BIOSTAGOG - interactive installation by BRIDGE and PLATIGE IMAGE
Biostagog - Platige Image 3d printed interactive sculpture
“A collaboration of artists and technicians has created one of the most amazing 3D printed sculptures ever attempted. Polish company Platige Image required a “statement” for their headquarters in Warsaw and we believe this massive sculpture delivers. They say:
The installation was supposed to be an interactive, “living” element in the building, a phenomenon existing within the lobby space that would create new situations that engage people, visitors and employees alike.
It’s a wall composed of over 800 individually designed 3D printed pieces and creatively lit to develop unique optical experiences for those fortunate to stand nearby. As a static sculpture it is seamlessly beautiful, but its real magic occurs when the complex lighting is applied to the 3D surfaces.” ~ fabbaloo.com
personalfactory: Oo so cool :)
Printing with Zortrax M200 - plug & print professional 3d printer
Zortrax M200 - polish plug & print professional 3D Printer
“After two years of development the Poland-based Zortrax team has finally launched its Zortrax M200 3D printer on Kickstarter. The Plug & Print Zortrax M200 is a cool printer. It features stable aluminum printer frame, specially designed printer head for ABS, PC-ABS and Nylon material and its own slicing engine called Zortrax Suite.
Specs:
- Build volume: 205x205x190mm
- Nozzle diameter: 0.4 mm
- Layer resolution settings: 100, 150, 200, 300 microns
- Filament: 1.75mm ABS, PC-ABS and Nylon
- SD card holder
- Three different printing speed modes
- Supports Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8, including virtual machines
- Weight: 16kg
Price: Zortrax M200 printer with the ZSuite Software plus 1kg (2.2lbs) of white ABS filament cost $1,899 on Kickstarter now, and the estimated delivery is around September 2013.” ~ 3ders.org
personalfactory: This 3d printer looks outstanding. I am really impressed that Zortrax team from Olsztyn (Poland) managed to offer such sleek and user-friendly machine. ZSoft looks promising. Special tapeless heated bed is intriguing. I heard that it doesn’t work in 3d printers from China. But maybe it’s a different material. Price is rather high - aimed at small companies and professionals but is reasonable when we take into account facts that it is plug & print, it has aluminum frame and consist of 3d CAD and slicer software. Really gr8 work! I will be definitely watching progress of this project!
“OpenBeam - An open source miniature construction system
Specs:
- Build Area: Cylindrical Build Area of 250mm Diameter x 250mm Height
- Linear Actuator resolution: 0.2mm / full step, 1/32” Microstepping
- Extruder: OpenBeam designed Dual Use extruder body. Includes parts for both standard NEMA17 stepper mount and geared pancake motor. Extruder can be configured for both direct drive and bowden drive.
- Hot End: Testing so far had been done with genuine J-Heads from Brian Refsnyder; if stretch goal is reached, we will be testing our own full stainless steel hot end design.
- Swing arms: Carbon Fiber swing arms with OpenBeam designed full ball bearing ball joints.
- Linear Bearings: 12mm Recirculating ball linear slides.
- Electronics: Metrix Brainwave
- Heated Bed: Optional
- 1.75mm filament
- Speed: 50mm/sec parameters and 100mm/sec infill
Pledge $1,000 will get you a Kossel Pro full kit with heated bed - Check out the details here on Kickstarter.” ~ 3ders.org
Fresh from the 3D printer. Remember the updated CAD model you saw us working on? We got them printed at the Visible Futures Lab, and have already spotted some changes to make to the next iteration.
This is my final design inspired by the work of Chuck Hoberman. 3D printed in 132 parts, pre-assembled on Solidworks and printed using an EOS Formiga P100. Once fully cleaned the sphere is able to expand and contract fully. More designs coming soon!
personalfactory: Looking forward new designs. Gr8 work!
“At Maker Faire Bay Area 2013, San Francisco based Type A Machines presented their latest “engineering concept”: the Series 1 Pro.
Early specs:
- print bed of 10” x 9” x 9” (254 x 229 x 229 mm)
- build volume approximately 18 liters
- fully wifi compatible
- professional grade linear guide system
- aluminum frame
The Series 1 Pro is expected to be available in Q3 of 2013.
