STRATASYS WINS MULTI-SYSTEM DEAL FOR MASS PRODUCTION OF H350 3D PRINTERS

Stratasys Ltd. recently announced German service bureau Götz Maschinenbau has invested in four additional production-scale Stratasys H350™ 3D printers to meet growing customer demand for high-quality end-use parts. The investment will ramp up Götz’s total fleet size to six systems. The new units, to be installed over the next 18 months, position the company as the leading service bureau for SAF™ technology in EMEA.

Götz, which also deploys Stratasys 3D printers based on PolyJet™ and FDM^® technologies, is a specialist in the turning, milling, welding, and assembly of parts and serves customers across a range of industry sectors, among them automotive, mobility and mechanical engineering. Adding the ability to additively manufacture thousands of polymer parts has represented a significant growth opportunity for the company.

The Stratasys H350 3D printer is designed to deliver production-level throughput for end-use parts while providing production consistency, competitive cost per part, and complete control over the production of thousands of parts. The printer itself is equipped with around a dozen parts 3D printed with SAF technology.

Essential to Götz’s ability to deliver production-grade plastic parts at high volume is the Stratasys^® High-Yield PA11 material for the H350 printer. The bio-based plastic is made of renewable raw materials derived from sustainable castor oil and enables a high nesting density while maintaining part consistency. Götz has also been an early user of PA12 material, which produces stiffer parts. At volume, SAF™ PA12 allows for fine feature resolution, strength and accuracy build after build, and is most suitable for higher tolerance requirements such as for assemblies and connector applications.