View the webinar on-demand here: http://www.designworldonline.com/webinar-start-to-finish-3d-printing-with-christie-digital/ Christie Digital Systems offers world-class projection displays and visualization solutions for any type of content. In order to maximize their product development and ensure quality of design Christie has established its own in-house prototyping and testing facility. Christie has recently formed a new division called Hyphen which offers this facility to outside businesses. Hyphen leverages both FDM and Inkjet 3D Printing technology. Efficiency, speed and material properties have been huge factors for Christie/Hyphen and Mark Barfoot, Managing Director of Hyphen, will present on the value of each of these technologies. With Objet (Inkjet) and Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) technologies now under the Stratasys name, designers are able to choose the best tool for their prototyping needs.

1. Start to Finish 3D Printing
with Christie Digital

2. Before We Start
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3. Moderator Presenter
Leslie Langnau Mark Barfoot
Design World Christie Digital

4. Start to Finish 3D Printing
Presented by Mark Barfoot
Managing Director, Hyphen,
A Division of Christie Digital Systems Canada Inc.

5. • 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 Cinema
o Large audience environments
o Control rooms
o Business Presentations
o Training Facilities
o 3D & Virtual reality
o Simulation
o Education
o Media
o Government

6. World movie premiere, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

7. Expo 2012 Yeosu, Korea

8. NASDAQ Marketsite Broadcast Studio, New York City, USA

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

10. Weill Cornell Medical College, New York City, USA

11. US Air Force Boom Operator Weapons Systems Trainer

12. 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 & grips
o Fortus 400 in October 2012 to increase overall FDM capacity and expand our range
of available materials.

13. • 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.

14. 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

15. Rapid Prototyping Services
Polyjet/Objet
FDM – Fused
Deposition
Modeling

16. Testing Services

17. 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

18. 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.

20. 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”

21. 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)

22. Conceptual Modeling
• Start the development process off with some concepts of the
potential product…

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

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

25. Presentation Models
• Create presentation models to explain concepts or help with clarifying final
design concepts

26. Innovative Vibration Solutions
• Conduct modal analysis.
• Don’t just limit it to your final product - check modules (early in the design
phase).

27. 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)

28. Enhance Sound Perception
• Don’t just try to lower your sound level – have the sound enhance your product!

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

30. Field/Demo Testing
• Create parts that look like the final product.
• Over-molded parts and painted parts can look like the real thing!

31. 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

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

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

34. 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.

35. Hyphen is a creative playground for all types
of industry to commercialize ideas in.
BUILD – TEST - OPTIMIZE
hyphenservices.com

36. Questions?
Design World Christie Digital
Leslie Langnau Mark Barfoot
Llangnau@wtwhmedia.com Mark.Barfoot@christiedigital.com
Phone: 440.234.4531 Phone:
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