ROCK HILL, S.C., May 21, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- 3D Systems (NYSE:
DDD) today announces two customers – Rodin Cars and Stewart-Haas
Racing – that are using the company's plastic and metal 3D printing
solutions to dramatically improve speed and performance in their
cars. With the help of 3D Systems, Rodin Cars and Stewart-Haas
Racing, two industry leaders, can rapidly create durable parts --
including design and prototyping with faster iteration, and
production. This approach enables quicker time to
implementation, and lower total cost of operation. The integration
of 3D Systems' additive manufacturing solutions into these
automotive production workflows is one more example of how the
company is expanding applications, use case by use case.
Accelerating Automotive Design and Production
Rodin
Cars (North Canterbury, New
Zealand) uses 3D Systems' direct metal printing (DMP),
selective laser sintering (SLS) and stereolithography (SLA)
technologies to design, develop and build the world's very best,
maximum-performance open-wheel cars for racetracks.
"The extreme conditions of track racing leave no room for
error," said David Dicker, founder, Rodin Cars. "Many
components that we manufacture in-house have geometrical
complexities that only 3D printing can provide. What we're able to
accomplish through the breadth of solutions offered by 3D Systems'
printers is second to none, providing build-speed and design
advantages that are hard to match."
The high performance track-car manufacturer uses the sPro 230
for SLS production parts, the ProX® 800 for SLA
tooling for carbon fiber forms with 3D Systems' Accura®
Bluestone material, and the ProX DMP 320 with 3DXpert™
for titanium production parts of exhaust collectors and mufflers,
uprights and hubs, as well as a wide range of component mount
brackets. As a result, Rodin Cars is able to quickly manufacture
full-size prototypes as well as production components without the
need for tooling. It is also able to advance complex design
concepts, and produce lighter weight metal parts not manufacturable
in any other way.
Stewart-Haas Racing (Kannapolis, North Carolina) uses powerful 3D
scanning with 3D Systems' Geomagic Wrap® reverse
engineering software and the ProX 800 printer to produce
aerodynamic components for race car component development and wind
tunnel testing. For a NASCAR team, perfecting automotive components
designed to increase speed and performance is a vital ingredient
for success. Geomagic Wrap is used to collect scan data from the
car components, process it, and create .stl files for shape
deviation comparison. 3D Systems' 3D Sprint®
software is used to prepare and optimize the CAD data and manage
the additive manufacturing process on the ProX 800. Using 3D
Systems' Accura 25 material, Stewart-Haas Racing's engineers are
able to rapidly print large parts with a smooth surface finish and
precise dimensional accuracy.
"Everything we do is related to putting more speed into our
cars," said Reneau Van Landingham,
aerodynamic design group manager, Stewart-Haas Racing. "Our
most valuable asset is time. The faster we can develop
concepts that improve the performance of our cars on the track, the
better. The ProX 800 plays a big role in this effort because it
enables us to produce parts efficiently and accurately during this
development process."
3D Systems' extensive, integrated portfolio of additive
manufacturing solutions – including materials, software, hardware
and services - is enabling the transformation of digital
manufacturing processes, and thus businesses. Through collaboration
with its customers, 3D Systems continues to innovate, developing
new materials and technologies to meet its customers' unique
business needs.
"3D Systems' customer-specific, application driven
approach is advancing the adoption of digital manufacturing,"
said Vyomesh Joshi, president and
CEO, 3D Systems. "Our innovative materials and broad portfolio of
hardware and software allows manufacturers to seamlessly integrate
3D printing into their production workflows. Our world-class
experience and expertise, in collaboration with our
industry-leading automotive customers, results in solutions that
help them design and produce parts quickly, significantly reduce
the product development cycle, drive down cost, and stay ahead of
the competition."
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About 3D Systems
More than 30 years ago, 3D Systems
brought the innovation of 3D printing to the manufacturing
industry. Today, as the leading additive manufacturing solutions
company, it empowers manufacturers to create products and business
models never before possible through transformed workflows. This is
achieved with the Company's best-of-breed digital manufacturing
ecosystem - comprised of plastic and metal 3D printers, print
materials, on demand manufacturing services and a portfolio of
end-to-end manufacturing software. Each solution is powered by the
expertise of the company's application engineers who collaborate
with customers to transform manufacturing environments. 3D Systems'
solutions address a variety of advanced applications for
prototyping through production in markets such as aerospace,
automotive, medical, dental and consumer goods. More information on
the company is available at www.3dsystems.com.
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