CGI's Reverse RP Machine

Counterintuitive as it may sound, Capture Geometry Internally, or CGI (
New Product Announcements Published: 9/2/2009

Faster Complex Metal Parts

3D Systems Corp. is getting into the aluminum and stainless steel parts business—not by launching a new machine to churn them out—but by acquiring a new technology to produce on-demand complex geometry metal parts via an online portal.
New Product Announcements Published: 7/1/2009

Strong, Lightweight Thermoplastic Now for FDM

ULTEM 9085 from SABIC Innovative Plastics is a high-performance thermoplastic that was developed, in large part, for the aerospace industry, and has been certified for use in and on commercial aircraft. It is strong, light, heat resistant up to 320...
New Product Announcements Published: 7/1/2009

Getting Small Now

Even though it produces hard plastic parts and not ink on parchment, the V-Flash Desktop Modeler from 3D Systems operates at about 60 decibels, only slightly louder than ambient noise of a typical ink jet machine.   And yes, with a 26 x 27 in.
New Product Announcements Published: 6/29/2009

Faster: When More is More

When engineering composite parts, sometimes more is more.   Not (necessarily) more materials, but more analysis.   That is, the more iterations, the more optimized the design.
New Product Announcements Published: 5/4/2009

Fast: The SailRocket

New Product Announcements Published: 5/4/2009

Faster Polymer Testing

New Product Announcements Published: 5/4/2009

Rapid Prototyping Gets the ICON A5 Flying

Dreaming of getting your own Light Sport Aircraft (maximum gross takeoff mass <600 kg)? Then check out the ICON A5, a small recreational plane, which the Discovery Channel said “will handle like a sports car with the top down. ”  Created by ICON ...
New Product Announcements Published: 3/26/2009

Tooling Board Offered

New sheet sizes are available for the rigid polyurethane tooling boards offered by General Plastics Manufacturing Co. (
New Product Announcements Published: 3/5/2009

Yes: 3D, Under $15K

Is bona-fide personal desktop 3D printing really here? Yes, according to Shane Glenn, director of Investor Relations at Stratasys (www.
New Product Announcements Published: 3/5/2009