FDM added to growing open materials ecosystem strategy

Customers gain flexibility to explore broader sets of materials that can accelerate additive manufacturing adoption

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. & REHOVOT, Israel, Nov. 15, 2021 – Stratasys Ltd. (NASDAQ: SSYS), a leader in polymer 3D printing solutions, today announced it is advancing its manufacturing strategy with a new open tier of third-party materials for FDM^® 3D printers via an annual Open Material License. The company is already providing open material availability on Neo stereolithography 3D printers, as well as the recently announced Stratasys Origin^® One and Stratasys H350™ 3D printers. By extending this materials ecosystem approach to FDM technology, Stratasys will enable manufacturing customers to address new applications with demanding requirements while also having dual sources for materials.

Stratasys has been rapidly expanding its materials ecosystem this year across P3™, SAF™, and stereolithography 3D printing systems, giving customers a range of material offerings. For example, in September, the company introduced an Open Material License for the P3-based Origin One along with two new materials from Loctite by Henkel. Stratasys is now bringing accelerated material innovation to the most popular and reliable FDM systems in the industry.

“Innovative materials are the fuel powering additive manufacturing,” said Hugo da Silva, Vice President Additive Manufacturing at Covestro, a leading supplier of premium polymers. “That means we need more variety in materials to address as many manufacturing applications as possible. At the same time, we want to ensure customers have the utmost confidence in the performance of those materials. Stratasys’ new program is an important milestone for our industry, and we look forward to being a significant FDM filament provider.”

Manufacturing Senior Vice President Dick Anderson said this new material ecosystem reflects the increasingly central role of additive manufacturing for Stratasys customers. “Our customers urgently need the benefits of additive manufacturing at scale in their organizations – addressing sustainability, cost competitiveness, agility, and customization requirements,” he said. “Our three-tiered material ecosystem will help bring material innovation to our customers faster so we can continue to ensure the most trusted and reliable additive manufacturing platform is a substantial and essential part of the global manufacturing economy.”

The Stratasys Material Ecosystem includes:

• Stratasys Preferred: Preferred by Stratasys for its customers for the highest performance applications. These materials are engineered to provide the best combination of material and printer performance and are developed either by Stratasys or third-party material partners.
• Stratasys Validated: Materials validated by Stratasys with basic reliability testing to accelerate the expansion of material options available in the marketplace.
• Open: Unvalidated materials accessed via an Open Material License (OML). These materials may offer unique attributes and the potential to address new applications but they have not received validation testing or optimization relative to performance and functionality on a Stratasys printer.

Stratasys-Validated materials are expected to be available to customers of FDM 3D printers during the second half of 2022, starting with the Fortus 450mc.

Stratasys now provides a progressively managed open-material ecosystem for the industry’s most comprehensive polymer additive technologies, delivering the broadest range of optimized and validated materials. Through GrabCAD Print software, customers will now have access to system print parameters to refine material capabilities as needed, optimizing part performance.

All Stratasys Preferred materials and Validated materials for Stratasys systems are available for purchase through Stratasys and reseller partner channels.

La technologie FDM rejoint la stratégie croissante de l’écosystème des matériaux ouverts

Les clients gagnent en flexibilité pour explorer des ensembles plus larges de matériaux qui peuvent accélérer l’adoption de la fabrication additive

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. & REHOVOT, Israël, 15 novembre 2021 – Stratasys Ltd. (NASDAQ: SSYS), un leader des solutions d’impression 3D polymères, a annoncé aujourd’hui qu’il faisait progresser sa stratégie de fabrication avec un nouveau niveau ouvert de matériaux tiers pour les imprimantes 3D FDM^® via une licence matériaux ouverte (Open Material License – OML) annuelle. La société, qui met déjà à disposition des matériaux ouverts sur les imprimantes 3D de stéréolithographie Neo, a récemment annoncé une telle disponibilité sur les imprimantes 3D Stratasys Origin^® One et Stratasys H350™. En étendant cette approche écosystémique des matériaux à la technologie FDM, Stratasys permettra aux fabricants de répondre à de nouvelles applications ayant des exigences élevées tout en disposant de doubles sources de matériaux.

