Start to Finish 3D Printing

with Christie Digital

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Q&A at the end of the presentation

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Before We Start

Moderator

Leslie LangnauDesign World

Presenter

Mark BarfootChristie Digital

Presented by Mark BarfootManaging Director, Hyphen,

A Division of Christie Digital Systems Canada Inc.

Start to Finish 3D Printing

• Christie, a global visual technologies company, offers diverse solutions for business, entertainment and industry

• Christie has installed over 100,000 commercial projection solutions worldwide

• We provide display solutions for a variety of industries including:o Cinemao Large audience environmentso Control roomso Business Presentationso Training Facilitieso 3D & Virtual realityo Simulationo Educationo Mediao Government

World movie premiere, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Expo 2012 Yeosu, Korea

NASDAQ Marketsite Broadcast Studio, New York City, USA

Christie® Microtiles®, London Stock Exchange, London, UK

Weill Cornell Medical College, New York City, USA

US Air Force Boom Operator Weapons Systems Trainer

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 and has grown to a full-service centre.o Objet Connex 500 in March 2011 to provide smooth surface models

and ability to simulate rubber for gaskets & gripso Fortus 400 in October 2012 to increase overall FDM capacity and

expand our range of available materials.

• In October 2012 Christie made this infrastructure available for firms across southern Ontario and beyond through the launch of Hyphen.

• Anyone who has an idea that needs to exist in a tangible form can create and physically test their ideas/research at 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.

Rapid Prototyping Services

Additive Manufacturing• Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM)• PolyJet/Objet• Selective Laser Sintering (SLS)• Stereolithography (SLA)

Conventional Manufacturing• 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

FDM – Fused Deposition Modeling

Polyjet/Objet

Rapid Prototyping Services

Testing Services

So why did Christie start down this path for Rapid Prototyping.

• Build prototypes earlier to try out designs• Iterate and optimize designs• Investigate user serviceability issues early in the design phase• Ensure proper design prior to going to tooling

Benefits of Rapid Prototyping

Cost savings • Outside vs. internal charges.• Not required to ship product outside and less demands on

engineers.• No tooling changes.• Not 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 office.

Christie Medical - Veinviewer® Flex

• 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”

Christie Medical - Veinviewer® Flex

Goal:

• Take existing large unit and fit into a small handheld device

• Add enhanced features to the unit

• Develop a range of accessories (ie: arms, stands, cases)

Conceptual Modeling

• Start the development process off with some concepts of the potential product…

Iteration of Designs

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

Iteration of Designs

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

Presentation Models

• Create presentation models to explain concepts or help with clarifying final design concepts

Innovative Vibration Solutions

• Conduct modal analysis. • Don’t just limit it to your final product - check modules (early in

the design phase).

Innovative Vibration Solutions

• Optimize cooling fin designs.• Utilize heat pipes and other advanced cooling methods.• Check for outgassing concerns.• Optimize airflow to reduce sound.• FDM – Ultem & PPSF Great for high temperature applications

(190°C)

Enhance Sound Perception

• Don’t just try to lower your sound level – have the sound enhance your product!

Drop Testing

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

Field/Demo Testing

• Create parts that look like the final product.• Over-molded parts and painted parts can look like the real thing!

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

Jigs & Fixtures

Create a variety of jigs & fixtures• Layout jigs• Fixtures for life testing • Custom interfaces to measurement equipment

Production Fixtures

• Create ESD fixtures, either complete with FDM technology or join to standard CNC machined parts.

Low Volume Production Parts

• You can make parts that cannot be made with conventional manufacturing methods.

• Combine multiple parts into a single part.

• Enables low volume products to have the same look and feel as high volume production products.

• Build custom parts specific to your customer.

Hyphen is a creative playground for all types of industry to commercialize ideas in.

hyphenservices.com

BUILD – TEST - OPTIMIZE

Questions?

Design WorldLeslie LangnauLlangnau@wtwhmedia.com Phone: 440.234.4531Twitter: @DW_RapidMFG

Christie Digital Mark BarfootMark.Barfoot@christiedigital.com Phone: Twitter:

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