HP Delivers World’s First Production-Ready 3D Printing System. With partners such as Nike and BMW, HP takes major step to reinvent prototyping and manufacturing industry with first commercial 3D printers based on open platform
ORLANDO, FL May 17, 2016 – Today at RAPID, the largest 3D additive manufacturing conference, HP Inc. unveiled the world’s first production-ready commercial 3D printing system, marking the next major step in its journey to bring disruptive manufacturing solutions to market.
The HP Jet Fusion 3D Printing Solution revolutionizes design, prototyping and manufacturing, and for the first time, delivers superior quality physical parts up to 10 times faster1 and at half the cost2 of current 3D print systems. By printing functional parts for the first time at the individual voxel level (a voxel is the 3D equivalent of a 2D pixel in traditional printing), HP offers customers an unprecedented ability to transform part properties and deliver mass customization..
News Highlights:
Designed for model shops and 3D print service bureaus, the HP Jet Fusion 3D Printing Solution offers:
- Simplified workflow and reduced cost for radical prototyping
- Delivery of final parts manufacturing with breakthrough economics
- Open materials and software innovation platform that lowers barriers to adoption and enables new applications across industries
Source: HP
It’s better late than never … finally HP has unveiled their high-speed 3D printers with Jet Fusion Tech. Unlike many high-end 3D printers, HP’s technology does not use a laser to administer its print material. Instead, it lays down a thin layer of powder before using a thermal “inkjet” array to introduce an added chemical agent that fuses the material together. This is repeated layer-by-layer until the object is complete. The company says its machines can target 340 million points – called volumetric pixels (voxels) – every second.
“HP has unveiled two high-end 3D printers, which it says are up to 10 times faster and cheaper to run than rival systems. The firm adds that the “multi jet fusion” technology it has developed means its machines can build “superior quality” prototypes.
One expert said the innovation had the potential to be “revolutionary”. But, at present, HP’s machines only print in one colour and one material, which will limit their appeal. The company is hoping to challenge Stratasys and 3D Systems – the two leaders in the 3D-printing industry.
“HP’s printers can produce really high-resolution parts at a cost and a speed that blows the competition out of the water,” commented Joe Kempton, an analyst at the tech consultancy Canalys. “Its technology really is a huge step forward and a game-changer.”
Source: BBC
