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About dpain

david pain CTO @ Fabric8 firstname.lastame@f8l.co

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    Comment #40814031

    1 - Yes, we are currently doing this 2 - Right now our focus is on flat substrates, curved surfaces are a little trickier 3 - Any pure metal or alloy system that can be electroplat…

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    Comment #40807228

    certainly an area we're keeping an eye on.

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    Comment #40807203

    Yes, currents can be high as they directly correlate with build rate. But the voltages are typically low, making it a lower power process than one would think. 100-1000x faster tha…

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    Comment #40807148

    In general, the ECAM process is actually a highly energy efficient means of manufacturing especially when compared with other metal AM techniques that use either a laser or furnace…

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    Comment #40807064

    Yes the microelectrode array is the key to driving parallelism of the process, making it area based (layer-at-once) rather than point deposition. DLP/LCD vs laser SLA or FDM is a g…

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    Comment #40807045

    Much safer than existing powder-based systems. The feedstock is effectively water based so none of the flammability risks of metal powder. No special gases required, no high powere…

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    Comment #40806993

    This is one of the benefits of the ECAM process happening completely at room temperature. Since the metal is deposited directly out of a liquid metal feedstock there's no thermal p…

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    Comment #40806932

    Yes! One of the major benefits from not using a powdered metal feedstock is that minimum feature size is no longer limited by powder size, and instead is determined by our electrod…

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    Comment #40806888

    You're right - electroplating isn't traditionally very fast. Much of the system has been engineered to drive a build speed that's relevant for mass manufacturing while maintaining …

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    Comment #40806880

    CTO of Fabric8 here - happy to answer any questions you may have about the technology or company. As you can tell we've got a process that's quite different than other metal AM tec…

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    Comment #9201501

    Awesome feedback, this is definitely on our list of things to add, you can be sure to see it soon!

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    Comment #9200612

    email sent!

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    Comment #9200550

    We are targeting MLS integration with our next development phase, however, which would autofill all of this information.

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    Comment #9200542

    Right now you can generate a report on the property using as little as Address, Purchase price, Square footage and a guess of beds/baths. We estimate the rest based on market data …

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