3D Systems Corporation is a holding company incorporated in Delaware in 1993
that markets our products and services through subsidiaries in North America
and South America (collectively referred to as “Americas”), Europe
and the Middle East (collectively referred to as “EMEA”) and the
Asia Pacific region (“APAC”). We provide comprehensive 3D printing
solutions, including 3D printers, materials, software, on demand manufacturing
services and digital design tools. Our solutions support advanced applications
in a wide range of industries and key verticals including healthcare, aerospace,
automotive and durable goods. Our precision healthcare capabilities include
simulation, Virtual Surgical Planning (“VSP™”), and printing
of medical and dental devices, anatomical models, and surgical guides and instruments.
We have over 30 years of experience and expertise which have proven vital to
our development of end-to-end solutions that enable customers to optimize product
designs, transform workflows, bring innovative products to market and drive
new business models.
We offer a comprehensive range of 3D printers, materials, software, haptic
design tools, 3D scanners and virtual surgical simulators.
3D Printers and Materials
Our 3D printers transform digital data input generated by 3D design software,
CAD software or other 3D design tools, into printed parts using several unique
print engines that employ proprietary, additive layer by layer building processes
with a variety of materials. We offer a broad range of 3D printing technologies
including Stereolithography (“SLA”), Selective Laser Sintering (“SLS”),
Direct Metal Printing (“DMP”), MultiJet Printing (“MJP”)
and ColorJet Printing (“CJP”), which are discussed in more detail
below.
Our printers utilize a wide range of materials, the majority of which are proprietary
materials that we develop, blend and market. Our comprehensive range of materials
includes plastic, nylon, metal, composite, elastomeric, wax, polymeric dental
materials and Class IV bio-compatible materials. We augment and complement our
portfolio of engineered materials with materials that we purchase or develop
with third parties under private label and distribution arrangements.
We work closely with our customers to optimize the performance of our materials
in their applications. Our expertise in materials science and formulation, combined
with our processes, software and equipment, enables us to provide unique and
highly specialized materials and help our customers select the material that
best meets their needs with optimal cost and performance results.
As part of our solutions approach, our currently offered printers, with the
exception of direct metal printers, have built-in intelligence to make them
integrated, closed systems. For these integrated printers, we furnish materials
specifically designed for use in those printers which are packaged in smart
cartridges and utilize material delivery systems. These integrated materials
are designed to enhance system functionality, productivity, reliability and
materials shelf life, in addition to providing our customers with a built-in
quality management system and a fully integrated workflow solution.
SLA Printers
Our SLA 3D printers cure liquid resin materials with light or a laser to produce
durable plastic parts with surface smoothness, high resolution, edge definition
and tolerances that rival the accuracy of machined or molded plastic parts.
We offer SLA printers with a wide range of materials, sizes and price points,
which are designed for prototyping, end-use part production, casting patterns,
molds, tooling, fixtures and medical models.
Figure 4™, a light-based SLA platform, is an ultra-fast additive manufacturing
technology with a discrete module design. This design allows a range of products
and configurations to meet customer needs from a stand-alone product to modular
products to fully-automated solutions, all of which we plan to bring to market
in 2018. Unlike other photopolymer 3D printing, Figure 4 is capable of manufacturing
parts in hybrid materials (multi-mode polymerization) that offer toughness,
durability, biocompatibility, high temperature deflection and elastomeric properties.
These capabilities enable new end-use applications in healthcare, dental, durable
goods, automotive, aerospace and other verticals.
For SLA printers, we offer a variety of liquid resin materials, primarily under
the Accura® brand name. The resins are designed to mimic specific, engineered
thermoplastics and provide a wide range of characteristics, including tough,
durable, clear, castable, polypropylene-like, ABS-like, high-temperature resistant
and Class IV bio-compatible materials. We also offer dental materials for light-based
SLA 3D printers under our NextDent™ brand name.
SLS Printers
Our SLS 3D printers use a laser beam to melt and fuse powder-based nylon, engineered
plastic and composite materials to produce very strong and durable parts. Customer
uses of our SLS printers include functional test models and end-use parts, such
as housings, machinery components, ducting, tooling, jigs and fixtures and medical
devices and personalized surgery kits and guides.
Our proprietary SLS materials include a range of flexible and rigid plastics,
nylons and composite materials marketed under the DuraForm®, LaserForm®
and CastForm™ brand names. These materials are available in a variety
of lightweight, tough, versatile, high temperature, flexible and durable formulations.
DMP Printers
Our DMP solutions use a laser beam to sinter powders in a variety of metals
to produce fully dense parts with outstanding purity, surface finish and resolution.
We offer DMP solutions that can process a wide range of materials and powders,
including materials with very fine granularity and proven manufacturing applications.
We sell DMP systems in various sizes and configurations. Certain models are
optimized for specific metals, including titanium, stainless steel and nickel
super alloys. Our DMP printers are used in medical and dental implants, aerospace,
automotive and hi-tech and industrial applications, such as conformal cooling,
enhanced fluid flow and other complex, lightweight parts.
We offer metal powder materials for our DMP printers, including titanium, stainless
steels, tool steels, super alloys, non-ferrous alloys, precious metals and aluminum.
MJP Printers
Our MJP 3D printers utilize jetting head technology to deliver precise, tough
parts with exceptional resolution in plastic, wax, elastomeric and engineered
materials that we sell under the VisiJet® brand name. Our MJP printers offer
the capability to print in real wax as well as rigid and flexible plastics and
multiple materials in one build, making them ideal for mechanical functional
testing, rapid tooling, jigs and fixtures, casting patterns, over-molding and
medical models.
CJP Printers
Our CJP 3D printers produce parts from our VisiJet branded, powder-based ceramic-like
materials. CJP printers build high-definition, full-color parts that can be
sanded, drilled, infiltrated, painted and electroplated, which further expands
the options available for finished part characteristics. CJP printers are ideal
for producing models used in mechanical design, healthcare, architecture, education,
entertainment and packaging applications.
Software and Related Products
We also provide digital design tools, including software, scanners and haptic
devices. We offer solutions for product design, mold and die design, 3D scan-to-print,
reverse engineering, production machining, metrology and inspection. These products
are designed to enable a seamless workflow for customers, and are marketed under
our Geomagic®, Cimatron® and GibbsCAM® brand names. We also offer
proprietary software and drivers with our printers that provide part review,
part preparation, part placement, automated support building and placement,
build platform management and print queue management capabilities.
Other Products
As part of our portfolio of precision healthcare solutions, we offer 3D virtual
reality simulators and simulator modules for medical applications. These 3D
simulators are sold under our Simbionix™ brand name and offer clinicians
a realistic, hands-on experience to master critical skills, prepare for upcoming
procedures and create patient specific simulations and operating room environments
through augmented reality and virtual reality. We also provide digitizing scanners
for medical and mechanical applications.
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