3D Systems, 3Shape team up

February 24, 2010 | dlpmagazine.com
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3D Systems teams up with 3Shape

Dental Leaders Provide Fully Integrated Digital Dental Solution

3D Systems Corporation (NASDAQ: TDSC), a leading provider of 3-D Printing, Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing parts and system solutions, announced today the immediate availability of an integrated 3Shape software solution on its ProJet™ DP 3000 dental production systems. 3D Systems has worked closely with 3Shape to develop, test and document the process required to design and print production dental components, including optimizations to insure that 3Shape designed components print reliably and accurately using additive manufacturing methods and techniques. 3Shape plans to showcase this design and production tool for partial frameworks this week in Chicago.

??“Our customers are delighted with the expert integration between the ProJet™ DP 3000 Production System and our latest 3Shape Dental System™,” stated Rune Fisker, VP Product Strategy, 3Shape.

“We are very pleased to offer our dental lab customers access to complimentary solutions from the 3Shape Dental System™,” said Lee Dockstader, VP Business Development, 3D Systems Corporation. ?

All of 3D Systems Dental CAD/CAM Systems have been incorporated into 3Shape’s CAMBridge manufacturing automation software. “3D Systems has qualified SLA Systems for working and orthodontic models, ProJet™ 3-D Printers for models and wax-ups and the DM125 SLM System for direct metal applications. We are committed to continued collaboration with companies like 3Shape who offer cutting edge solutions to the dental industry,” concluded Dockstader. ????

About 3D Systems

?3D Systems is a leading provider of 3-D Printing, Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing systems and parts solutions. Its expertly integrated solutions reduce the time and cost of designing products and facilitate direct and indirect manufacturing by creating actual parts directly from digital input. These solutions are used for design communication and prototyping as well as for production of functional end-use parts. ??More information on the company is available via email at moreinfo@3Dsystems.com. ??

About 3Shape?

3Shape A/S is a Danish company specializing in the development and marketing of 3D scanners and CAD/CAM software solutions. 3Shape is a privately held Danish company, whose headquarters are in Copenhagen, with development teams in Denmark as well as the Ukraine. In early 2009, it opened Sales and Support Offices in New Jersey, USA and Shanghai, China. ?