Real Advancements in additive fabrication
Fortus 3D Production Systems offer unparalleled versatility and capability to turn your CAD fi les into real parts. These parts are tough enough to be used as advanced conceptual models, functional prototypes, manufacturing tools and end-use parts. Engineers can produce a wide variety of products just by loading different fi les and materials. No traditional machining process can do that. And no other additive fabrication system delivers the same advanced performance and production-grade parts as a Fortus 3D Production System.
Nothing less than Real Parts
Whether it's a functional prototype or end-use part, everything a Fortus system produces is a Real Part. That's because they're built with the same durable thermoplastics as traditional injectionmolded plastic parts. Only with Fortus systems can end-use thermoplastic parts be produced directly from CAD fi les without expensive tooling.
Meet the demands of Real Production
Fortus systems are as versatile and durable as the Real Parts they produce. They boast the largest build envelopes and material capacities in their class, delivering longer, uninterrupted build times, bigger parts and higher production run quantities than other additive fabrication systems. Plus, they are true production workhorses, delivering the high throughput, duty cycles and utilization rates that make direct digital manufacturing (DDM) not only possible, but practical.
Opening the way for Real Possibilities
Fortus 3D Production Systems can streamline processes from design through manufacturing, reducing costs and eliminating traditional barriers along the way. With Fortus, you can build CAD design, streamline production with custom fabrication and assembly tools and tooling masters, and eliminate tooling costs for short runs. Breakthrough designs, process innovations, just-in-time manufacturing — whatever you can imagine, Fortus can make it real.
Real Results.
Advanced prototypes:
For this and other sprinkler projects at Toro, Fortus systems help reduced productdevelopment time by 283 weeks — and saved $500,000.
Advanced manufacturing tools:
At BMW, costs for producing manufacturing tools dropped signifi cantly when engineers
started producing tools with Fortus systems.
Advanced end-use parts:
Klock Werks uses direct digital manufacturing to build custom motorcycle parts on their Fortus
system, saving nearly $13,000. FDM parts cost less than a quarter the price to injection
mold or cast them.
FORTUS 200mc™
FORTUS 360mc™
FORTUS 400mc™
FORTUS 900mc™
Build Envelope
8 x 8 x 12 in
(203 x 203 x 203 mm)
Base envelope:
14 x 10 x 10 in
(355 x 254 x 254 mm)
Optional upgrade:
16 x 14 x 16 in
(406 x 355 x 406 mm)
Base envelope:
14 x 10 x 10 in
(355 x 254 x 254 mm)
Optional upgrade:
16 x 14 x 16 in
(406 x 355 x 406 mm)
36 x 24 x 36 in
(914 x 610 x 914 mm)
Material
Options
ABSplus™
ABS-M30
PC-ABS
PC
ABSi
ABS-M30
ABS-M30i
PC-ABS
PC-ISO
PC
ULTEM* 9085
PPSF
Parts are produced within:
±.010 inch (±.254 mm).³
Parts are produced within:
±.005 inch or ±.0015
inch per inch whichever
is greater (±.127 mm or
±.0381 mm
per mm).³
Parts are produced within:
±.005 inch or ±.0015
inch per inch whichever
is greater (±.127 mm or
±.0381 mm
per mm).³
Parts are produced within:
±.003 inch or ±.001 inch
per inch whichever is
greater (±.0762 mm or
±.0254 mm per mm).³
Software
Insight™
Insight software prepares 3D digital part fi les (output as an STL) to be manufactured on an Fortus system by automatically slicing and generating support structures and material extrusion paths in a single push of a button. If necessary, users can override Insight’s defaults to manually edit parameters that control the look, strength and precision of parts as well as the time, throughput, expense and effi ciency of the FDM process.
Control Center™
Control Center is the software that communicates between the user workstation(s) and the Fortus system(s), managing jobs and monitoring the production status of Fortus systems. This software application provides the control to maximize effi ciency, throughput and utilization while minimizing response time. Control Center is included with Insight software.
FDM TEAM™
FDM TEAM optional advanced software that is designed for the management and control of multi-user and/or multisystem Fortus operations. A client/server application, FDM TEAM enables planning, scheduling, monitoring and reporting when managing a multiple-Fortus-system enterprise. FDM TEAM is sold as a separate software package.
¹ABS-M30i, PC-ABS, and PC-ISO will be available Q2 2009 for Fortus 900mc.
²Throughput comparison of a part that takes an average of 60 minutes to build on a Fortus 200mc. Comparison derived from building a suite of parts on each system varying from small thin-walled to large bulky parts, all built in .010” (.254mm) slice, solid build style and basic supports. Relative throughput may vary based upon geometry, slice height, build mode and support style.
³Accuracy is geometry dependent. 95% confi dence rating.
