RAPID 2009 is a good trade show in the US on 3-D imaging capturing, rapid prototyping and additive manufacturing. The Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) [...]]]> 3D scanning and 3D rapid prototyping technology has increasingly been growing year by year, and there are new advances and applications on 3 dimensional printing from different manufactures of this technology.

RAPID 2009 is a good trade show in the US on 3-D imaging capturing, rapid prototyping and additive manufacturing. The Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) organizes this event every year and it is home of developers and manufactures for presenting their products and newest technology. This is also a conference, workshop and exhibition show where there is the possibility to learn and interact with the manufactures at first hand. Two technical writers from FLAAR Reports staff where present at this year’s event, and got to learn and evaluate the newest advances in rapid prototyping.

The major companies of 3D rapid prototypers that where present at this event were: envisionTEC, EOS Electro Optical Systems, MTT Technologies Group, Objet Geometries, Solidscape, STRATASYS, 3D Systems and Z Corporation.

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