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	PolyJet™ PolyJet™ - High precision 3D printing - A layer additive technology with layers as thin as 16 microns (0.0006”)—suitable for excellent appearance models and patterns for advanced urethane castings.
	SLA SLA - Stereolithography - Produce accurate models from a photopolymer - suitable for form, fit and function testing as well as casting patterns for metal and advanced urethane castings.
	HDSL HDSL™ Rapid Prototypes from Solid Concepts are built using modified SLA (SLA) equipment that has been tuned to enable the cost-effective production of .004” (0.102mm) layer models.
	QuickCast QuickCast™ is an accurate, consistent, strong, fully drained, completely sealed, pattern that is 10 to 35% lighter than those built with other polymers and ordinary build styles. Lower mass for a given volume leads to significantly higher yield by more complete burnout and lower expansion forces on the shell system.
	SLS SLS - Selective Laser Sintering - Accurate models from sintered nylon powder - suitable for form, fit and function testing and some low-run production. This technology is ideally suited for DDM (Direct Digital Manufacturing) because of the robust material properties of the base materials.
	QuantumCast™ Cast Urethanes QuantumCast™ - Advanced formula polymers, AFP’s, are cast in a proprietary multi-step process involving precisely controlled vacuum, temperature and pressure. This process offers mechanical properties that closely resemble engineered plastics. These are void-free, durable, color-matched pieces produced quickly with out hard tooling. Micro-welded inserts are the strongest in the industry. AFP’s are now available with four times the impact strength of the old style urethanes.
	CNC CNC - Machining Centers - Conventional material removal technology to produce a very accurate final model - suitable for tooling, robust first articles, master patterns for QuantumCast™.
	SolidView™ Software SolidView is a low-cost, easy to use, program for viewing and measuring a variety of 3D CAD data formats. SolidView/Lite is a FREE 3D viewer designed to facilitate the exchange of 3D data in SolidView's Solid File eXchange (SFX) format. With the SolidView family of products, anyone with a Windows PC can view, measure, and mark up CAD data.
	SolidView™ Pro Software SolidView/Pro is a powerful, yet extremely easy to use, Windows program designed to communicate 2D and 3D data from virtually any CAD system. With SolidView/Pro, anyone with a Windows PC can view, measure, and mark up CAD data.
	SolidView™ RP (Rapid Prototype) Software SolidView/Pro RP combines the 3D communication features of the SolidView® family of products with an extensive array of rapid prototyping functions. SolidView/Pro RP makes it possible to quickly prepare multiple STL files for rapid prototyping on any popular RP system. SolidView/Pro RP includes advanced functions for repairing STL files and for preparing stereolithography rapid prototypes.
	SolidView™ File Formats The SolidView® family of products supports a variety of 2D and 3D file formats. New file types are being developed continually.

Application Briefs

	Solid Concepts Provides SLA Parts for Wind Tunnel Testing of Novel Quiet Drag Concept for Aircraft When MIT and NASA project teams needed critical models for wind tunnel testing to validate a “swirl tube” concept that would generate drag quietly to reduce aircraft noise on landing, they turned to Solid Concepts. Advanced Technology Solar Telescope
	Advanced Technology Solar Telescope Passes Preliminary Design Review Utilizing SLS Scale Models One of the key benefits of Rapid Prototyping is the identification of design changes early in the process prior to significant investments taking place. In the case of the ATST, the Preliminary Design Review team made a number of helpful suggestions regarding elements of the design, and the project members immediately went to work implementing the recommendations.
	Solid Concepts Provides QuantumCast™ Outer Hull for University Unmanned Underwater Vehicle Project To produce the housing for their project, team AUVic turned to Solid Concepts and their proprietary QuantumCast™ process. Their requirements for a streamlined housing that would ensure maximum hydrodynamic efficiency and provide a reliable and stable pressure rated environment for the sensitive vehicle electronics posed a unique challenge and the necessity of utilizing the strongest materials available.
	Wake Forest University School of Medicine Turns to Solid Concepts to Develop Surrogate Lung Wake Forest University School of Medicine graduate students create a crash test dummy "lung" to predict car crash injuries and win first place in an international safety technology design competition.
	Unique Co-Molded Urethane Casting Cuts Weight & Cost of Undersea Robot A unique urethane casting, believed to be the first ever to be co-molded with stainless steel, helps reduce the weight and cost and increase the life of an undersea robot.
	Urethane Parts Help Exercise Equipment Manufacturer Meet Production Deadlines When tooling deliveries were delayed for critical parts. the company producing The Star Trac Elliptical EDGE turned to Solid Concepts to manufacture its critical foot pads and other components.