Case Study
Laser Modeling Iseral

Laser Modeling’s Additive Manufacturing Arsenal Features SAF™ Technology to Mass Produce Medical Device Parts

The opportunity
Combining additive manufacturing solutions to build sophisticated device parts for a medical simulation customer.

Laser Modeling Israel was founded as a service bureau with a lofty vision: to give engineers, scientists, and doctors access to every manufacturing technology possible to support their research and development.

Nearly 30 years later, Laser Modeling leverages an arsenal of 3D printers that include FDM (fused deposition modeling), PolyJet, P3 DLP (programmable photopolymerization digital light processing), and SAF (selective absorption fusion) technologies.

SAF technology revolutionizes 3D printing by deploying industrial-grade print heads to precisely apply a fusing fluid on a powder bed. Using an infrared lamp to selectively fuse particles layer by layer, the fluid enhances heat absorption of the powder particles to form solid objects. This method supports high-volume production of complex shapes, rendering an efficient and cost-effective way to manufacture end-use parts, without the constraints of traditional manufacturing processes.

The SAF H350 printer has become the first step for producing complex medical simulations for equipment calibration and training.

“In the medical field, the technological opportunities are endless,” says Arie Kalo, co-founder and owner of Laser Modeling. “We rely on Stratasys technologies like SAF as part of our portfolio to get the best product possible.”

For their long-time customer, a company that specializes in creating surgical simulators for doctors in all areas of expertise, Laser Modeling leverages these technologies to create functional medical simulators that include anatomical structures like bone, muscle, arteries, veins, and skin, and can accept interchangeable parts.

The Technology Solution
Stratasys SAF H350 Printer