ROCK HILL, S.C., Sept. 2, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 3D Systems Corporation (Nasdaq:TDSC), a leading provider of 3-D Printing, Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing solutions, today announced the introduction of Accura(r) e-Stone(tm), a new family of materials developed specifically to produce digital-dental models on its stereolithography systems. This material is available in two high contrast colors, peach and green.
With newly introduced dental intraoral and impression scanners, 3D Systems' stereolithography technology is becoming the industry standard for digital-dental model production, having already been selected by 3M and Sirona for integration into proprietary intraoral scanning manufacturing systems. 3M is in full production utilizing this technology and recently produced their 10,000th case of digital-dental models on the iPro(tm) SLA(r) System.
Accura(r) e-Stone(tm) Material is designed to produce dental models from data derived from these scanners without pouring traditional stone models, saving time and money for dentists and dental laboratories and reducing infection risks.
Accura(r) e-Stone(tm) Material is compatible with all intraoral and impression scanning systems that produce an .stl file and are referred to as "open systems" to produce accurate, durable models of individual teeth and arches with crisp resolution. Normal dental lab practices, including drilling, grinding and waxing, can be used with Accura(r) e-Stone(tm) Material. Due to its high accuracy and repeatability, this material can also be used as a fit-check model for all-digital restorations.
"Dentists and dental labs are continually looking for ways to grow their business and increase productivity," said Lee Dockstader, VP of Business Development, 3D Systems, "and we expect Accura(r) e-Stone(tm) Material to help them improve their productivity. 3D Systems' technology can be used to enable labs to produce an all-digital restoration with 3-D working models on its stereolithography systems as well as to produce wax-ups on its ProJet(r) DP3000 systems and direct metal copings and bridges on its Sinterstation(r) Pro DM125 Systems. This variety of solutions will help dental labs to transform their production processes to improve their competitiveness with offshore labs and to augment the productivity of their highly skilled local lab technicians."
About 3D Systems
3D Systems is a leading provider of 3-D Modeling, Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing solutions. Its systems and materials reduce the time and cost of designing products and facilitate direct and indirect manufacturing by creating actual parts directly from digital input. These solutions are used for design communication and prototyping as well as for production of functional end-use parts: Transform your products.
More information on the company is available at www.3dsystems.com, and for 3D Systems dental solutions at www.toptobottomdental.com or via e-mail at moreinfo@3dsystems.com.
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