3D, DSM DESOTECH FORM AGREEMENT DEAL TO DEVELOP, MARKET STEREOLITHOGRAPHY HARDWARE.Byline: Daily News VALENCIA - 3D Systems Corp. and DSM 1. DSM - Data Structure Manager. An object-oriented language by J.E. Rumbaugh and M.E. Loomis of GE, similar to C++. It is used in implementation of CAD/CAE software. DSM is written in DSM and C and produces C as output. Desotech Inc. announced an agreement to develop and jointly market nonliquid stereolithography The first 3D printing technology, which was pioneered by Chuck Hull of 3D Systems. See 3D printing. hardware, software and materials for rapid tooling and direct and indirect in-line manufacturing processes. ``With our recent acquisition of OptoForm SARL SARL South African Radio League SARL Société Anonyme à Responsabilité Limitée (French: limited liability company) SARL Salem Animal Rescue League (Salem, NH) SARL Sociedade Anónima de Responsabilidade Limitada , additional opportunities are opening up in solid imaging technology,'' said Grant Flaharty, senior vice president of worldwide sales and marketing at Valencia-based 3D Systems. ``We believe that the combination of 3D Systems' cutting-edge hardware and DSM's paste and composites materials - as well as metals and ceramics - will expand applications for SL (stereolithography) technology into new areas of tooling and manufacturing.'' The signed memorandum between 3D Systems and DSM Desotech is an initial step to more definitive documents that may be formalized for·mal·ize tr.v. for·mal·ized, for·mal·iz·ing, for·mal·iz·es 1. To give a definite form or shape to. 2. a. To make formal. b. in the coming weeks and months, according to Flaharty. In February, 3D Systems announced it acquired OptoForm, a French company that developed stereolithography systems using paste materials. 3D Systems provides solid imaging products and services that substantially reduce the time and cost required to design, test and manufacture products. The company's systems utilize patented technologies that create physical objects from digital input. 3D Systems currently offers the ThermoJet office printer and SLA (1) (StereoLithography Apparatus) See 3D printing. (2) (Service Level Agreement) A contract between the provider and the user that specifies the level of service expected during its term. industrial systems, which include proprietary software and materials. Product pricing in the U.S. begins at $49,995 for the company's entry-level printer and extends up to $799,000 for its industrial SLA system. The company also licenses the 3D Keltool process, a complementary application that produces injection molding and die casting inserts from SLA system master patterns. Based in Valencia, 3D Systems was founded in 1986. DSM Desotech develops and manufactures ultraviolet light Ultraviolet light A portion of the light spectrum not visible to the eye. Two bands of the UV spectrum, UVA and UVB, are used to treat psoriasis and other skin diseases. and electron beam curable cur·a·ble adj. Capable of being cured or healed. materials. It is a business unit of DSM, an integrated group of companies with worldwide interests in life science products, performance materials and chemicals. DSM employs a total work force of some 22,000, in more than 200 operations throughout the world. In 1999, DSM Desotech announced its acquisition of Dupont Somos - now DSM Somos. Somos is the world's second-largest materials supplier to the rapid prototyping industry, providing stereolithography liquids and selective laser sintering See laser sintering and 3D printer. powders used for the creation of three-dimensional models and prototypes directly from digital data. Somos' patented Protofunctional materials are used by various industries, including automotive, aerospace, medical and telecommunications. |
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