Stratasys has launched its newest 3D printing know-how aimed on the style business.
The additive manufacturing firm says the TechStyle Cloth Alignment Station is designed to satisfy the wants of high-end designers and will be built-in into current embroidery, laser reducing, embossing and 2D silk printing manufacturing strategies.
An evolution of its J850 TechStyle full color textile 3D printer, which permits polymer 3D printing immediately onto textiles, the TechStyle Cloth Alignment Station is claimed to ship larger accuracy and permit garment makers to routinely align 2D printed patterns with 3D designs inside outlined areas similar to pockets and patches, and place 3D designs precisely the place supposed.
“As we speak’s style customers worth personalisation, driving demand for customisable and bespoke merchandise, empowering them to attain a brand new degree of design,” mentioned Zehavit Reisin, Senior Vice President, Client Options at Stratasys. “This resolution is remodeling the artistic course of and manufacturing effectivity.”
The know-how is assumed to cast off the trial and error, scale back prices, and enhance manufacturing occasions. Additionally it is mentioned to advertise sustainability by minimising materials waste.
Final yr, Stratasys’ ‘direct to garment’ know-how was utilized in a sustainability research commissioned by the Additive Producer Inexperienced Commerce Affiliation (AMGTA), which modelled the transition from conventional manufacturing strategies to AM to create 16,000 models of a brand applique for 8,000 pairs of luxurious designer sneakers, with outcomes suggesting that the print-to-textile manufacturing course of lowered CO2e emissions by 24.8%.