Cette année, Stratasys a rapidement étendu son écosystème de matériaux aux systèmes d’impression 3D P3™, SAF™ et stéréolithographique, donnant ainsi aux clients une large gamme d’offres de matériaux. Par exemple, en septembre, la société a introduit une licence matériaux ouverte pour l’Origin One sur P3, ainsi que deux nouveaux matériaux de Loctite by Henkel. Stratasys apporte désormais une innovation matérielle accélérée aux systèmes FDM les plus populaires et les plus fiables de l’industrie.

« Les matériaux innovants sont le carburant qui alimente la fabrication additive », a déclaré Hugo da Silva, vice-président de la fabrication additive chez Covestro, l’un des principaux fournisseurs de polymères haut de gamme. « Cela signifie que nous avons besoin d’une plus grande variété de matériaux pour répondre à autant d’applications de fabrication que possible. Dans le même temps, nous voulons nous assurer que les clients ont la plus grande confiance dans les performances de ces matériaux. Le nouveau programme de Stratasys constitue une étape majeure pour notre secteur, et nous sommes impatients de devenir un important fournisseur de filaments FDM. »

Le vice-président principal de la fabrication, Dick Anderson, a déclaré que ce nouvel écosystème de matériaux reflète le rôle de plus en plus central de la fabrication additive pour les clients de Stratasys. « Nos clients ont de plus en plus besoin de bénéficier des avantages de la fabrication additive à grande échelle dans leurs organisations, en répondant aux exigences de durabilité, de compétitivité des coûts, d’agilité et de personnalisation », a-t-il déclaré. « Notre écosystème de matériaux à trois niveaux aidera à transmettre plus rapidement l’innovation matérielle à nos clients afin que nous puissions continuer à garantir que la plate-forme de fabrication additive la plus fiable et la plus sûre soit un élément substantiel et essentiel de l’économie mondiale de la fabrication. »

L’écosystème de matériaux Stratasys comprend :

• Stratasys Preferred: matériaux Stratasys préférés par les clients visant des applications très performantes. Ces matériaux sont conçus pour offrir la meilleure combinaison de matériaux et de performances d’impression et sont développés soit par Stratasys, soit par des partenaires de matériaux tiers.
• Stratasys Validated: matériaux validés par Stratasys sur la base de tests de fiabilité simples en vue d’accélérer l’expansion des options de matériaux disponibles sur le marché.
• Open: matériaux non validés accessibles via une licence matériaux ouverte (OML). Ces matériaux sont capables d’offrir des attributs uniques et d’être utilisés dans de nouvelles applications, mais ils n’ont fait l’objet d’aucun test de validation ou d’optimisation en ce qui concerne leurs performances et leurs fonctionnalités sur une imprimante Stratasys.

Les matériaux validés par Stratasys devraient être disponibles pour les clients d’imprimantes 3D FDM au cours du second semestre 2022, à commencer par la Fortus 450mc.

Stratasys fournit désormais un écosystème de matériaux ouverts progressivement géré pour les technologies additives polymères les plus complètes de l’industrie, offrant la plus large gamme de matériaux optimisés et validés. Grâce au logiciel GrabCAD Print, les clients auront désormais accès aux paramètres d’impression du système pour affiner les capacités en termes de matériaux selon leurs besoins, optimisant ainsi les performances des pièces.

Tous les matériaux Stratasys Preferred et Stratasys Validated destinés aux systèmes Stratasys sont disponibles à l’achat via Stratasys et les canaux de partenaires revendeurs.

