The Defense Division COMET initiative was established between the US Army – NJIT – NJII to reduce risk in advanced manufacturing. By adding the most advanced equipment to our facility, we can push technical boundaries through workforce development to ensure that all Army designs repeatably meet stringent specifications.
The Defense team is excited to share the arrival and installation of the Stratasys F3300 this past December 2024! It joins the current fleet of F900, the Fortus 450 mc, and the F370 CR in our Stratasys cell. Stratasys is an industry leader in Additive Manufacturing (AM) who invented Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) in 1989. With their first commercial 3D Printer being released in 1992, they have decades of experience and continue to advance their technology.
The F3300 boasts several improvements including higher throughput resulting in faster print times, a streamlined user interaction including auto calibration for reduced time to start, and, most importantly, a multi-head arrangement. The multi-head arrangement allows for redundant extruders that reduce the risk of a failed build when a nozzle goes down providing increased uptime, as well as the capability of combining diverse print resolutions and materials within a single build!
We already have a number of applications for this new capability, and we look forward to discovering even more. If you’d like to learn more about our technology or materials, please reach out to Landing360@NJII.com.