ZARE Cuts Production Costs With 3D Printing

ZARE, an Italian service bureau, has halved its production costs for its direct manufacturing customers in the automotive and aerospace industries. The company was able to do this, a press release states, with its Stratasys Fortus 3D production systems.

The Fortus systems offer FDM (fused deposition modeling) and compatibility with a wide range of thermoplastics. These materials, the company states, offer properties such as a high FST rating and strength-to-wait ratio. These printers also allow the company to quickly build a functional prototype for earlier testing and faster time to market.

“After a steady decline in traditional manufacturing business, the introduction of Stratasys Fortus FDM technology has given us a significant edge over our competition and has enabled us to reduce manufacturing costs for our aerospace and automotive customers by 50%,” says Andrea Pasquali, R&D manager of ZARE. “This has been key to revitalizing our direct manufacturing business, as we can quickly produce durable end-use parts for our customers in the final material. We have seen a substantial reduction in iteration costs and turnaround times, and we have reduced the cost per final part by around 30%.”

For more information, visit ZARE and Stratasys.

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.