FDM wird Teil des wachsenden, offenen Materialökosystems

Kunden erhalten die Flexibilität, mit einer breiteren Palette von Materialien die Einführung der additiven Fertigung zu beschleunigen

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. und REHOVOT, Israel, 15. November 2021 – Stratasys Ltd. (NASDAQ: SSYS), ein führender Anbieter von Polymer-3D-Drucklösungen, gab heute bekannt, dass nun im Rahmen einer jährlichen „Open Material”-Lizenz auch Materialien von Drittanbietern für FDM^®-3D-Drucker erhältlich sind. Das Unternehmen unterstützt bereits eine offene Materialverfügbarkeit für Stereolithographie-3D-Drucker der Neo-Serie sowie für die kürzlich angekündigten 3D-Drucker Stratasys Origin^® One und Stratasys H350™. Durch die Ausweitung dieses Materialökosystems auf die FDM-Technologie ermöglicht Stratasys seinen Kunden, neue Anwendungen für anspruchsvolle Anforderungen mit mehreren Materialquellen zu realisieren.

Stratasys hat in diesem Jahr sein Materialökosystem für P3™-, SAF™- und Stereolithographie-3D-Drucksysteme schnell erweitert und bietet den Kunden eine Reihe von Materialien an. So führte das Unternehmen im September eine „Open Material”-Lizenz für die P3-basierte Origin One ein, zusammen mit zwei neuen Loctite-Materialien von Henkel. Stratasys bietet jetzt weitere Materialinnovationen für die beliebtesten und zuverlässigsten FDM-Systeme der Branche.

„Innovative Materialien sind der Treibstoff für die additive Fertigung“, sagte Hugo da Silva, Vice President Additive Manufacturing bei Covestro, einem führenden Anbieter von Premium-Polymeren. „Wir benötigen deshalb eine größere Vielfalt an Materialien, um möglichst viele Fertigungsanwendungen abzudecken. Gleichzeitig müssen wir sicherstellen, dass die Kunden ein Höchstmaß an Vertrauen in die Leistungsfähigkeit dieser Materialien haben. Das neue Programm von Stratasys ist ein wichtiger Meilenstein für unsere Branche, und wir freuen uns darauf, ein bedeutender Anbieter von FDM-Filamenten zu sein.”

Dick Anderson, Senior Vice President Manufacturing, sagte, dass dieses neue Materialökosystem die immer zentralere Rolle der additiven Fertigung für Stratasys-Kunden widerspiegelt. „Unsere Kunden benötigen in ihren Unternehmen dringend und im großen Umfang die Vorteile der additiven Fertigung – zur Erfüllung der kundenspezifischen Anforderungen und um Nachhaltigkeit, Kostenwettbewerbsfähigkeit und Agilität sicherzustellen”, sagte er. “Unser dreistufiges Materialökosystem wird dazu beitragen, unseren Kunden Materialinnovationen schneller zur Verfügung zu stellen, damit wir weiterhin sicherstellen können, dass die vertrauenswürdigste und zuverlässigste Plattform für die additive Fertigung ein wesentlicher und unverzichtbarer Bestandteil der globalen Fertigungswirtschaft ist.”

Das Materialökosystem von Stratasys umfasst folgende Kategorien:

• Stratasys Preferred: Bevorzugt von Stratasys für seine Kunden zur Realisierung von Anwendungen mit höchster Leistung. Diese Materialien bieten die beste Kombination aus Material und Druckerleistung. Sie werden entweder von Stratasys oder von Materialpartnern entwickelt.
• Stratasys Validated: Von Stratasys anhand von grundlegenden Zuverlässigkeitstests validierte Materialien, um die Erweiterung der auf dem Markt verfügbaren Materialoptionen zu beschleunigen.
• Open: Nicht validierte Materialien, die im Rahmen einer „Open Material”-Lizenz (OML) verfügbar sind. Diese Materialien bieten möglicherweise einzigartige Eigenschaften und das Potenzial für neue Anwendungen, aber sie wurden noch nicht auf einem Stratasys-Drucker hinsichtlich Leistung und Funktionalität überprüft oder optimiert.

Von Stratasys validierte Materialien werden voraussichtlich in der zweiten Hälfte des Jahres 2022 für Kunden von FDM-3D-Druckern verfügbar sein, zunächst auf der Fortus 450mc.

