Desktop Printer prints detailed 3D models.October 28, 2008 -
Designed to print true-to-life parts, Alaris(TM)30 is based on PolyJet(TM) Photopolymer Jetting Technology, which achieves resolution of 600 x 600 dpi by jetting FullCure photopolymer materials in 28 micro layers. Each layer is immediately cured and hardened by UV light, producing models that can be handled immediately without additional post-curing. Support structure enables complicated geometries, such as cavities, overhangs, undercuts, delicate features, and walls as thin as 0.6 mm.
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Original Press release
Objet Geometries Inc.
5 Fortune Drive
Billerica, MA, 01821
USA
Objet Geometries Brings its Award-Winning 3-D Printing Technology to the Desktop
New Alaris(TM)30 Printer Offers Unprecedented Detail, Cost Efficiency and Ease-of-Use for Desktop 3-D Printing
REHOVOT, Israel, October 15/--Objet Geometries Ltd. (http://objet.com), the innovation leader in 3-D printing, today announced the launch of its newest printer, the Alaris(TM)30. This first-of-its-kind desktop model allows designers and manufacturers to create durable, high-quality models at minimal cost and with utmost accuracy and ease of use. The office-friendly system - small enough to fit on a desk - prints true-to-life parts with exceptional detail, including "finished-quality" smooth surfaces, moving parts and text that stands out clearly.
"The Alaris(TM)30 will enable firms to enhance their competitiveness by applying the most advanced in-house rapid prototyping capabilities available," said Adina Shorr, CEO of Objet Geometries. "This system allows enterprises to create models with an unprecedented degree of detail while shortening design cycles, reducing cost of errors, promoting team creativity and further ensuring confidentiality - all from the desktop."
The Technology Behind the Innovation
The groundbreaking innovation that is the foundation of the Alaris(TM)30 is Objet's market-leading PolyJet(TM) Photopolymer Jetting Technology, which achieves high accuracy and resolution (600 x 600 dpi) by jetting proprietary FullCure photopolymer materials in 28micro layers. Similar to a line printer, the jetting head slides back and forth along the X-axis depositing a single layer of photopolymer onto the build tray. Each layer is immediately cured and hardened by UV light, producing fully cured models that can be handled immediately without additional post-curing.
Using a VeroWhite model material and the gel-like FullCure Support material, the Alaris(TM)30 print heads synchronously jet identical amounts of materials onto the tray. The geometry of the support structure enables complicated geometries, such as cavities, overhangs, undercuts, delicate features and walls as thin as 0.6mm. When the build is finished, the non-toxic support material is easily removed by water jetting or by hand, and the model is ready for fit, form and function testing, or a variety of immediate applications such as painting, drilling, chrome-plating or use as molds for tooling.
Office-Friendly and Easy-to-Use
Designed for high productivity as well as high accuracy, the Alaris(TM)30 operates like a network printer, serving the needs of multiple designers throughout a firm. In addition, the system's 300 x 200 x 150mm build tray allows large models or many small parts to be built simultaneously - saving time and money - and its four cartridge loading permits up to 36 hours of unattended printing.
The Alaris(TM)30 requires only simple printer management with no special electricity requirements. Like other Objet models, it also utilizes the Objet Studio(TM) software to ensure easy operation and allow designers to turn any 3-D CAD file into a highly accurate model with just a few mouse clicks.
The Alaris(TM)30 joins other groundbreaking rapid prototyping solutions offered by Objet. These include the award-winning Connex500(TM), the world's first 3-D printer with the ability to print multiple model materials with varying mechanical properties simultaneously.
Additional information on the new Alaris(TM)30 is available on the Objet website at http://objet.com
About Objet Geometries
Objet Geometries Ltd., (http://objet.com), a pioneer in photopolymer jetting, develops, manufactures and globally markets ultra-thin-layer, high-resolution 3-Dimensional printing systems and materials that utilize PolyJet(TM) and PolyJet Matrix(TM) polymer jetting technologies to print ultra-thin layers.
The market-proven Eden(TM) line of 3-D Printing Systems and the Alaris30 3-D Printer are based on Objet's patented office-friendly PolyJet Technology. Connex500(TM) is based on Objet's PolyJet Matrix(TM) technology, which jets multiple model materials simultaneously and creates composite Digital Materials(TM) on the fly. All Objet systems use Objet's FullCure(R) materials to create accurate, clean, smooth and highly detailed 3-dimensional models.
Objet's solutions enable manufacturers and industrial designers to reduce cost of product development cycles and dramatically shorten time-to-market of new products. Objet systems are in use by world leaders in many industries, such as automotive, electronics, toy, consumer goods, and footwear industries in North America, Europe, Asia, Australia and Japan.
Founded in 1998, Objet serves its growing worldwide customer base through offices in USA, Europe and Hong Kong, and a global network of distribution partners. Objet owns more than 50 patents and patent pending inventions.
Contact: Lynn Kolevsohn, Objet Geometries, +972-8-931-4432, lynn.kolevsohn@objet.com
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