Christie Digital Systems offers world-class projection displays and visualization solutions for any type of content. In order to maximize their product development and ensure quality of design Christie has established its own in-house prototyping and testing facility. Christie has recently formed a new division called Hyphen which offers this facility to outside businesses. Hyphen leverages both FDM and Inkjet 3D Printing technology. Efficiency, speed and material properties have been huge factors for Christie/Hyphen and Mark Barfoot, Managing Director of Hyphen, will present on the value of each of these technologies. With Objet (Inkjet) and Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) technologies now under the Stratasys name, designers are able to choose the best tool for their prototyping needs.

1. Start to Finish 3D Printing
with Christie Digital

2. Before We Start
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3. Moderator
Leslie Langnau
Design World
Presenters
Mark Barfoot
Christie Digital
Bruce Bradshaw
Stratasys

4. Start-to-finish 3D printing
Presented by Mark Barfoot
Managing Director, Hyphen,
A Division of Christie Digital Systems Canada Inc.

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Christie, a global visual technologies company, offers diverse solutions for
business, entertainment and industry
Christie has installed more than 100,000 commercial projection solutions
worldwide
We provide display solutions for a variety of industries including:
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Cinema
Large-audience environments
Control rooms
Business presentations
Training facilities
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3D & virtual reality
Simulation
Education
Media
Government

6. World movie premiere, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

7. Expo 2012 Yeosu, Korea

8. NASDAQ Marketsite Broadcast Studio, New York City, USA

9. Christie MicroTiles®, London Stock Exchange, London, UK

10. Weill Cornell Medical College, New York City, USA

11. US Air Force boom operator weapons systems trainer

12. Over the past ten years, Christie has invested in state-of-the-art
prototyping and environmental testing equipment to help shorten lead
time and design cycles in the development of our own projectors and
visual displays.
o The centre began its transformation in 2003 with the purchase of a Stratasys® FDM
Titan machine. Now the centre is a full-service centre.
o We added Objet Connex 500 in March 2011 to provide smooth surface models and
the ability to simulate rubber for gaskets and grips
o We added the Fortus 400 in October 2012 to increase overall FDM capacity and
expand our range of available materials.

13. • In October 2012, Christie made this infrastructure available for firms
across southern Ontario and beyond through the launch of Hyphen.
• Hyphen is a full-service, rapid prototyping and environmental testing
center with Canada’s widest range of prototyping and environmental
testing capabilities under one roof.
• Our team of professionals has firsthand experience at shortening lead
times and project-design cycles.
• Anyone who has an idea that needs to exist in a tangible form can
create and physically test their ideas/research at Hyphen.

14. Rapid prototyping services
Additive manufacturing
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Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM)
PolyJet/Objet
Selective Laser Sintering (SLS)
Stereolithography (SLA)
Conventional manufacturing
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Variety of CNC milling machining centers – 3- 4- 5-axis machines
CNC lathe with live tooling
Various conventional mills, lathes, sheet metal, welding and woodworking
equipment

15. Rapid prototyping services
Polyjet/Objet
FDM – Fused
Deposition
Modeling

16. Testing services

17. Why did Christie start down this path for Rapid Prototyping?
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Build prototypes earlier to try out designs
Iterate and optimize designs
Investigate user serviceability issues early in the design phase
Ensure proper design before going to tooling

18. The benefits of rapid prototyping
Cost savings
• Outside vs. internal charges
• Not required to ship product outside and less demands on engineers
• No tooling changes
• No losing market opportunity because of project delays
Time savings
• Project cycles shortened and loop backs minimized
• Control of scheduling and timing
• Eliminate shipping time
• Eliminate engineers being away from the office

20. Christie Medical - VeinViewer® Flex
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We’ll walk through from start to finish how we used prototyping to create one
of our new products – the VeinViewer® Flex
VeinViewer ® projects an image much like a picture on a movie screen, but
VeinViewer ® does this in real time making the patient’s skin the “screen”

21. Christie Medical - VeinViewer® Flex
Goal:
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Take an existing large unit and fit it into a handheld device
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Add enhanced features to the unit
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Develop a range of accessories (e.g. arms, stands, cases)

22. Conceptual modeling
Start the development process off with some concepts of the
potential product….

23. Design iterations
Encourage engineering to iterate the design to get the optimum result – not
just take the first design that works.

