Stratasys Takes the Leap Into Metal 3D Printing
After decades of building its reputation in polymer technologies, Stratasys is officially entering the world of metals and ceramics. The announcement comes alongside a strategic investment and a commercial agreement with 3D solutions manufacturer Tritone Technologies. What does the collaboration involve? Which sectors is it aiming to impact? We break it all down in this article.
Stratasys’s entry into metal comes as both a surprise and not. Many of its customers had long been requesting a metal option to complement the existing offering. In the words of Yoav Zeif, the company’s CEO: “Manufacturers that trust Stratasys as their AM partner, including in government, defense, and aerospace, frequently ask us to complement our polymer offering with a reliable, industrial-grade metal solution.” That demand has now led to Tritone Technologies and its MoldJet technology.
Tritone’s MoldJet technology offers a different path from the usual metal-powder-based approach. It is a process that prints plastic molds, which are then filled with a metal paste to produce high-density metal and ceramic parts, all within a single workflow. It is a one-of-a-kind technology that will be complemented by Stratasys’s expertise in polymer injection.
