Stratasys Direct Manufacturing, rapid prototyping, tooling and injection molding services, Valencia, California, USA

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Website - stratasysdirect.com (https://www.stratasysdirect.com)

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Solid Concepts (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid_Concepts) on Wikipedia

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Article "World's First 3D Printed Metal Gun Manufactured by Solid Concepts (https://www.roboticstomorrow.com/news/2013/11/07/worlds-first-3d-printed-metal-gun-manufactured-by-solid-concepts-/22612)"

November 7, 2013

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https://youtu.be/sSWSJjhGdd4

Bionic Leg: 3D Printing Better Physical Therapy Devices

Published on Jan 28, 2014


Developed by Dr. Kee Moon and Jeremiah Cox, the device seeks to better conform to the way the body moved before an accident or injury occurred. Rather than rigidly control the movements of the leg, their device nudges - or kicks - the leg to begin natural physical motion. In the future, the bionic leg will further tie in with the brain to better adapt to former muscle memory, allowing the patient to better achieve their previous and unique way of walking or moving.

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https://youtu.be/HWpns4BLUIU

Riding a 3D Printed Wave SoCal Style

Published on Dec 23, 2013


Tas Oszkay, Mo Harmon, and Jac Currie are graduate students at UCLA's school of Architecture and Urban Design who re-imagined skateboard product design using Solid Concepts' 3D Printing to manufacture an incredible board in one unit. Their board is an involved aesthetic dialogue between form and function. The design reveals heavy influences from the team's organic inspiration, Radiolaria. From a machining perspective, the complex mineral shell of radiolarians is nothing short of a nightmare.

The patterns of the organism from under a microscope weave into each other, looking roughly similar to a dried up piece of sea reef. The team took the basic design of the silica skeletons unique to radiolarians and further complicated it through layering using CAD software.

3D design software gives the team control over the design—density, shape, movement of the structure—and 3D Printing gives the team the ability to incorporate all required and desired features into the board which is then manufactured simultaneously on a build platform.

Their board is self identified as a cruiser, meant for gracing the beach front or getting about campus. They think in the future they might look into trick boards; 3D Printing is a technology capable of being extremely light, and that would factor well into such a venture. But for now, they're experimenting with the more relaxed board.