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With $100M in Funding, Carbon3D Will Make 3D Manufacturing a Reality

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Re: With $100M in Funding, Carbon3D Will Make 3D Manufacturing a Reality

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Post by michaelt »

exacube wrote: post #12
Xixi wrote: post #5

“This is the first 3D printing tech that really has the potential to break out of the prototyping realm that 3D printing has been relegated to until now” Nope. 3D printing has been there for quite a while already: it is being used quite massively in the aerospace industry, and not for prototyping...

examples / links?

http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-07/12/3d-printed-pl... "Airbus plans to have 3D printed components in the cabins of its A380s by the end of 2012. Its Eurofighter Typhoon military jet already has some internal 3D printed components."

Of course, those might be comparatively boring parts, like radio covers and plastic ducting. You won't be able to 3D print a working jet fighter in your garage for at least 5 years, maybe more :)

Re: With $100M in Funding, Carbon3D Will Make 3D Manufacturing a Reality

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Post by dmritard96 »

Its crazy as just a few months ago the thesis convergance for much of Silicon Valley was that investing in 3D printing was very much 2014...Sure this one has faster builds but given that they aren't first movers and have substantial competition, it's surprising to see so much capitol being pumped in. Perhaps stratesys or one of the other big guys will want in so the investment makes sense?

Re: With $100M in Funding, Carbon3D Will Make 3D Manufacturing a Reality

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Post by blhack »

mcphage wrote: post #9
hanniabu wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Their method of manufacturing is different than others. It makes the process faster, allows for greater detail, eliminated the issue of having layers which weakens the structure, and it allows for much more complex designs without the need for temporary structures. I think their funding is well placed and will indeed give the 3d printing industry a shake up on the consumer market.

Different from other resin printers? It doesn't seem different than them, at least from this material.

It prints about 100 times faster than other SLA printers.

http://carbon3d.com/

Re: With $100M in Funding, Carbon3D Will Make 3D Manufacturing a Reality

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Post by mcphage »

saulrh wrote: post #19
mcphage wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Different from other resin printers? It doesn't seem different than them, at least from this material.

Quantitative improvement, not qualitative. They don't need to separate the resin from the base plate after every layer, which means vastly improved speed and precision and much less complexity. It's the difference between a car that can go 5 miles per hour and a car that can go 50 miles per hour - only quantitative improvement, but now you have a reason to use it every day.

Of course, in manufacturing they're competing against injection molding, which can go a metaphorical 100,000 miles per hour.

Re: With $100M in Funding, Carbon3D Will Make 3D Manufacturing a Reality

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Post by mcphage »

webXL wrote: post #4
jglauche wrote: post #2

Wow, that's a lot of funding for just another resin 3d printer. We have had printers like Form1 in the low-cost segment. I'm surprised about the funding amount, as the market is currently very very stagnating.

I dunno. Seems about right these days for the "cool" factor. "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." That video looked pretty magical to me.

> That video looked pretty magical to me.

Is that the first resin-based printer you've seen? Because I agree, they look pretty cool. But this one doesn't look particularly different, just faster.

Re: With $100M in Funding, Carbon3D Will Make 3D Manufacturing a Reality

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Post by evgen »

michaelt wrote: post #21
exacube wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

examples / links?

http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-07/12/3d-printed-pl... "Airbus plans to have 3D printed components in the cabins of its A380s by the end of 2012. Its Eurofighter Typhoon military jet already has some internal 3D printed components." Of course, those might be comparatively boring parts, like radio covers and plastic ducting. You won't be able to 3D print a working jet fighter in your garage for at least 5 yea…

Those are also low-value, low-volume parts. 3D printing works for minor components when you are only building a couple of hundred planes a year, but the 3D parts themselves have almost no value whatsoever compared to the final product.

Re: With $100M in Funding, Carbon3D Will Make 3D Manufacturing a Reality

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Post by Veedrac »

542458 wrote: post #14
mcphage wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Different from other resin printers? It doesn't seem different than them, at least from this material.

That's the impression I get. It's certainly better than traditional SLA, but still maintains all of SLA's major disadvantages (material/consumable/machine cost, low speed, resin smell/fumes/toxicity, general mess, part decay/degradation over time, limited materials). The tech might take over the SLA space, but I doubt they'll take a significant bite out of other printing processes.

> low speed

This is one of the primary things they advertise most improvement on. Their graphic[1] shows massive speed increases.

I don't know about most of the things you've mentioned, but it also looks like it provides far higher quality output than other products, given that it uses continuous deposition and the projector is precise enough to form smooth curved surfaces.

[1] http://3dprinting.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Carbon3D-CL...

Re: With $100M in Funding, Carbon3D Will Make 3D Manufacturing a Reality

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Post by doikor »

Xixi wrote: post #5

“This is the first 3D printing tech that really has the potential to break out of the prototyping realm that 3D printing has been relegated to until now” Nope. 3D printing has been there for quite a while already: it is being used quite massively in the aerospace industry, and not for prototyping...

SpaceX prints parts of their engines too.

http://www.spacex.com/news/2014/07/31/spacex-launches-3d-pri...

Re: With $100M in Funding, Carbon3D Will Make 3D Manufacturing a Reality

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Post by sciencedangyou »

jglauche wrote: post #2

Wow, that's a lot of funding for just another resin 3d printer. We have had printers like Form1 in the low-cost segment. I'm surprised about the funding amount, as the market is currently very very stagnating.

You do realize they were on the cover of Science Magazine? I don't understand how people think there is nothing technically new here when one of the most prestigious peer-reviewed journals in the world features your paper on its front page....

http://www.sciencemag.org/content/347/6228.cover-expansion

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