Jason Ford

Stratasys opens up new additive avenues with "infinite-build" technology

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Stratasys has broken cover on technology demonstrators designed to realise large, additively manufactured parts and facilitate composite components without incurring the penalties normally associated with producing such components.

According to the company, the Infinite-Build 3D Demonstrator and Robotic Composite 3D Demonstrator build on Stratasys’ expertise in industrial fused deposition modelling (FDM) 3D printing to help manufacturers design and build parts with credible structural integrity but at a fraction of the time and cost.

Common to both the Infinite-Build 3D Demonstrator and Robotic Composite 3D Demonstrator is an approach to FDM extrusion that increases throughput and repeatability. Both use a worm drive filament extruder that winds filament through the print head to increase the sort of flow pressure required for composite extrusion.

The Infinite-Build 3D Demonstrator is designed to address the requirements of aerospace, automotive and other industries for large lightweight, thermoplastic parts with repeatable mechanical properties.

To do so, the traditional 3D printer concept has been turned on its side to realise an approach to building parts that prints on a vertical plane to produce parts that are measured in feet rather than inches.

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