Stratasys launched the F870 just ahead of IMTS 2026 in Chicago, a large-format, production-grade FDM platform starting at $149,000. Build volume is 1000 x 610 x 610 mm with a heated chamber, which Stratasys says gives it the longest heated build capacity in its class. It runs ASA, ABS and Nylon 12CF carbon fiber, has three printheads with different tip sizes, and two material bays under the build chamber that each hold two 250 cubic inch spools; the bays actively dry wet material in 6 to 10 hours.
Toyota’s Georgetown, Kentucky plant beta-tested the machine and already runs one alongside multiple F770 and F900 units. Toyota’s Dallas Martin said the company had pushed Stratasys for better material and a bigger nozzle, and “they answered all that in this machine.” Rivian is also deploying the F870 in Michigan.
Stratasys is pitching the F870 as a stripped-down, lower-cost alternative to its aerospace-grade machines: Fadi Abro, the company’s automotive lead, called it “bare bones” by design, aimed at factory-floor tooling rather than high-temperature aerospace specs. One shown application was a 42-inch robotic end-of-arm tool printed diagonally in Nylon 12CF for an exhaust heatshield, with integrated air channels and vacuum cups.
Separately, Stratasys said GM is rolling out its FDM systems across more than 20 manufacturing facilities, standardized on the F900. Abro cited a $30 printed rocker panel cover that cuts paint touch-up trips by 80%, and said GM expects an F900 to pay for itself within six months.
Stratasys has not published print speed figures, layer resolution, or per-material cost data for the F870, nor a count of units sold or on order.