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Dunwoody gets help from Stratasys
As 3-D printing and production become more mainstream in manufacturing and other industries, there is a growing need for technology students to learn these new techniques.
Dunwoody College of Technology in Minneapolis, which has been teaching and training manufacturing students for more than 100 years, is teaming with a local pioneer to place greater emphasis on the new technology.
Dunwoody is partnering with Stratasys Ltd., a provider of 3-D printing and additive manufacturing solutions based in Eden Prairie and Rehovot, Israel, to add to Dunwoody's curriculum.
"I see additive manufacturing as an essential partner to the traditional manufacturing process," E.J. Daigle, dean of Dunwoody's robotics and manufacturing department, said in a statement. "Not only do we want to give our students the tools to intertwine both, but we saw a need for businesses in the industry to further their education."
The technology is being adopted by everybody from automobile to medical device manufacturers. Firms use the machines to quickly build and test prototypes or for custom manufacturing.
Dunwoody will use a Fortus 400mc and two Fortus 250mc machines, both models made by Stratasys. The Fortus 400mc can use up to 11 thermoplastics to build layer-by-layer designs in a 16‑by-14-by-16-inch build space. The smaller Fortus 250mc machines can build designs in multiple colors in a 10-by-10-by-12-inch build space.
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