3D Printing Applications

How to quiet down the Objet waterjet pressure unit

This is just a quick tip on how to reduce the noise coming from the pressure unit for the smaller Objet Waterjet.  The water pressure used to clean the support material from the printed parts is generated by a pressure washer type unit.  This device…

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How to Print a Photo with a 3D Printer

3D Printed Photo

The typical source content for a 3D printer is an STL file, it comes from two main sources, a new design modeled with 3D CAD software or 3D digital information captured from a real part using a 3D scanner. Here at Javelin we tried an alternative…

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Enhanced 3D Printing Portfolio from Javelin

As a result of the Stratasys / Objet merger, Javelin now offers a broader 3D Printing portfolio. The Polyjet line of products is now complemented with FDM (Fused Deposition Modeling) 3D printing systems from Stratasys. With this enhanced portfolio, Javelin is now able to cover…

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Capturing 3D data for 3D printing

I have written several blogs about printing parts from 3D CAD models, but I still have not talked about capturing 3D data from the real world in order to reproduce it with a 3D printer.

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Designing for 3D Printing – a Practical Example

In previous posts I wrote about the recommended clearances and tolerances for modeling parts intended to be Printed in 3D with an Objet machine. In order to verify these recommendations I have modeled a wall mount for a small speaker consumer product, consisting of an assembly of two interacting…

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Objet and Stratasys Merger: The union of two 3D Printing leaders

Objet and Stratasys officially announced their merger today, December 3, 2012, resulting in the creation of a $3 billion multi-solution company. Stratasys now carries a broad portfolio of digital manufacturing and rapid prototyping solutions, including FDM, Polyjet, and Drop On Demand technologies. The new company…

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How to make the right decision when purchasing a 3D printer – ROI: Losing money and have not realized it?

The common questions that come to most people’s minds when considering the purchase of a 3D printer are: How much money am I spending in outsourcing prototypes? How many prototypes am I building every month, every year? What is the cost of having an in…

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How to paint 3D printed parts

Paint 3D Printed Part

When you create a part with a 3D printer, you may need a specific colour. Getting it directly from the printer is not always possible, but there is an easy way to obtain it – just paint the 3D printed part. Follow these three easy…

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3D Printing Project: Wall-E (Part I)

So, we have an Objet500 Connex3 3D Printer here at the office, and I got thinking – what could I print that would really demonstrate the capabilities of this incredible machine and push it’s limits. There’s some complex automotive components with moving components that would…

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