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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Building World’s 1st Open<br />
Platform <strong>3D</strong> Printers<br />
Today, almost every<br />
organization understands the<br />
opportunities of <strong>3D</strong> <strong>Printing</strong><br />
and the advantages for their business.<br />
Likewise, the declining costs for<br />
hardware and consumables have<br />
enabled small and medium sized<br />
businesses to utilize all benefits of<br />
additive manufacturing. <strong>The</strong> quick<br />
development of new materials which<br />
resulted in <strong>3D</strong> printed objects with<br />
high mechanical and thermal strength<br />
opens an extensive range of new<br />
applications from functional prototypes<br />
to small series of end products.<br />
As an outcome of that, the level of<br />
knowledge of additive manufacturing<br />
is rising in the organizations so are the<br />
expectations for the procedure itself.<br />
Engineers want to have a full control<br />
of the <strong>3D</strong> printing process as opposed<br />
to having an algorithm performing<br />
their job and ascertaining ideal<br />
software parameters. Also, they hope<br />
to have the full adaptability with<br />
regards to the decision of what material<br />
can be utilized for their applications.<br />
This aligns perfectly with the “Open<br />
Platform” philosophy of German<br />
RepRap that makes the world's first<br />
industrial quality, open platform <strong>3D</strong><br />
Printers capable of printing all<br />
materials on huge build platforms.<br />
Based in Feldkirchen near Munich,<br />
German RepRap was originally<br />
founded as a German RepRap<br />
Foundation (GRRF). Since then, the<br />
company has been developing and<br />
distributing <strong>3D</strong> printers based on FFF<br />
(Fused Filament Fabrication)<br />
technology, as well as filaments,<br />
software, and accessories. German<br />
RepRap is also the first company in<br />
Germany to offer the X<strong>10</strong>00, a large<br />
volume <strong>3D</strong> printer for industrial<br />
requirements.<br />
An Engineer’s First Choice<br />
<strong>The</strong> product line increases steadily and<br />
consists of <strong>3D</strong> printers for professional<br />
users in product development,<br />
automobile, aerospace, prototyping,<br />
mold and model-making, architecture,<br />
design and much more. German<br />
RepRap’s customer base comprises<br />
leading industry companies, designers,<br />
architects, artists, model makers,<br />
universities, and schools.<br />
German RepRap is the first preference<br />
of engineer’s that offers full control<br />
over the <strong>3D</strong> printing service and has<br />
the flexibility of using any material that<br />
the printer can technically process. <strong>The</strong><br />
latest machine of the x-series is the<br />
German RepRap X500 with new<br />
features like auto bed leveling, a<br />
heated building chamber, filament feed<br />
control, brand new DD4 extruder<br />
technology and much more.<br />
Besides the X-series, German RepRap<br />
has just announced a new, <strong>innovative</strong><br />
<strong>3D</strong> printing technology called Liquid<br />
Additive Manufacturing. Extremely<br />
complex geometries that can’t be<br />
manufactured with the conventional<br />
molding techniques can now be <strong>3D</strong><br />
printed for the very first time, as well<br />
as small or medium size batches,<br />
where the costs of tools and casts do<br />
not allow an economic process.<br />
A Passionate Leader in <strong>3D</strong> <strong>Printing</strong><br />
Florian Bautz, Managing Director,<br />
German RepRap has always been<br />
passionate about <strong>3D</strong> printing. He took<br />
part in the Open Source RepRap<br />
project (self-replicating, rapid<br />
prototype), which led to an extensive<br />
spread of the FFF technology for the<br />
very first time. He started with an<br />
online shop of spare parts for RepRap<br />
printers as a lot of those components<br />
had to be imported to Germany back in<br />
20<strong>10</strong>.<br />
His plan took off as within the first 24<br />
hours of the online presence; his online<br />
shop was sold out. He then realized a<br />
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| August <strong>2017</strong> |
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