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New Stratasys J55 3D Printer Gives Designers Affordable, Office-Friendly, Full-Color 3D Printing to Validate New Product Designs Quickly
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nDesign-to-print workflow simplified with KeyShot and SOLIDWORKS integration\n\n\nRegister for real-time live broadcast on May 13th from Stratasys Asia office\n\n HONG KONG--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nMaking fast, full-color design realism accessible to designers and teams everywhere, Stratasys Ltd. (NASDAQ: SSYS) today unveiled the new J55™ 3D Printer. At about a third of the price of enterprise-class PolyJet™ printers, the J55 combines realism and productivity, including high fidelity and five simultaneously printed materials that enable nearly 500,000 colors, PANTONE™ Validation, realistic textures and transparency in one printed part. Set-up is easy, and remote monitoring means print jobs can be managed from home.\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200430005334/en/The office-friendly Stratasys J55 3D printer makes full-color, high-fidelity realism affordable for design teams everywhere (Photo: Business Wire)\n\n“There is no way to validate 2D designs without a realistic 3D model, it’s simply not possible,” said Director of Innovation and Industrial Design Tony Guard at Cincinnati-based Kinetic Vision. The 175-employee company develops products for startups to Fortune 50 companies in industries ranging from consumer electronics and packaged goods to aerospace and medical. Kinetic Vision has been deemed an “essential business” and has been open through the pandemic, but with few people in the office to get a new technology up and running.\n\n\nIn fact, Guard said they got the J55 set up with a single employee and only remote support from Stratasys. “My jaw dropped when I saw what the machine could do,” he said. “We can validate products faster with form, color, finish, graphics, everything. We can offer our clients tangible 3D-printed models that represent a final retail product, faster than we ever could before. I’d love the J55 to be our secret strategic advantage, but I don’t think it will be a secret for long.”\n\n\nInnovation at Every Turn\n\n\nIn operation, the Stratasys J55 is unique, featuring a patented rotating build platform with a fixed print head. This is designed to maximize reliability and simplify maintenance. The technology also means greater output from a small footprint while also eliminating most sound – it’s about as quiet as a home refrig...