Stratasys bietet nun ein progressiv verwaltetes, offenes Materialökosystem für die branchenweit umfassendsten additiven Technologien auf Polymerbasis, das die breiteste Palette an optimierten und validierten Materialien bereitstellt. Über die Drucksoftware GrabCAD haben Kunden nun Zugriff auf die Druckparameter des Systems, um die Materialeigenschaften nach Bedarf zu verfeinern und die Leistung der Teile zu optimieren.

Alle von Stratasys empfohlenen (Preferred) und validierten (Validated) Materialien für Stratasys-Systeme können von Stratasys und über die Kanäle der Vertriebspartner erworben werden.

La tecnologia FDM aggiunta al crescente ecosistema di materiali aperti

Maggiore flessibilità che permette agli utenti di esplorare gamme più ampie di materiali accelerando l’adozione della fabbricazione additiva

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. e REHOVOT (Israele), 15 novembre 2021 – Stratasys Ltd. (NASDAQ: SSYS), leader nelle soluzioni di stampa 3D a base di polimeri, ha annunciato oggi ulteriori progressi della sua strategia di produzione con la disponibilità di materiali open di terze parti per le stampanti 3D FDM|^® attraverso una Open Material License annuale. L’azienda sta già mettendo a disposizione materiali di fornitori terzi per le stampanti 3D stereolitografiche Neo, così come per le stampanti 3D annunciate di recente Stratasys Origin^® One e Stratasys H350™. Estendendo questo approccio dell’ecosistema di materiali alla tecnologia FDM, Stratasys consentirà ai clienti del settore manifatturiero di far fronte a nuove applicazioni complesse, disponendo al contempo di una doppia fonte di approvvigionamento.

Quest’anno Stratasys ha ampliato rapidamente il suo ecosistema di materiali per i sistemi di stampa 3D P3™, SAF™ e stereolitografico, mettendo a disposizione dei clienti un’ampia gamma di opzioni. A settembre, ad esempio, ha presentato una Open Material License per Origin One basata sulla tecnologia P3 insieme a due nuovi materiali di Loctite by Henkel. Adesso sta rapidamente ampliando l’offerta di nuovi materiali innovativi per i sistemi FDM più popolari e affidabili del settore.

“I materiali innovativi sono il carburante che alimenta la fabbricazione additiva”, ha detto Hugo da Silva, Vice Presidente per la Fabbricazione Additiva di Covestro, un fornitore leader di polimeri di alta qualità. “Questo significa che abbiamo bisogno di una maggiore varietà di materiali per far fronte al maggior numero possibile di applicazioni produttive. Al contempo, vogliamo assicurarci che i clienti abbiano la massima fiducia nelle prestazioni di questi materiali. Il nuovo programma di Stratasys rappresenta una pietra miliare importante per il nostro settore e siamo ansiosi di diventare un provider importante di filamenti per FDM”.

Il vicepresidente senior di produzione Dick Anderson sostiene che questo nuovo ecosistema di materiali rispecchia il ruolo sempre più centrale assunto dalla fabbricazione additiva per i clienti Stratasys. “I nostri clienti hanno urgente bisogno dei vantaggi della fabbricazione additiva su scala nelle loro organizzazioni, per affrontare le sfide della sostenibilità, della competitività dei costi, dello snellimento dei processi e dei requisiti di personalizzazione”, ha detto. “Il nostro ecosistema a tre livelli contribuirà a dare loro un accesso più immediato a materiali innovativi, per garantire che la piattaforma di fabbricazione additiva più consolidata e affidabile continui a essere una parte sostanziale ed essenziale dell’economia manifatturiera globale”.

La gamma di materiali Stratasys comprende:

• Stratasys Preferred: i materiali che Stratasys preferisce per le applicazioni ad alte prestazioni dei propri clienti. Sono sviluppati da Stratasys o da partner terzi e sono concepiti per garantire la migliore sinergia tra il materiale e la performance della stampante.
• Stratasys Validated: materiali convalidati da Stratasys attraverso test di affidabilità di base per accelerare l’ampliamento delle opzioni di materiali disponibili sul mercato.
• Open: materiali non convalidati accessibili attraverso una Open Material License (OML). Possono offrire attributi unici e il potenziale per fare fronte a nuove applicazioni, ma non sono stati sottoposti a test di convalida o a processi di ottimizzazione delle prestazioni e della funzionalità sulle stampanti Stratasys.

