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Carbon 3D printer for $70,000

Stratasys is now offering a more accessible system that’s based on its Fortus 380mc platform.

21st August 2018

Innovation in Textiles
 |  Eden Prairie, MN

Sports/​Outdoor

Recently, composite materials have seen a year-over-year market growth of between 8-12%, the company says. Carbon fibre composite applications and carbon fibre reinforced polymers are considered clean energy technologies by the US Department of Energy because they enable light-weighting, which reduces energy consumption. It’s estimated that each ten per cent reduction in vehicle mass drives a six to eight per cent increase in fuel economy.

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