Toyota Motor Corp. has agreed to be the first customer to purchase the new F3300 3D printer from Stratasys Ltd., the polymer 3D-printing company announced today.
“We have a combined interest in delivering innovation and superior quality for our customers, and this partnership with Toyota demonstrates our mutual commitments to better, smarter and more sustainable production,” says Rich Garrity, chief industrial business unit officer, Stratasys. “Built with manufacturing in mind, the F3300 will redefine additive manufacturing on the factory floor, with its speed, lower costs and ease of service.”
The F3300 is a fusion deposition modeling (FDM) printer intended for scaling additive manufacturing. According to Stratasys, the new printer is capable of producing complex, high-precision parts that are crucial to vehicle design and usage, from prototypes to end-use components. The F3300 will lower cost-per-part by as much as 25% with 25% increased accuracy as compared to other FDM printers for production, the company says.
Toyota will utilize the printer for the quicker prototyping of applications, as well as parts and fixtures production support, Stratasys says.
"Having the opportunity to incorporate the F3300 3D printer into our additive operations represents a great leap forward towards achieving our corporate goals,” says Eduardo Guzman, advanced technologies manager, Toyota. “The new printer capabilities will help us accelerate the introduction of new additive manufacturing opportunities across our manufacturing operations.”
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