A company called Carbon3D has come up with a new 3D printing technology that they call Continuous Liquid Interface Production (CLIP.) They claim it’s 25 to 100 times faster than traditional techniques. It looks similar to SLA printing but it doesn’t create things layer by layer so the finish should be a lot better. Go to the link below and scroll down to the b&w photo of the Eiffel Tower. Pretty impressive.
Let’s hope this makes it to places like Shapeways and other sites in the near future, and doesn’t cost $500 per body shell.
http://3dprint.com/51566/carbon3d-clip-3d-printing/
Steve S
Steve
Nice article and a very promising process. It will definitely be interesting to see how this system reaches the market and, more importantly, what it will cost!
Here’s a 10-minute Ted Talk by one of the coinventers. He describes how this new process is different than SLA. He also prints an object on stage in less time than it talks him to give his talk. And he mentions he thinks they can increase the speed to 1000X faster than other means.
https://www.ted.com/talks/joe_desimone_what_if_3d_printing_was_25x_faster
Steve S
Forget the product. Can we buy stock in the company? (Most likely it is closely held)
They’re being financed by the venture capital firm Sequoia Capital. I doubt they need any outside money.
Steve S
Bumping this up because NPR’s Science Friday show did an episode about this printer.
Click on ‘Listen’ or the orange dot.
http://www.sciencefriday.com/segment/03/27/2015/liquid-3-d-printer-speeds-past-the-rest.html
Steve S