Industrial 3D printer designed & made in NZ
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@nz_andy wow! How many parts is that top one made up of and any idea what it weighs?
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That big print was about 18KG or 40lb, it was about 12 parts, we could have done it in 6 parts but it was more economic to break it up more. The finish is a bead blast before painting.
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A few pictures of our V2 machine. the printer is about 6.5ft tall.
It has heated filament chamber and auto filament change over.
Heated bed is 1kw, chamber is 5kw
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It's a beast! Thanks for sharing.
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Impressive! .... are there any projections on retail price (afraid to ask but what the hell)
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Thanks for the encouragement. At this point we are just making machines for our own use and need more to keep up with our printing work.
We have had a few people ask lately and maybe we should consider selling these because of the amount of time that has gone into the design. At a guess it would be about 80K USD for one of these. -
@nz_andy said in Industrial 3D printer designed & made in NZ:
Thanks for the encouragement. At this point we are just making machines for our own use and need more to keep up with our printing work.
We have had a few people ask lately and maybe we should consider selling these because of the amount of time that has gone into the design. At a guess it would be about 80K USD for one of these.Wow great job. Those parts came out great.
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@nz_andy said in Industrial 3D printer designed & made in NZ:
Thanks for the encouragement. At a guess it would be about 80K USD for one of these.
Gasp .... but yeah, that is what I was afraid of.
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Could you give a bit more details on the vacuum PEI print bed ?
Are you just using vacuum to hold the PEI to the aluminum bed or have you figured out a way to have the vacuum assist in holding down the part somehow?
Even if the vacuum is just holding down the PEI sheet it's a rather interesting concept since I have experienced curling of PEI when you get into more than about 90 to 100 degrees for the bed temperature. I would imagine this also helps tremendously in terms of pulling out the just finished print (with the PEI) to let it cool while using a new sheet of PEI for the next print.
A very interesting concept !
Titanium 3D printed printhead ..... oh man ..... I am lost for words ! -
@jens55 The vacuum bed works great. Have not had any issues even at 220deg C. There is literally tones of force holding it down.
Yes works great for part removal. I normally don't even wait for it to cool down, just peel it off.
The door is power actuated so we can automate later. -
here is some 100% polycarbonate coming off a 145degC platform (125C chamber), dead flat , love the sound of this stuff.
https://youtu.be/C7J8eOxjqNY
We are using polycarbonate parts in-place of metal in suitable applications we build automated machines and this get used as a material of choice now. -
@nz_andy 80k is reasonable and in the ball park with a Stratasys 400 or 3Dxtech Gearbox, actually about 20k less for yours. Agree that leadscrews/ballscrews are the way to go especially on larger volumes. Theres a pretty good sized Open Builds machine and a few others with lead or ball screws that produces really nice prints
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@3dpmicro
The lead screws are American made, supper nice, they alone are $1500 but worth every cent in this machine. -
@nz_andy Beautiful machine! Why did you elect to go for external stepper drivers and what difference has it made?
