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First scalable 3D printing platform launched

By Niranjan Mudholkar,

Added 21 March 2017

3D Systems’ new platform will transform production of mass customized and complex end use parts

Delivering on its strategy to transform 3D manufacturing workflows, 3D Systems (NYSE:DDD) has announced the industry's first modular, scalable and fully-integrated additive manufacturing platform. 

3D Systems' disruptive Figure 4 production platform produces plastic parts more than 50 times faster than current systems, delivering dramatically lower total cost of operations while offering competitive and compelling comparisons to conventional methods. 3D Systems' Figure 4 fully automated, high-volume 16-print engine production solution.

Based on its revolutionary Figure 4 technology, 3D Systems' new platform allows customers to tailor configurations and select materials to address specific applications.  Configurations range from single-print engine machines to fully automated, high-volume production systems with 16 or more print engines, automated material delivery and integrated post-processing.

The company recently shipped the first system to a Fortune 50 industrial customer, and plans to ramp customer-specific shipments throughout the second half of 2017.

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