Glidewell Laboratories Selects Objet Geometries to Offer Complete Dental Model Production
By Objet Geometries Ltd., PRNEMonday, August 9, 2010
NEWPORT BEACH, California, August 10, 2010 - Glidewell Laboratories (www.glidewelldental.com/), a provider of
dental laboratory services to North America, has announced its latest
collaboration with Objet Geometries Ltd (www.objet.com/). (Rehovot,
Israel), innovation leader of 3-Dimensional printing systems. Objet provided
Glidewell with the ability to manufacturer custom printed models and other
precision dental parts using Objet's Eden(TM) 3-D Printing Systems.
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Objet and Glidewell have long held a collaborative relationship for
implementing Objet's ultra-thin layer, high-resolution 3-D printing systems
on the laboratory production floor. Objet's printed parts were extensively
tested and evaluated by Glidewell Laboratories. After comprehensive testing
by Glidewell's 66-person R&D team, the printed parts for production were
approved and qualified.
"Objet is delighted that a leading U.S. dental laboratory such as
Glidewell Laboratories has chosen Objet's dental solution to improve its
manufacturing processes," said Avi Cohen - Head of Medical Solutions at
Objet. "We both believe that, in order to redefine the dental laboratory
industry, we must implement the leading 3-D Printing technology to provide
highly accurate and excellent quality models and parts at an affordable
cost."
"Glidewell Laboratories has made great strides in case-to-case
consistency using Objet's 3-D Printing systems to manufacture dental models
for its dentist customers that utilize intra-oral digital scanners like
Cadent iTero, Lava COS and Glidewell's own IOS system," said Grant Bullis,
Director of CAD/CAM Engineering. "With Objet's technology in-house, we are
able to improve our existing processes to not only ensure highly accurate
models but also mass-produce them at a faster rate than other printing
systems."
Through longstanding collaboration, Glidewell Laboratories' 10-person
CAD/CAM engineering team has supplied Objet with constructive critique and
input for the strategic dental manufacturing by sharing input and experience.
This cooperative effort helps produce highly accurate models and is also
focused on refining additional printing solutions. The value of this strong
collaboration between Glidewell and Objet provides a very fast customization
service as part of the support received.
Objet's 3-D printing solution is an exciting advance for dental
technology. Dentists and dental laboratories will electronically submit their
cases to Glidewell Laboratories, and the patterns and models are designed and
printed. This new process also reduces shipping costs and improves turnaround
time.
"Glidewell brings experience, knowledge, vision and the drive to move the
global dental restorative technology forward," concludes Avi Cohen.
"Glidewell continues to be a great source of inspiration for Objet, and we
certainly look forward to working with them on future products."
About Glidewell Laboratories, Inc.
Glidewell Dental Lab (www.glidewelldental.com) is an industry
leader thanks to its innovative dental technology, solutions-driven R&D
department, and dedication to providing free clinical and technical education
to dentists and laboratories worldwide.
Glidewell Laboratories, Inc. was founded in 1970 and is based in Newport
Beach, Calif., USA.
About Objet Geometries
Objet Geometries Ltd., (www.objet.com), the innovation leader in
3-Dimensional printing, provides 3-D printing systems that enable
manufacturers and industrial designers to reduce cost of product development
and dramatically shorten time-to-market of new products.
Objet's ultra-thin-layer, high-resolution 3-D printing systems and
materials utilize PolyJet(TM) and PolyJet Matrix(TM) polymer jetting
technologies to print ultra-thin layers. The market-proven Eden(TM) line of
3-D Printing is based on Objet's patented office-friendly PolyJet Technology.
All Objet systems use Objet's FullCure(R) materials to create accurate,
clean, smooth and highly detailed 3-D models.
Objet systems are in use by world leaders in many industries, including
dental, automotive, electronics, toy, consumer goods and footwear industries
in North America, Europe, Asia, Australia and Japan.
Founded in 1998, Objet serves its growing worldwide customer base through
offices in USA, Europe and Hong Kong, and a global network of distribution
partners. Objet owns more than 50 patents and patent pending inventions.
Glidewell Contacts: 4141 MacArthur Blvd. Newport Beach, CA 92660 Toll Free: +1-800-854-7256 Objet Media Contacts USA UK Robyn Stein or Sharon Horowitz Dave Chandler Gabbegroup UK Bespoke Tel. +1-212-220-4444 Tel: +44-(0)1737-215200 Email. robyn.stein@gagge.com E-mail. davec@bespoke.co.uk / Sharon.horowitz@gabbe.com Asia Pacific Japan Jenny Chan Masaya Takahama The Hoffman Agency The Hoffman Agency, Japan Tel: +81-3-2231-8101 Tel: +81-3-5159-2145 Email. jchan@hoffman.com Email. mtakahama@hoffman.com China Other Dong Chen Arita Mattsoff The Hoffman Agency, China Objet Geometries Tel. +86-21-6391-5869 Tel. +972-8-931-4314 Email. dchen@hoffman.com Email. arita@objet.com
Glidewell Contacts: 4141 MacArthur Blvd., Newport Beach, CA 92660, Toll Free: +1-800-854-7256; Objet Media Contacts, USA, Robyn Stein or Sharon Horowitz, Gabbegroup, Tel. +1-212-220-4444, Email. robyn.stein at gagge.com, / Sharon.horowitz at gabbe.com; UK, Dave Chandler, UK Bespoke, Tel: +44-(0)1737-215200, E-mail. davec at bespoke.co.uk; Asia Pacific, Jenny Chan, The Hoffman Agency, Tel: +81-3-2231-8101, Email. jchan at hoffman.com; Japan, Masaya Takahama, The Hoffman Agency, Japan, Tel: +81-3-5159-2145, Email. mtakahama at hoffman.com; China, Dong Chen, The Hoffman Agency, China,
Tel. +86-21-6391-5869, Email. dchen at hoffman.com; Other, Arita Mattsoff, Objet Geometries, Tel. +972-8-931-4314, Email. arita at objet.com
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