Insights Success The 10 Most innovative 3D Printing Solution Providers 2017
As 3D printers become faster, easier to use, handle multiple materials, and print active components or systems, they are finding usage beyond rapid prototyping.Several technology trends are feeding these expectancies. An evolving class of mid-level 3-D printers is starting to offer many high-end system features in a desktop form factor at lower price points. What’s more; Printer speeds are increasing across the product spectrum; at least one high-end system under development could print up to 500 times faster than today’s top machines. And essential patents are about to expire, an event likely to hasten the pace of innovation. The 3D printing solution providers are amidst of the sea of opportunities, and from here, it will only increase further.
As 3D printers become faster, easier to use, handle multiple materials, and print active components or systems, they are finding usage beyond rapid prototyping.Several technology trends are feeding these expectancies. An evolving class of mid-level 3-D printers is starting to offer many high-end system features in a desktop form factor at lower price points. What’s more; Printer speeds are increasing across the product spectrum; at least one high-end system under development could print up to 500 times faster than today’s top machines. And essential patents are about to expire, an event likely to hasten the pace of innovation. The 3D printing solution providers are amidst of the sea of opportunities, and from here, it will only increase further.
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A Newfangled Startup <strong>Printing</strong><br />
the Future of Tomorrow<br />
In 1909, the master of efficiency<br />
and standardization, Henry Ford<br />
popularly said, “any customer can<br />
have a car painted any color so long as<br />
it is black.” <strong>The</strong> machines were<br />
introduced in the First Industrial<br />
Revolution to replace hand labor when<br />
Ford helped usher in what was<br />
eventually the core of mass production.<br />
While the first revolution was all about<br />
introducing machines, the later era –<br />
the Second Industrial Revolution took<br />
place using those machines to produce<br />
massive quantities of standardized<br />
products.<br />
Today, more than hundred years later<br />
since Ford’s industry-defining<br />
statement, <strong>3D</strong> printing is here and is<br />
making its way into the mainstream<br />
while allowing anyone to create<br />
customized products at affordable<br />
prices. It has enabled us to tailor our<br />
products that meet our individual needs<br />
at little or no cost at all. However, the<br />
additive manufacturing has been<br />
around for the last 30 years. But only<br />
in the past five years has it gained this<br />
great recognition. With the promise:<br />
everyone can print objects at home<br />
with a <strong>3D</strong> printer and become a<br />
designer, BigRep entered the market in<br />
2014 only to lead the industry later.<br />
Within a short span of over three years,<br />
BigRep is already one of the wellknown<br />
names in the <strong>3D</strong> <strong>Printing</strong><br />
industry.<br />
<strong>The</strong> World’s Largest Standardized<br />
<strong>3D</strong> Printer Manufacturer<br />
Headquartered in Berlin-Kreuzberg,<br />
with offices in New York and<br />
Singapore, BigRep develops and<br />
manufactures the world’s largest<br />
standardized <strong>3D</strong> printer. One of the<br />
groundbreaking developments of this<br />
startup is the BigRep ONE, which is<br />
supplemented by the smaller BigRep<br />
STUDIO. A lot of new features have<br />
been introduced to the latest version of<br />
the BigRep ONE large scale <strong>3D</strong> printer<br />
aimed to achieve the best possible<br />
conditions for printing large objects.<br />
BigRep has redesigned the modular<br />
print which in combination with a<br />
larger flexible spool holder which<br />
provides the ideal <strong>3D</strong> printer for<br />
manufacturing large-scale objects. <strong>The</strong><br />
company’s new high throughput<br />
extruder for 1 and 2mm nozzles allows<br />
for the highest performances, making<br />
the BigRep ONE v3, one of the fastest<br />
large-scale <strong>3D</strong> printers on the market.<br />
Apart from these, the company has Pro<br />
HT Filament, world’s first high<br />
temperature filament for <strong>3D</strong> printing in<br />
an open and unheated design space<br />
with heat resistance of 115°C and Pro<br />
HS Filament that reduces printing time<br />
by up to 50 percent.<br />
Revolutionizing Design, Prototyping<br />
and Industrial Production<br />
Interdisciplinarity and well-founded<br />
experience in the field of additive<br />
production has been the key factor of<br />
this ever-growing company which<br />
characterizes the multi-national team<br />
of more than 60 employees. In addition<br />
to new products, the company is now<br />
concentrating on complete solutions<br />
for industrial customers in the form of<br />
integrated additive manufacturing<br />
systems – such as the continuous<br />
printing project with TNO – announced<br />
in Autumn 2016. A highly <strong>innovative</strong><br />
engineering company that BigRep is,<br />
aims to revolutionize design,<br />
prototyping and industrial production<br />
from the ground up. Over the next five<br />
years, BigRep intends to become a<br />
leading international supplier of<br />
additive manufacturing systems.<br />
René Gurka: A Visionary Actively<br />
Involved in Additive Manufacturing<br />
René Gurka, the CEO, and co-founder<br />
of BigRep has been actively involved<br />
in the future of additive manufacturing<br />
28 | August <strong>2017</strong> |
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