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<blockquote data-quote="Larry Morgan" data-source="post: 1572065" data-attributes="member: 4676"><p>Both my previous job and my current job have one of these: <a href="http://www.dimensionprinting.com/3d-printers/3d-printing-1200es.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.dimensionprinting.com/3d-printers/3d-printing-1200es.aspx</a></p><p></p><p>The dimension printers can take a LOOOONG time though, depending on the part. And those particular styles have 2 types of plastic: one is the actual ABS plastic, and the other is the support plastic. Once the model is done, you have to let it soak in a wash tank with a special chemical to dissolve the support plastic away and leave your part. The Z corp machines work differently though. They use a powder/resin method. The machine gets a nice even layer of powder, then applies resin in the right places, then it reapplies a layer of powder, then resin, rinse and repeat. The Z corp machines can do some cool things to. I've seen a demo part that was essentially a roller bearing, but it was printed all at once as a single assembly. Then of course, there's stereo lithography.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Larry Morgan, post: 1572065, member: 4676"] Both my previous job and my current job have one of these: [URL="http://www.dimensionprinting.com/3d-printers/3d-printing-1200es.aspx"]http://www.dimensionprinting.com/3d-printers/3d-printing-1200es.aspx[/URL] The dimension printers can take a LOOOONG time though, depending on the part. And those particular styles have 2 types of plastic: one is the actual ABS plastic, and the other is the support plastic. Once the model is done, you have to let it soak in a wash tank with a special chemical to dissolve the support plastic away and leave your part. The Z corp machines work differently though. They use a powder/resin method. The machine gets a nice even layer of powder, then applies resin in the right places, then it reapplies a layer of powder, then resin, rinse and repeat. The Z corp machines can do some cool things to. I've seen a demo part that was essentially a roller bearing, but it was printed all at once as a single assembly. Then of course, there's stereo lithography. [/QUOTE]
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