Completely Scalable Production Platform

3D Systems offers its Figure 4 Modular, a digital light printing (DLP) production solution, as well as five new materials extending the company's production workflows.

The Figure 4 platform is a flexible production system with configurations designed to allow customers to grow as their needs and businesses require. It is capable of producing parts with high surface quality and fidelity. "The Figure 4 platform helps accelerate time-to-market with ultra-fast production (up to 100 mm/hr.) and six sigma accuracy and repeatability, enabling manufacturers to quickly iterate designs or produce end-use parts without regard to a minimum order quantity," said a company spokesperson. It is the industry's first truly scalable solution, and meets the needs of various production environments, from standalone units to automated factory solutions."

The Figure 4 platform includes three models:

• Figure 4 Standalone is an industrial-grade single engine solution for low-volume production and rapid same-day prototyping. Suitable for small design shops and OEMs, it is designed to provide durable, economical print volume at low cost.
• Figure 4 Modular is an upgradable and cost-effective direct 3D production solution that can include automated material handling and centralized post-processing. Manufacturers can scale Figure 4 Modular as their production needs expand-including up to 24 print engines. Powered by 3D Sprint software, each engine can run different materials and jobs simultaneously as part of a single, high-throughput line. "With a low cost of entry and automation options that include job management and queuing, material delivery and centralized post-processing, manufacturers can reduce demand on manufacturing resources and lower total cost of operation," said the spokesperson. It is 3D Connect-capable, allowing remote services via 3D Connect Service-automatically notifying 3D Systems' service team when an alert condition occurs.
• Figure 4 Production is a completely customizable and automated tool-less manufacturing solution that packages the design flexibility of additive manufacturing (AM) in configurable, in-line production modules. Automated material delivery and integrated post-processing reduce labor requirements, increasing productivity and lowering total cost of operation.

3D Systems also offers new DLP and SLS materials to continue the expansion of its plastic 3D printing solution portfolio, enabling new production workflows.

Figure 4 FLEX-BLK 10 is a flexible material for the production of durable propylene-like black parts. This material is suitable for functional assemblies and prototypes, master patterns for RTV/silicone molding, short-run production and concept and marketing models. Figure 4 FLEX-BLK 10 joins the portfolio of Figure 4 materials, which includes Figure 4 TOUGH-GRY 10, Figure 4 TOUGH-GRY 15, Figure 4 ELAST-BLK 10 and Figure 4 JCAST-GRN 10.

Additional Figure 4 materials include:

• Figure 4 TOUGH-BLK 20-an ABS-like black material with UV stability and enhanced accuracy for production applications.
• Figure 4 MED-AMB 10 and Figure 4 MED-WHT 10-a transparent amber and a white biocompatible material that are sterilizable, capable of meeting ISO 10993-5 and ISO 10993-10 and suitable for use in general medical applications requiring translucency, sterilization and/or thermal resistance, as well as consumer high temperature applications where rigid function are desirable with transparency or white color properties.
• Figure 4 HI-TEMP-AMB 250-a high thermal-resistant material (HDT > 250C) for design verification testing, motor enclosures and low-pressure molding/tooling with transparency for flow visualization.

For more information contact:

3D Systems, Inc.

333 Three D Systems Circle

Rock Hill, SC 29730

888-598-1438

moreinfo@3dsystems.com

www.3dsystems.com