Applications & Industries
3D Systems’ products and services are used across industries to assist, either in part or in full, the design, manufacture and/or marketing processes. 3D Systems' technologies and materials are used for prototyping and the production of functional end-use parts, in addition to fast, precise design communication. Current 3D Systems-reliant industries include automotive, aerospace and defense, architecture, dental and healthcare, consumer goods and manufacturing.
Examples of industry-specific applications include:
- Aerospace, for the manufacture and tooling of complex, durable and lighter-weight flight parts
- Architecture ,for structure verification, design review, client concept communication, reverse structure engineering, and expedited scaled modeling
- Automotive, for design verification, difficult visualizations, and new engine development
- Defense, for lightweight flight and surveillance parts and the reduction of inventory with on-demand printing
- Dentistry, for restorations, molds and treatments. Invisalign orthodontics uses 3D Systems' technologies
- Education, for equation and geometry visualizations and art schools and design initiatives
- Entertainment, for the manufacture and prototyping of action figures, toys, games and game components; printing of sustainable guitars and basses, multifunction synthesizers, etc.
- Healthcare, for customized hearing aids and prosthetics, improved medicine delivery methods, respiratory devices, therapeutics, and flexible endoscopy and laparoscopy devices for improved procedures and recovery times
- Manufacturing, for faster product development cycles, mold production, prototypes, and design trouble-shooting
For industries such as aerospace and automotive, 3D Systems' technologies have reduced the time needed to incorporate design drafts and enabled the production of more efficient parts of lighter weight. Because 3D printing builds layer-by-layer according to design, it does not need to accommodate the traditional manufacturing tools of subtractive methods, often resulting in lighter parts and more efficient geometries.
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