LEGO Putting New Stratasys 3D Printing Technology STEP



Making isotropic, multi-material, color, and lower-cost parts than traditional techniques is the promise made by Stratasys with its latest STEP 3D printing technology.

 Unveiled last April, this mysterious process carried by the company spin-off Evolve Additive Solutions, is already attracting the interest of the largest investors including LEGO. Through its LEGO Brand Group, the toy giant but also Stanley Black and Decker Investments, and a third undisclosed investor, have indeed invested $ 19 million in the company. Dixit Eolve, this funding will allow it to focus more on the "consumer, automotive, industrial and medical" markets. "Evolve has entered a new phase of exciting 

growth as we begin commercial development of our proprietary STEP technology. Steve Chillscyzn, CEO of Evolve Additive Solutions commented. "The LEGO Group has been using additive manufacturing technology for over 20 years" "LEGO Brand Group has invested in Evolve because it is an attractive investment opportunity that can benefit the LEGO brand. Said Per Hjuler Brand & Business Development at Lego. "The LEGO Group has been using additive manufacturing technology for over 20 years. Today, the company primarily uses technology to create new product development prototypes, and we believe that technology will become even more important in the future to complement the current injection molding capabilities. With Evolve Additive Solutions we have found a very competent partner in this field.

 " STEP (Selective Thermoplastic Electrophotographic Process) is a long-standing Stratasys R & D project. In development since 2009, this process is similar to the first information to a hybrid technique combining the 2D deposition of our laser printers to 3D printing. On the same principle as laser printers that use static electricity to press a powdered ink in certain areas of the paper, the polymer materials would be deposited on a cylinder here by the same phenomenon of electrostatism. 

Through the use of a treadmill, the layers of material are superimposed on each roll passage until the final piece is obtained. If Stratasys remained very discreet about the exact functioning of its 3D printing technology, the US giant has not failed to highlight its benefits. According to Evolve Additive Solutions, STEP would be 50 times faster than existing 3D printing processes, producing isotropic parts as resistant as injection molding and CNC milling, all with reliability and performance comparable to traditional techniques. .



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