Check this out! http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/au...ep_closer.html



It's an open-source desktop size fabrication rig, pretty much a 3-dimensional printer. What the system allows you to do is fabricate complex parts with a simple, low cost rig. All you need are the materials and the geometric information, and you're on your way to making that fancy Titantruckz belt buckle. At less than $2,500 we ought to chip in and buy our own so we can start fabbing our own Titan parts, all in favor write ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzz.

That's cool Squid! Need to build one that can cut metal!!!

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I looked it over pretty closely and I can't tell its method of fabrication. Is it a 3D router? Does it use a laser to harden layers of liquid or powder into a solid 3D component? The second picture shows what seems to be light defraction pattern.
Is it visible light, UV or infra-red??

Red is full of questions on this one. We used these in the past. The system I was familiar used the laser to cut/and fuse layers of paper together to form the 3D solid. Slow and only provides "approximate components due to the limitations of the paper."

RED

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Red. I wonder if this unit is something I heard about from some Inkjet Junkies I've done some contract work for. They know of a few that came up with some plastic (liquid in it's normal state) that is jetted from an inkjet head - this alows extreme control of where the liquid is applied - and upon application, hit with a laser to immediately cure it prior to it running out of position. Again, I've only heard about it but I'd love to see it in person.

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http://www.newscientisttech.com/arti...evolution.html

Yeah, that's pretty cool, but, seems a bit more trouble and costly than what it's worth. Nice find tho!!!

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Actually TT05, these systems are real money savers. Major savings. Lets say you are Nissan and you want to test the rear door hinges on the KC. You take a look at the complexity of it and tell me how long you think it would take to fabricate a "one off" sample of the hinge? Bending, welding, drilling, milling, etc.

These "rapid prototyping" systems take the 3D model from the Computer Aided Design (CAD) and slices them into imaginary layers about 0.020" thick. Then the RP system (one Style) fills a tank with thermo set polimer. The laser traces the outline of the component in the first slice. The polimer hardens. The work platform decends 0.020" down. The laser traces the next layer and hardens it. layer after layer until the component is built up and solid 3D component has been built. This might take 20 or 30 hours. But this is unattended operation. So it is much cheaper to make a test part this way.
This component could also serve as the pattern for a casting mold if that is the intended use.
This is a great invention and once cheaper systems make it on the market, I can see advances in machining technology at reduced prices.

Red

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