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04-09-2014, 03:16 PM #1
Topolabs Aims to Improve The Way FDM 3D Printers Print - Improved tooling paths..?
So it looks like a company named Topolabs has come up with a revolutionary new method of printing objects on FDM 3D Printers. It's quite amazing, and makes so much sense really. Instead of printing only utilizing the X & Y Axes (except when changing layers), they utilize all the axes at the same time.
Read the article (Topolabs Aims to Improve The Way FDM 3D Printers Print And it’s Quite Amazing) and check out the video of this new technology in action at http://3dprint.com/2140/topolabs-fdm-3d-print-method
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04-09-2014, 03:44 PM #2
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This would be a monster change without new hardware or workflow.
Sign me up yesterday!
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04-09-2014, 04:30 PM #3
I've read from someone on reprap forums that you can have the z move continuously via the firmware, I've never tried it or looked into it but isn't this the same concept?
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04-10-2014, 01:11 PM #4
Hi Meow,
You are correct but there is a notable difference : the Z movement is continunous in their case. Which means it will produce a helicoidal trajectory on a cylinder profile for instance.
What topolabs aims for is what has existed for years in CNC machining : the tool path follows the components topology instead of arbitrarily defined planes.
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04-10-2014, 07:24 AM #5
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My god, this is amazing. I sure hope that we see this in the near future. This could really make cheap 3D printers capable of doing a lot more than they do right now.
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04-10-2014, 01:14 PM #6
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04-10-2014, 03:10 PM #7
That's a great way of visualizing it and it makes perfect sense that our current way of moving Z is not the most efficient. I'm looking forward to this development.
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04-16-2014, 06:29 PM #8
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Incredible. I hope this will work with my Replicator 2!
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04-16-2014, 06:44 PM #9
Isnt this old? I thought i've seen this a year ago or something, Might be wrong as its been a while,
Well you might need a sharper nozzle tho, i aint sure if a Jhead would be able to get great degrees in the Z with it.
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04-17-2014, 07:46 AM #10
I don't think it's old. This software isn't out yet. I know they say that you may need to use a different nozzle. I'm not sure of the specifications. This has a lot of potential if they can get some of the larger 3D printing companies to start pushing it.
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