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Forecast 3D to offer new 3-D printing technology

Forecast 3D, Carlsbad, Calif., has announced it will be one of the first companies to offer HP’s new Multi Jet Fusion (MJF) 3-D printing technology. The company reports it will install two MJF machines on March 31 for producing functional prototypes and end-use parts.

The MJF platform uses fusing and detailing agents over a powdered nylon 12 build area, with infrared lamps fusing an entire layer in a single pass, versus sintering each part individually with a pinpoint laser. This technology can build geometrically complex parts up to 10 times faster than the commonly used selective laser sintering (SLS) process, says the company.

The team anticipates building benchmark parts for early-adopting customers within a week of installation.