Stratasys is also the company that owns MakerBot-the manufacturer of the world's most well-known desktop 3D printers-and we can expect that advances in high-end 'additive manufacturing' will also trickle down to consumer 3D printers eventually. To get the exact cost of a J750, you'll have connect with Stratasys to get the specifics for your company and region, but you're typically looking at a price tag in the hundreds of thousands of dollars for an industrial-strength rapid prototyping machine like this one. Delivery times will vary based on geography.
The J750 is available from Stratasys today and can be ordered from its website. Now, it takes 30 minutes with the Stratasys J750, which OtterBox has been beta testing since last fall.Īs of Monday, any company can now take advantage of this technology to shorten its product development lifecycle. A prototype of one of its multi-colored cases used to take 3 days to print, paint, and finish.
But, the biggest leap forward in its rapid prototyping process happened in the past six months. OtterBox has been using 3D printing to help design its tank-like phone cases for over a decade.
