slypsi (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)

It's not a printer! It's called a stereolithography apparatus. Pretty cool, they use them in F1 to prototype aerodynamics.

NekoPink (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)

Yup these printers are awsome! I took a computer animation class last year, and they actualy brought one to print out our characters! It's amaizing to watch it print out something!

MaterialiseGroup (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)

trye

MaterialiseGroup (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)

thats true

JacksonXis (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)

Prototipagem Rápida por impressão 3D é ótima para conceitos visuais. A resolução é muito boa. Uma pena que as peças sejam relativamente frágeis. É totalmente inviável para a reprodução de fechamento por clique e/ou funcionalidade que exijam flexibilidade um tanto mais elevada. Para esses casos, ABS (FDM) é uma boa alternativa, porém, mais cara.

zdhitman15 (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)

it prints gears??? wow....... that's crazy

walter0bz (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)

mass production would probably always be cheaper but this would likely be usefull for repair/recycling and customization .. maybe a crossover period where few common mass produced components are combined with more locally produced custom parts.. small scale manufacture like reprap might be desirable for social factor of independance even if it's not as efficient as central/elite controlled mass production ?

k1dguy78 (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)

boringgggggggg

3pmielec (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)

I work for a rocket company and they have many machines that do this. They actually make some tools and use them, because in some areas where work is done in liquid tanks, they can make tools wrenches and hammers that float instead of sinking.

NeoQuello (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)

don't be wowed by this.. now there are companies that build better printers that dont' need dissolving the support material or scraping...