I materiali convalidati da Stratasys dovrebbero essere disponibili per i clienti delle stampanti 3D FDM nella seconda metà del 2022, a partire dalla Fortus 450mc.

Stratasys fornisce ora un ecosistema di materiali aperti progressivamente gestito per le tecnologie additive polimeriche più complete del settore, offrendo la più ampia gamma di materiali ottimizzati e convalidati. Attraverso il software GrabCAD Print, adesso i clienti avranno accesso ai parametri di stampa del sistema per perfezionare le capacità dei materiali secondo necessità, ottimizzando le prestazioni delle parti.

Tutti i materiali preferiti e convalidati da Stratasys per i suoi sistemi sono disponibili per l’acquisto attraverso Stratasys e i canali dei partner rivenditori.

FDM joins the trend towards an open materials ecosystem

Customers gain flexibility to explore broader sets of materials capable of accelerating adoption of additive manufacturing

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. and REHOVOT, Israel , November 15, 2021 – Stratasys Ltd. (NASDAQ: SSYS), a leader in polymer 3D printing solutions, announced today that it is advancing its manufacturing strategy with a new level of third-party open materials for printers. 3D FDM ^® through an annual open materials license. The company already offers open materials availability on Neo stereolithography 3D printers as well as Stratasys Origin ^® printersOne and Stratasys H350 ™ recently announced. By extending this approach from the materials ecosystem to FDM technology, Stratasys will enable manufacturing customers to address new applications with demanding requirements while having dual sources of materials.

Stratasys has rapidly expanded its materials ecosystem this year through P3 ™, SAF ™ and stereolithography 3D printing systems to provide customers with different material offerings. For example, in September, the company introduced an open materials license for Origin One, based on P3, along with two new Loctite materials from Henkel. Stratasys is incorporating rapid material innovation into the industry’s most popular and reliable FDM systems.

“Innovative materials are the fuel that drives additive manufacturing,” explains Hugo da Silva, vice president of additive manufacturing at Covestro, a leading supplier of quality polymers. “That means we need more variety of materials to address as many manufacturing applications as possible. At the same time, we want to ensure that customers have the utmost confidence in the performance of those materials. The new Stratasys program is an important milestone for our industry and we look forward to becoming a major supplier of FDM filaments. ”

According to Senior Vice President of Manufacturing Dick Anderson, this new materials ecosystem reflects the increasingly important role that additive manufacturing plays for Stratasys customers. “Our customers urgently need to apply the benefits of additive manufacturing at scale in their organizations to address the requirements of sustainability, cost competitiveness, agility and customization,” he says. “Our three-tier materials ecosystem will help bring materials innovation to our customers faster so that we can continue to ensure that the most reliable additive manufacturing platform is an increasingly indispensable part of the global manufacturing economy.”

The Stratasys materials ecosystem includes:

• Stratasys Preferred Materials – Stratasys preferred materials for its customers, for the highest performance applications. These materials are designed to provide the best combination of media and printer performance, and are developed by Stratasys or third-party media partners.
• Stratasys Validated Materials – Stratasys validated materials with basic reliability testing to accelerate the expansion of commercially available material options.
• Open Materials – Non-validated materials accessed through an Open Materials License (OML). These materials may offer unique attributes and the ability to address new applications, but have not undergone validation testing or optimized performance and functionality for Stratasys printers.

Stratasys validated materials are expected to be available to FDM 3D printer customers during the second half of 2022, beginning with the Fortus 450mc.

Stratasys now provides a progressively managed open materials ecosystem for the industry’s most comprehensive polymer additive technologies and offers the broadest range of optimized and validated materials. Through GrabCAD Print software, customers will have access to system printing parameters to adjust media performance as needed and optimize part performance.

All Stratasys preferred and validated materials for Stratasys systems can be purchased through Stratasys channels and from reseller partners.