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Fortus 450mc

Fortus 450mc

Fortus 450mc

Product catalog summary
Overview: The Stratasys Fortus 450mc 3D printer is designed to enhance production efficiency by minimizing costs, increasing uptime, and improving quality. It utilizes FDM materials to meet the advanced complexity and data security needs of modern manufacturers.
High-Strength Material Capability: The Fortus 450mc excels in carbon fiber printing, offering high strength and stiffness. It uses FDM Nylon 12CF, providing superior mechanical properties with an ultimate tensile strength exceeding 10,000 psi and a production variance of less than 4%.
Consistency and Precision: The printer ensures consistent part properties with a variance of less than 6% in tensile strength across multiple printers. It also delivers high dimensional accuracy and precision, meeting tolerance specifications reliably.
Simplified Workflow: The Fortus 450mc is compatible with GrabCAD Print software and features an intuitive touchscreen interface. It supports easy-to-replace build sheets and loading options, streamlining the manufacturing process.
Smart-Factory Integration: The printer integrates securely with smart factory infrastructures, using Stratasys ProtectAM technology for secure connectivity solutions, including STIG compliance for U.S. government DOD requirements.
Capacity for Complex Parts: The Fortus 450mc can produce custom tools, prototypes, and low-volume parts with complex geometries quickly, thanks to its large build platform and soluble support materials.
Material Versatility: The printer supports a wide range of materials, from standard to high-performance, including carbon fiber nylon and Antero PEKK-based thermoplastics, offering strength, chemical resistance, and ESD performance.
Industry-Leading Performance: Parts produced exhibit more than 80% strength in the vertical plane compared to in-plane performance, providing flexibility in part orientation for optimal results.
Specifications: The Fortus 450mc features various material layer thicknesses and support structures, with a system size of 129.5 cm x 90.2 cm x 198.4 cm and a weight of 601 kg. It offers network communication via Ethernet and requires limited operator attendance.
Software and Compliance: The printer includes Insight and Control Center software, compatible with GrabCAD Print for job management. It complies with various regulatory standards and supports Windows 10 and newer operating systems.
Global Support: Stratasys provides global service and support, including technical training, maintenance, and software updates to ensure efficient factory workflows.
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Fortus 450mc-1

Accelerate production. Discover efficiencies with the Stratasys® Fortus 450mc™ 3D printer. Minimize cost, increase uptime and improve quality on your factory floor. The Fortus 450mc builds parts using the FDM® materials you’re familiar with, but with the advanced complexity, high requirements and data security needed by today’s manufac

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Fortus 450mc-2

Built for streamlined manufacturing. Built for streamlined manufacturing. High-Strength Material Capability To help you get to market faster, the Fortus 450mc 3D printer provides a multi-application manufacturing solution that reduces design and build times, optimizes manufacturing workflows, decreases overall costs and promotes factory innovation. Stratasys FDM technology is the standard in carbon fiber printing for tools and end-use parts that demand high strength and stiffness. FDM Nylon 12CF (carbon fiber) printed on the Fortus 450mc offers superior mechanical properties, with an ultimate...

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Fortus 450mc-3

Meet industry demands. Tackle applications that require tight tolerances, toughness and environmental stability as well as specialized properties like V-0 flammability or FST ratings. The Fortus 450mc is also compatible with GrabCAD Shop™ and other Software Partner solutions to help manage the full 3D printing workflow. The Fortus 450mc uses production-grade thermoplastics to build strong, durable and dimensionally stable parts suitable for demanding applications in aerospace, automotive, rail, military, industrial equipment and consumer products.

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Fortus 450mc-4

Simplify your factory workflow. To help you manage your printing projects more efficiently, the Fortus 450mc comes with integrated GrabCAD Print and Insight™ software. GrabCAD Print enables you to print directly from CAD formats using smart default settings and tooltips as well as access detailed views of models, trays and slice previews. And with Insight, you can fine-tune part performance and material use for greater cost efficiency

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Fortus 450mc-5

Get global service and support. To help eliminate production downtime, our support team offers priority service, quick response times, fast delivery of replacement parts and scheduled preventative maintenance. We also provide expert technical training, predictable maintenance expenditures for easy budgeting, and scheduled software and hardware updates — giving you access to the most recent developments.

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Fortus 450mc-6

See the specs. Product Specifications Material Layer Thickness Support Structure Available Colors n Ivory n Black n Blue n Natural Black Dark Gray Light Gray White Ivory n White n Red n Dark Gray Dark Blue Green Yellow Orange Red Breakaway, Soluble n White n Translucent Natural n White

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Fortus 450mc-7

Product Specifications System Size and Weight Achievable Accuracy Parts are produced within an accuracy of ± .127 mm (± .005 in.) or ± .0015 mm/mm (± .0015 in./in.), whichever is greater). Z part accuracy includes an additional tolerance of -0.000/+slice height. Note: Accuracy is geometry dependent. Achievable accuracy specification derived from statistical data at 95% dimensional yield. Network Communication 10/100 base T connection. Ethernet protocol. Operator Attendance Limited attendance for job start and stop required. Power Requirements 208 VAC (3 phase), 50/60 Hz, consumes 18 Amps Regulatory...

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Fortus 450mc-8

Ready to accelerate production? Learn more about the Fortus 450mc 3D printer at Stratasys.com. USA - Headquarters 7665 Commerce Way Eden Prairie, MN 55344, USA +1 952 937 3000 EMEA Airport Boulevard B 120 77836 Rheinmünster, Germany +49 7229 7772 0 ISRAEL - Headquarters 1 Holtzman St., Science Park PO Box 2496 Rehovot 76124, Israel +972 74 745 4000 ASIA PACIFIC 7th Floor, C-BONS International Center 108 Wai Yip Street Kwun Tong Kowloon Hong Kong, China + 852 3944 8888 stratasys.com ISO 9001:2015 Certified © 2021 Stratasys. All rights reserved. Stratasys, the Stratasys Signet logo, FDM and Fortus...

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