24. Design iterations
Don’t just limit yourself to iterating the overall design but look at every detail
including knobs and buttons.

25. Presentation models
Create presentation models to explain concepts or help with clarifying final
design concepts.

26. Innovative vibration solutions
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Conduct modal analysis
Don’t just limit it to your final product - check modules (early in the design
phase)

27. Innovative thermal solutions
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Optimize cooling fin designs
Use heat pipes and other advanced cooling methods
Check for outgassing concerns
Optimize airflow to reduce sound
FDM – Ultem and PPSF are great for high temperature applications (190°C)

28. Enhance sound perception
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Don’t just try to lower your sound level – have the sound enhance your product!

29. Drop testing
• FDM is the only suitable technology
• Objet – parts are too brittle for this type of testing – unless you use ABS-like

30. Field/demo testing
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Create parts that look like the final product
Over-molded parts and painted parts can look like the real thing!

31. Molds
Create molds on either FDM or Objet
• Vein mold to create veins with material
properties similar to actual veins
• Create molds for gaskets
• Simple injection molds for 20-40 shots

32. Jigs and fixtures
Create a variety of jigs and fixtures
• Layout jigs
• Fixtures for life testing
• Custom interfaces to measurement equipment

33. Production fixtures
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Create ESD fixtures, either complete with FDM technology or joined to
standard CNC machined parts

34. Low volume production parts
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You can make parts that cannot be made with
conventional manufacturing methods
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Combine multiple parts into a single part
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Enables low-volume products to have the same look and
feel as high-volume production products
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Build custom parts specific to your customer

35. Hyphen is a creative playground for all types
of industry to commercialize ideas in.
BUILD – TEST - OPTIMIZE
hyphenservices.com

36. Stratasys Overview
Bruce Bradshaw

37. Stratasys - A Powerful Resource
• Headquartered in Eden Prairie, MN and
Rehovot, Israel
• Global workforce of over 1100
employees
• $359M combined revenue (2012)
• 500 granted or pending additive
manufacturing patents globally
• 20 technology & leadership awards
• Over 29,000 3D Printers installed
worldwide

38. Stratasys Customers
More than 8,000 customers worldwide
Global brands as well as smaller
companies
Our customers are from multiple
industries
Automotive
Aerospace & Defense
Industrial & commercial
Consumer products
Medical
Government
Education
Architecture
Toys

39. A Stratasys for Every Product Stage
Concept
Prototype
Production

40. A World of Material Possibilities
Thermoplastics
Durable
– ABS
– Production-grade
– Realistic parts
– Translucent
Functional
– Anti-static
– High strength
– Manufacturing tools
Industry-Ready
– High strength
– Sterilizable
– Food & drug
High-Performance
– Flame retardant
– Chemical-resistant
– Low-toxicity
– Finished parts
Photopolymers
Rigid
– General purpose translucent
– Polypropylene-like
– High-temperature
– ABS-like
– Transparent
Flexible, Rubber-like
– High-elongation
– Wide range of Shore Scale A
values (Hardness)
– High Tear Resistance
Medical
– Biocompatible for
Hearing Aids
– Biocompatible clear
material
– Dental
Digital Composite Materials
– Pre-defined Digital
Materials™

41. Polyjet & FDM Technologies
Polyjet
FDM
Liquefier
Plastic
Filament
UV Light
Extrusion
Material B
Material
Cartridge
Material A
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Fine feature details
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Multiple thermoplastics
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Material Versatility (>120)
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Accuracy

42. Questions?
Christie Digital
Design World
Leslie Langnau
Llangnau@wtwhmedia.com
Phone: 440.234.4531
Twitter: @DW_RapidMFG
Mark Barfoot
Mark.Barfoot@christiedigital.com
Phone: 519.749.3115
Stratasys
Bruce Bradshaw
Bruce.bradshaw@stratasys.com
Phone: 603.689.4597

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