PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 11, 1996
Agency Loren Werner Company H. Curtis Peel
Contact 602/592-9089 Contact 810/585-7880
NEW FULLY AUTOMATIC DE-WAXING MACHINE FROM CUBITAL IS ENVIRONMENTALLY
FRIENDLY
Swift 2000 provides fast, user-friendly, fully automatic de-waxing of
finished prototype parts
Troy, MI – Cubital America, Inc. today announced the introduction of its
new, Swift 2000 de-waxing machine. In addition to the machine’s fully
automatic operation, efficient filters on the Swift 2000 make wax disposal
much easier than with Cubital’s earlier ADM de-waxing machine.
"Since Cubital’s rapid prototyping machines use wax as the support media in
our Solid Ground Curing (SGC) process to produce fully self-supporting
models," explains Curtis Peel, General Manager of Cubital America, Inc.,
"once the model is complete, a single step is required to remove the wax
support media from the fully cured model. The new Swift 2000 provides
performance improvements over our earlier ADM de-waxing machine in two ways:
First, the Swift 2000 operates in fully automatic mode without operator
attendance during the de-waxing process. And second, the filters on the
Swift 2000 do an excellent job of separating the wax from the rinse water,
for more environmentally-friendly operation."
In operation of the Swift 2000, the work piece (the part being de-waxed)
rests on a platform that moves up and down. The work piece gets dipped into
a cleaning solution, which softens the wax enveloping the model. When the
work piece is raised from the tub of solution, the Swift 2000 sprays water on
the cured parts from several fixed and revolving nozzles, washing away the
softened wax.
The Swift 2000 is more streamlined than the earlier ADM, and requires
connection to electric, water, compressed air, and sewage outlets. The Swift
2000 is priced at $40,000 and will be available beginning the first quarter
of 1997. Cubital is accepting advance orders for the Swift 2000 now, and has
already received a number of orders for the automated de-waxing station from
existing users of Cubital equipment.
Built on a Tradition of Excellence
Cubital Ltd., parent company of Cubital America, Inc., was founded in
Israel in 1987. Cubital’s SGC product line of rapid prototyping systems
started through research conducted at Scitex Corporation, Ltd., an Israeli
company known for its outstanding image processing technology that is used
worldwide. Commercial sales of Cubital rapid prototyping machines began
during the fourth quarter of 1991.
Recognition of Cubital’s outstanding technology has led to acceptance of the
SGC product line worldwide. In addition to its headquarters in Israel, and
operations in the United States, Cubital has an office in Germany, and has
sales representatives in the Asian Rim. In the United States, some of
Cubital’s larger customers include Ford Motor company, Toledo Molding & Die,
Inc., Compression Inc., Allied Signal Aerospace, D & C Industries, Inc., and
General Motors Midsize Car Division.
Today, Cubital leads the industry in production rapid prototyping
throughput. Based on UV light-activated Solid Ground Curing technology,
Cubital systems provide a number of advantages over competing systems
utilizing Stereolithographic (SL) or other technologies. Cubital systems
deliver throughput at three to eight times that available from SL-based
systems. In part, this speed advantage arises from the use of a photomasking
technique that allows Cubital systems to cure/harden an entire model layer at
once upon exposure to a UV light source. The speed
of Cubital systems is further enhanced through the capability of these
SGC-based systems to operate in dual-process mode, literally forming the
photo-mask for the next model layer while simultaneously fabricating the
current layer. SGC technology also produces self-supporting models,
eliminating the need to add support structures.
Beyond pure performance advantages, Cubital’s systems provide outstanding
price/performance. This is because Cubital systems are priced competitively
with laser-based rapid prototyping systems, while providing several times the
model building speed.
Additionally, unlike SL-based systems, Cubital’s systems have no requirement
to replace expensive lasers.
Cubital holds U.S. and Israeli patents on its unique Solid Ground Curing
technology, with European and Japanese patents pending.
The Cubital Data Front End workstation is designed to accept input from most
standard CAD file formats.
For more information about Cubital, its products and marketplace, contact
Curtis Peel at 810/585-7880, and visit Cubital’s worldwide web site on the
Internet (http://www.cubital.com/cubital/). For editorial liaison, contact
Loren Werner, A-Z PR, 602/592-9089
(e-mail: azpr@aol.com or web site http://ypo.com/azpr/).
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