Very cool new 3D printing technique
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I've just been reading about this new 3D printing technique.
It looks very very cool, and sounds like a big improvement over current layered techniques. It's much faster, you can print something in a matter of minutes instead of hours, and the structure of the 3D printed stuff is much stronger because it’s continuous instead of layered.
@Carbon3D said:
Traditionally made 3D printed parts are notoriously inconsistent. The mechanical properties vary depending on the direction the parts were printed due to the layer-by-layer approach.
Parts printed with CLIP are much more like injection-molded parts. CLIP produces consistent and predictable mechanical properties, creating parts that are smooth on the outside and solid on the inside.
Also check out the videos of things being made
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTJq9Z5g4Jk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74BjdHDJeE0
There's also a video demonstrating that they can manipulate the properties of printed objects, so they can be elastic or dampening.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXIkRsJLXGs
Filed under: You've got to admit, that's pretty cool!
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- How much do they cost?
- How much do kidneys go for?
- Should I consider selling a few quills too?
Seriously though, I want one of those
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Sell both kidneys and then print new ones!
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That's some clever shit right there.
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Sure, until you get black lung from all the carbon particles in the air.
Also the Eiffel Tower isn't blue. FAIL!
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Do want!
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Also the Eiffel Tower isn't blue. FAIL!
Give me a week and 5,000 cans of spray paint…
Yes, they are ass-pull figures
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What kind of strange sorcery is this?
Seriously though, that's awesome. I want one.
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Sure, what's the gotcha they're forgetting to mention?
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Non-negligible chance that the printed creation gains sentience and revolts against its creator.
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I'm guessing it's going to be one order of magnitude more expensive than "old" 3D printers. Maybe two.
No big deal though, just wait another 20 years for the patent to expire and the prices will start to go down.
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It's totally a cool process - but, we've used this kind of process to make doped semiconductors for at least a decade. We finally got around to using it for plastics, apparently.
Edit: oh wait, they're using carbon; so it's probably literally the exact same process. I am TR :WTF:
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Non-negligible chance that the printed creation gains sentience and revolts against its creator.
This is why we have the Ghostbusters, though.
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just wait another 20 years for the patent to expire and the prices will start to go down.
Patents—stimulating innovation, exactly as they are supposed to do!
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OK, so some Australian guy has unveiled an even better 3D printer.
“[Our] printer is a top-down DLP printer, It is great for printing big parts because there is no suction problems. All bottom-up printers have the same issues. They all have suction problems, so the guys [at Carbon3D] are trying to solve problems with nature [by] coming up with elaborate ways like an oxygen layer between the projection area and the resin. We have alot of oxygen around us, let it do its work for free!”
The video of the process isn't sped up, so it isn't as dramatic as the other video, but the process is faster and supposedly more accurate and less prone to failure.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9t2ZNn43LI
Sounds promising, and looks very cool!
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The video of the process isn't sped up
Step 1: Visit https://www.youtube.com/html5 to activate HTML5 video, if you haven't already.Step 2:
Step 3: wish there was an option higher than 2× the speed. Hover over the scrubber to watch thumbnails.
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It looks very very cool
It looks like the world's slowest "pull rabbit out of hat" trick, but yes it is very cool.
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Yeah, whatever with all that stuff.
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Needs more testing....