Ability to respond to customer demands within
24-hours streamlines supply chain efficiency, optimizing production
time and accelerating time-to-market
Additive technologies offer improved accuracy,
performance and weight-saving, compared to traditional clay
counterparts
Stratasys Ltd. (Nasdaq:SSYS), a global leader in applied
additive technology solutions, today announced that specialist
automotive service bureau, Skorpion Engineering, is producing
complex automotive prototypes 50% faster than would be achievable
through traditional methods.
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Utiziling its Stratasys 3D Printers,
Skorpion Engineering can provide customers with high-endurance
prototypes 50% faster compared to traditional methods while
offering improved part performance. (Photo: Business Wire)
With offices in Milan and Turin, Italy, the company deploys its
arsenal of six Stratasys 3D printers to fulfil a vast gamut of both
exterior and interior automotive prototypes – from door handles to
full-size seat frames. More specifically, using its FDM 3D
printers, Skorpion Engineering can respond to customer requests
within 24-hours while its PolyJet 3D printers are driving greater
part complexity and precision compared to traditional
prototypes.
High-Performance Automotive Components Produced 50%
Faster
According to Italo Moriggi, General Manager, Skorpion
Engineering, the company witnessed a surge in business as customer
requirements shifted from rudimentary clay models to
high-performance prototypes, with shorter deadlines.
This is exemplified by a recent project which saw the company
produce a full-sized car bumper. Utilizing the large build tray of
its Fortus 900mc Production 3D Printer, Skorpion Engineering
produced the part 50% faster compared to the time it would have
taken to make the bumper from clay. Moriggi explains: “In the
context of the end-to-end manufacturing workflow, the level of
time-saving enjoyed with 3D printing isn’t merely improvement or
progression – it’s transformational. In fact, with 3D printing we
can send prototypes to our customers the very next day.”
According to Moriggi, beyond the incredible time-savings, the
ability to replace heavy clay prototypes with lightweight yet
robust FDM materials, is integral to providing customers with
improved part aerodynamics while offering the same mechanical
characteristics as the final component.
“Crucially, this ability to produce fully-functional parts with
improved performance allows our customers to undergo aesthetic and
functionality verification significantly faster. This directly
enhances their overall production cycle and helps accelerate their
time-to-market,” he adds.
Customized, Precise Prototypes
When it comes to customized, precise prototypes, the company
calls upon its haul of PolyJet 3D printers. A recent project saw
the company deploy its Objet350 Connex3 3D Printer to
simultaneously combine varying textures of rigid and soft material
to produce a highly-accurate vehicle dashboard in one print.
“The ability to combine contrasting material characteristics
permits us to optimize parts and indicate how our customers can
save both time and capital by overcoming engineering challenges
early in the design phase. In terms of the dashboard, we could
deliver this to our customer 50% faster compared to traditional
methods,” explains Moriggi.
“As we continue to push the prototyping capabilities of our 3D
printers, we are discovering the wider manufacturing potential they
possess,” he adds. “In fact, our goal is to utilize additive
manufacturing to realize the production of a fully-functional
concept car within the next five years.”
Zehavit Reisin, Vice President, Materials Business Unit,
Stratasys concludes, “Skorpion Engineering is the perfect example
of how a number of future-ready companies are not merely exploring
the use of our complete 3D printing solutions to solve traditional
prototyping challenges but are discovering the unparalleled
capabilities for the manufacture of final parts. This demonstrates
how Stratasys applies purposeful innovation to customers’ goals and
aspirations.”
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.
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