre-processing
software, Insight, to Digimat’s AM module*.
“We are very excited about this collaboration, which we believe
will enable Stratasys customers to benefit from e-Xstream’s polymer
multi-scale modeling expertise to improve the way they design for
manufacturing,” said Roger Assaker, CEO of e-Xstream engineering,
Chief Material Strategist of MSC Software.
“The ability to foresee the influence of designs on part
printing and performance should enable users to save time and
reduce costs by improving overall accuracy, reliability and
workflow efficiencies,” he concluded.
*Digimat 2018.0 will be available for download at the end of
November 2017.
formnext 2017 attendees can learn more about Stratasys’
collaboration with e-Xstream engineering by visiting Stratasys’
stand (Hall 3.1, #F40), where experts will be available to explain
the benefits to users in more detail.
About Stratasys
Stratasys (NASDAQ: SSYS) is a global leader in applied additive
technology solutions for industries including Aerospace,
Automotive, Healthcare, Consumer Products and Education. For nearly
30 years, a deep and ongoing focus on customers’ business
requirements has fueled purposeful innovations—1,200 granted and
pending additive technology patents to date—that create new value
across product lifecycle processes, from design prototypes to
manufacturing tools and final production parts. The Stratasys 3D
printing ecosystem of solutions and expertise—advanced materials;
software with voxel level control; precise, repeatable and reliable
FDM and PolyJet 3D printers; application-based expert services;
on-demand parts and industry-defining partnerships—works to ensure
seamless integration into each customer’s evolving workflow.
Fulfilling the real-world potential of additive, Stratasys delivers
breakthrough industry-specific applications that accelerate
business processes, optimize value chains and drive business
performance improvements for thousands of future-ready leaders
around the world.
Corporate Headquarters: Minneapolis, Minnesota and Rehovot,
Israel.
Online at: www.stratasys.com, http://blog.stratasys.com and
LinkedIn.
About e-Xstream engineering
Founded in 2003, e-Xstream engineering is a software and
engineering services company 100% focused on the multi-scale
modeling of composite materials and structures. The company helps
customers, material suppliers, and material users across many
industries reduce the cost and time needed to engineer innovative
materials and products using Digimat, the nonlinear multi-scale
material and structure-modeling platform. Since September 2012,
e-Xstream engineering is a wholly owned subsidiary of MSC
Software.
About MSC Software
MSC Software is one of the ten original software companies and a
global leader in helping product manufacturers to advance their
engineering methods with simulation software and services. As a
trusted partner, MSC Software helps companies improve quality, save
time, and reduce costs associated with design and test of
manufactured products. Academic institutions, researchers, and
students employ MSC’s technology to expand individual knowledge as
well as expand the horizon of simulation. MSC Software employs
1,300 professionals in 20 countries. For additional information
about MSC Software’s products and services, please visit:
www.mscsoftware.com
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