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3D Systems Announces Availability of a Suite of New Products
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Contact:
Elizabeth Goode, Director Corporate Development
(661) 295-5600, ext. 2632
goodee@3dsystems.com
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VALENCIA, Calif., Jun. 3, 2004 -
3D Systems Corporation (Nasdaq:TDSC) announced the availability of a suite of new products for its SLA®, SLS® and MJM platforms designed specifically to improve its customers' bottom line. The new products include software upgrades that enhance the performance of selective laser sintering (SLS) systems, a part washer for productivity enhancement for its stereolithography (SLA) systems and a new finisher for automated support removal for objects produced by 3-D printing systems.
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Picture1: SinterScan software significantly improves part quality
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The new LS 3.3 software provides a host of new features that directly benefit the 3D Systems' SLS system users including improved scanning options, improved productivity and enhanced part placement.
Complementing the new LS 3.3 software, two additional software products are now available for purchase: SinterScan™ software and Real Monitor™ software.
The SinterScan software significantly improves surface finish, providing customers with better quality DuraForm® PA/GF and CastForm™ PS parts and reducing any required post-finishing labor (Picture 1). The Real Monitor software provides customers with a new SPC (statistical process control) tool by allowing them to easily track and analyze important system information during builds.
Recognizing the need to reduce post-processing time and labor intensity, 3D Systems introduced the ProClean SL part washer, a convenient, integrated, turnkey stereolithography solution. ProClean SL is an affordable, small-footprint SL part-cleaning solution for small to medium-sized parts (Picture 2). This simple, easy-to-use, compact parts washer automatically cleans SL parts in approximately 10 minutes, reducing the labor intensity of post-processing activities.
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Picture 2: ProClean SL part washer
Picture 3: InVision Finisher for InVision 3-D printer
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The InVision Finisher (Picture 3) complements the InVision 3-D printer by providing automated support removal functionality. Easy to use, precise thermal controls ensure fast, reliable, repeatable and convenient support removal and part finishing for models produced with the InVision 3-D printer.
"These products enhance the production capability of our systems and demonstrate our commitment to providing our customers with real manufacturing solutions. This is a continuation of our efforts to provide to our customers with measurable economic benefits. We are pleased to deliver yet another meaningful installment on this commitment," said Abe Reichental, 3D Systems' President and Chief Executive Officer.
"We are focused on developing useful customer solutions by creating and nurturing a strong culture of innovation with emphasis on total system development. Our commitment to advance the state of the art, in combination with the emergence of enhanced systems capabilities, advanced materials, focused field service and an extensive, dedicated application engineering organization, results in greater benefits for our customers," continued Reichental.
"Expertly integrated system solutions, not machines or products alone, address our customers needs. Our ability to deliver complete solutions enables us to become a valuable partner in our customers' product development and manufacturing processes. Through this partnership, we continue to develop a deeper understanding of our customers' operations, which ultimately helps us to continuously develop and deliver new and improved solutions that enhance the value we provide, resulting in valuable long-term relationships between 3D Systems and our customers."
About 3D Systems
Founded in 1986, 3D Systems®, the solid imaging companySM, provides solid imaging products and systems solutions that reduce the time and cost of designing products and facilitate direct and indirect manufacturing. Its systems utilize patented proprietary technologies
to create physical objects from digital input that can be used in design communication, prototyping and as functional end-use parts.
More information on the company is available at www.3dsystems.com, or by phoning 888/337-9786, ext. 2882 (or 661/295-5600, ext. 2882 from outside the United States), or via email at moreinfo@3dsystems.com.
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