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TECHNIQUE PAGE 34 Printing or lasering of individual models for wax casting or for mass production is being demonstrated by DWS, Envisiontec, Rapidshape and Solidscape. DWS machines are suitable for rapid prototyping as well as mass production. Up to 1,300 high resolution models can be produced. This represents the biggest machine available on the market in this sector, according SATURDAY. MARCH 10. 2012 Designers require durable material Product ranges for rapid prototyping have been extended this year Durable material was developed by Solidscape for filigran designs. to Samer Noujaim, sales area manager for the company. Sale of the machines is starting at BASELWORLD 2012, following presentation of the prototype last year. They are responding to substantial demand, says Noujaim. Many queries have already been received from all five continents. The company offers the machines in four different sizes. New resins are also being presented in 2012. Envisiontec is presenting the entire Perfactory 4 product range for the first time. The Mini XL was shown last year while the P4 Standard and the P4 Standard XL are new. They come with bigger building envelopes than the small machine. The machines are delivered and installed with all of the relevant software to enable automatic support generation and perfect model production. Schultheiss also presented a product in this field for the first time in 2011 and founded Rapidshape as a separate company. A smaller version is now available for jewellers. The key benefit of this new version is the significantly faster process from the CAD design to the master model. “We are also exhibiting a new casting material which is significantly harder,” explains managing director Andreas Schultheiss. Solidscape too is presenting a harder material by the name of Pluscast which makes it possible to produce models with an accuracy of up to 5000 dpi. Solidscape is presenting its T76 Rapidshape shows a smaller version of its machine. and R66+ system. The main difference between the two machines is the production volume. The new material Pluscast is more durable. Fabio Esposito, VP worldwide sales and marketing at Solidscape, sees a link between the rising cost of gold and other precious metals as raw materials and customer demand for the materials his company produces. The ever-increasing prices are forcing designers to seek material-saving solutions with a lower thickness, he says. This increases the need to ensure stable forms. The aim is to adjust to new design trends and produce the corresponding items of jewellery well, whether as individual items or in high numbers. Listening to customers is very important rather than focusing solely on technical innovation, stresses Fabio Esposito. As such, he feels it is important Envisiontec has enlarged the product line. that the trade show stand should feature items of jewellery made by designers using the systems rather than just the machines alone. Andreas Schultheiss welcomes the competition created by new processes such as the selective laser melting being presented by Sisma, Progold and Concept Laser: “I think it’s great that it’s here, it fuels the market and offers designers more options.” He is of the opinion that melting will not replace casting. Esposito too has no fear of new technologies such as laser melting: “Competition is welcome and makes us all better,” he says. “The quality is significantly better with our process but it is also a matter of cost,” says Christian Frowein of Envisiontec. He feels that this new technology will hardly represent any competition until the distant future. (pgl) ■
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