Speed
3D Printers are the fastest commercially available 3D printers, 5-10x faster than other Rapid Prototyping technologies. In addition, multiple parts can be printed simultaneously resulting in increased throughput. In today’s highly competitive global market, fast product development is critical factor for success, printer can make the difference between getting a part in an hour and [...]
Three-dimensional printing may sound like stuff from a sci-fi movie, but so did airplanes and cars when they were first mentioned in history. Today, 3D printers are as widespread as those cars (with bicycle wheels) of old, but they are, in fact, real and are not mere specks from a Harry Potter world.
3D printing technology, [...]
As biologists are busy working on cloning living organisms, engineers are working on a mechanical counterpart – creating non-living things that can replicate themselves.
Recently, more than 100 researchers from around the world have been working on a project called RepRap (Replicating Rapid-prototyper), which started in 2004. At the Cheltenham Science Festival in the UK, the [...]
I love the concept of 3D printing. Of course, I also really enjoy teaching Calc II when we talk about slicing and shell formulas and volumes of revolution, because I remember the AHA! moment when I suddenly put together what the formulas were all describing and it all made perfect sense. (Sadly, this [...]
3D Printing is a type of rapid prototyping. Material is layered and connected to form a 3 dimensional object. By using 3D printing, prototypes can be developed faster, and in full color. This is the only type of rapid prototyping that allows for full color prototypes to be produced. 3D Printing is also a leading [...]