The Connex500™ is the first 3-D printing system that sets multiple model materials simultaneously. It offers the completely unique ability to print parts and assemblies made of multiple model materials, with different mechanical or physical properties, all in a single build. Taking the revolution even further, the Connex500 can also fabricate Digital Materials™ on the fly, enabling users to create composite materials that have preset combinations of mechanical properties.
Based on Objet＊s breakthrough PolyJet Matrix™ Technology, the Connex500 simultaneously prints two FullCure model materials and creates 21 types of Digital Materials. It can also print a single material from any of the original seven FullCure model materials.
By printing with Digital Materials, the Connex500 allows you to print parts with specific Shore A values to match the values of the intended production materials. This capability opens up new opportunities, bringing you much closer to realizing the final product at an early stage, including feasibility testing and over-molding process simulation.
Parts produced on the Connex500 have smooth and durable surfaces, with exceptionally fine details and an outstanding surface finish. The high quality output and unique multi-material printing capabilities of the Connex500 enable you to closely emulate the look, feel and function of an exceptionally wide variety of end products.
Key Benefits
Closer-than-ever simulation of end products
Simultaneously prints parts with different mechanical properties, opening the way to savings throughout the design cycle.
Enables close emulation of the look, feel and function of final products, facilitating selection of the end-product materials.
Enables printed prototypes that are very close to the production part in terms of mechanical properties and material combinations, e.g. over-molding and double injection.
Saves days of simulating and preparing complex and expensive molds for double injection.
Reduces the need for silicon molds and preparation of different end-product materials for testing by enabling most of the testing to be done on early stage prototypes printed overnight on the Connex500.
Saves costs and time on applications that would usually involve gluing separate parts made of different materials, or gluing several small pieces to make a large part
Improves communication between different groups and decision makers in the company, such as R&D, internal/external customers, engineering, marketing, sales and management
Wide choice of materials
Uses Objet＊s FullCure® photopolymer model and support materials, offering a wide variety of mechanical and physical properties, and easy support removal
Creates 21 Digital Materials™ -- Composite materials made up of two FullCure model materials integrated in specific concentrations and structures to provide the desired mechanical properties
Mixed Parts 每 Parts printed using multiple FullCure model materials; eliminates the need to design, print and glue together separate model parts to make a complete model, leading to dramatic savings in printing and post-processing time
Digital Materials -- Composite materials made up of any two FullCure model materials integrated in specific concentrations and structures to provide the desired mechanical properties; enables close simulation of the target product materials for early-stage testing
Mixed Tray 每 Different parts made with different materials in a single build; saves time on materials replacement and provides an answer for multiple users
Easy switching between three printing modes 每 provides a versatile answer for a virtually unlimited variety of applications:
Digital Material (DM) printing mode operates at 12 mm per hour in 30 micron-layers, providing the ability to print parts made of multiple model materials, including Digital Materials.
High Quality (HQ) printing mode builds single-material parts at 12 mm per hour in 16-micron (0.0006 inch) layers.
High Speed (HS) printing mode, for single-material parts, runs at 20 mm per hour in 30 micron (0.001 inch)-layers.
User-defined selection of exact materials, printing speed and resolution needed for individual parts
Outstanding quality, accuracy
Assures high quality for all your parts, even those with complicated geometries.
The highest resolution in the market, with identical X & Y resolution of 600 DPI 每 enables models with fine features in Y direction with no loss of speed
Smooth surface finish -- Eliminates the stair effect common to complicated curved surfaces built in lower resolution
Thin walls down to 0.6mm (0.024§)
Horizontal layers of 16µ (0.0006§)
Ultra-fine details in all dimensions
Highly precise printing 每 maximum tolerance of 0.3mm over large models
Superb productivity
Large-size build tray of 500 x 400 x 200mm saves time for all types of parts:
Prints large parts in a single build, saving gluing time
Prints numerous small parts, made of the same or different materials, together, saving printing time
Up to 20mm/hour/strip
Easy switching between High Quality, High Speed and Digital Material printing modes.
Full weekend unattended operation, using Jumbo materials cartridges (approx. 72 hours of non-stop build capacity)
Clean, smooth surfaces
Easy-to-remove support material enables sophisticated geometries at any angle
Delivers smooth exterior and interior surfaces, including cavities, without the remnants characteristic of rigid support structures
