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3D Printing: Printer Technology Advances Speed and Simplicity
Newly released 3D printer models boast gains in speed and ability in being able to manufacture very complex objects. The capabilities of 3D printers are definitely becoming interesting.
One example is printing technology from Redwood-City based Carbon. Carbon has developed a technology called CLIP that advances 3D printing to the point where it becomes competitive with conventional injection molds, but with much more flexibility. The Carbon M1 printer uses UV light to transform fluid resins into materials with differing properties, like stiffness, toughness and flexibility. The new M1 printer introduced in early April also is significantly faster in producing objects than earlier generations of 3D printers. Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Joseph DeSimone, told Bloomberg that “we don’t print, we grow.”
The second example is 3D printer technology recently announced by Statasys. The new Statasys J750 3D printer can print object made of different materials and different colors. The post-processing steps of painting and assembling are eliminated. Roger A. Kelesoglu, Director of Sales Enablement at Stratasys, said that “this is what an eight-year-old imagines a 3D printer can do when they hear about it… We live in a full-color world. So what you see is what you get (WYSIWYG). The J750 accurately addresses the color gamut…from print to print or machine to machine for unmatched consistency.”
Josh Claman, Stratasys chief business officer, said that “we really believe the more we can simplify 3D printing, the larger the market for it becomes.”
