A Carbon Fiber Printer By Any Other Name
March 15, 2017 | By Don Musilli | In Blog
There are a 3D Printers and then there are 3D PRINTERS. I am fortunate to own and operate some of the most reliable and well-built 3D Printers on the market today. Our stable at LiteWorld includes 5 LulzBot TAZ printers ( 2 TAZ 5, 2 TAZ Mini and 1 TAZ 6 ). We also have a Prusa i3 Mk2 Diy printer, a MakerBot Replicator 5th Gen ( Oldest) an XYZ Noble 1 Laser Resin Printer, a Type A Machines Series 1 Pro and our newest addition…..Markforged Mark Two Carbon Fiber printer.
I un-boxed the Mark Two yesterday and the first thing that struck me was the weight of the unit. It is all metal and very heavy. It comes with a plexiglas cover that rotates up and back to allow access to the build platform and samples of all the materials it can print, Including: true Carbon Fiber, Kevlar, Fiberglass, Nylon and Onyx. It even comes with a Pelican Container to keep the Nylon materials dry prior to printing.
The operation of the unit is done through its Eiger cloud based software program making this a true wi-fi connected printer. I am waiting for my new computer to show up so I can start playing with the printers capabilities. Actually playing is the wrong word as the materials for this unit are somewhat pricey so I will be using it for prototyping and limited production parts replacements for some of our customers.
In my next blog I will show (hopefully ) some of the objects I have printed using my new toy. I am looking forward to showing the young kids, teens and adults that take our 3D Modeling and 3D Printing classes this new machine. Of course they can look but I am not printing Rachael’s key chain on this unit. Those projects are for the MakerBot.
For more information on our complete line of 3D Printers, training programs and product development capabilities please go to our website at: https://www.liteworldllc.com or call us at : 941-999-8200.
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