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Rehovot, Israel (November 19, 2008) - Objet Geometries Ltd. the innovation leader in 3-D printing, today unveiled its Eden260V™ printer, the latest addition to its marketleading Eden line of rapid prototyping and manufacturing systems, which offers unprecedented flexibility in using available printing materials.
Similar to Objet's other systems; the Eden260V™ creates highly accurate models with exceptionally fine details and smooth surfaces. This new system offers a compact machine ideal for a wider range of office environments and represents the first Objet small footprint printer that can support all of the company's available proprietary model materials. Taken together, the capabilities of the Eden260V™ allows designers and manufacturers to create models with the widest range of physical properties - including transparency, color and elasticity - for ever more numerous and diverse applications.
''The new Eden260V™ takes the flexibility and value of our 3-D printers to a new level in terms of
office environment and material capabilities,'' said Adina Shorr, CEO of Objet Geometries. ''The
Eden260V represents yet another way that Objet technology enables companies to achieve competitive advantage in the design, manufacturing and product development process.''
According to Tom Wiscombe, principal at architecture and design firm EMERGENT and a beta user of Eden260V™, the system offers ideal next-generation technology. ''This new Objet system is fast,
can print a huge variety of materials and creates unbelievably elegant models for markets that require this kind of flexibility, precision and speed in one printer,'' he said. Michael Librus, general manager at Synergy and another beta user, echoed this sentiment: ''The Eden260V™ works with high precision and reliability. Among the biggest advantages of the system are the thin layer thickness of 16 microns, ensuring very accurate and smooth parts, and the wide variety of available model materials. The Eden260V™ offers all the materials of a larger Eden system but at a small price and footprint.
Best-in-class PolyJet™ technology and broadest range of available materials
Like all of Objet's Eden systems, the new Eden260V™ utilizes the company's renowned PolyJet™ Technology, which jets photopolymer materials in 16μ layers. Similar to a line printer, the jetting head slides back and forth along the X-axis depositing onto the build tray a single layer of photopolymer, which is immediately cured and hardened by UV light. The result is that fully cured models can be handled immediately without additional post-curing and are ready for product testing, as well as painting, drilling, chrome-plating or use as molds for tooling. By adding the capability to utilize the full spectrum of Objet's numerous and diverse photopolymer materials, the Eden260V™ provides designers and manufacturers, the utmost flexibility in terms of fit, form, function and ''feel'' requirements.
Among the different Objet materials available for use in the Eden 260V™ are:
• FullCure 720® Transparent, ideal for a wide range of rigid models, particularly where visibility
of liquid flow or internal details is needed;
• Vero, yielding opaque models in blue, black or white with good impact strength and the
enhanced ability to withstand bending;
• Tango, transparent, black or gray rubber-like materials that offer exceptional elongation,
excellent toughness and durability, and high resistance to tearing; and
• DurusWhite , designed to simulate the appearance, flexibility, strength and toughness of
polypropylene.
About Objet Geometries
Objet Geometries the photopolymer jetting pioneer, develops, manufactures and globally markets ultra-thin-layer, high-resolution 3-dimensional printing solutions for rapid prototyping and rapid manufacturing. It offers a wide range of solutions, including the market-proven Eden line of systems, based on Objet's patented PolyJet™ technology and the Connex500™, based on PolyJet Matrix technology. Objet systems are in use by world leaders in many industries, such as automotive, electronics, toy, consumer goods, and footwear industries in North America, Europe, Asia, Australia and Japan. Founded in 1998, Objet serves its growing worldwide customer base through offices in USA, Europe, China and Hong Kong, and a global network of distribution partners. Objet owns more than 50 patens and patent pending inventions.
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