ACEO's Open Print Lab is Now in Business

[Clare S]

Back in 2015, German chemical manufacturing company WACKER CHEMIE AG announced that the ACEO team from its WACKER SILICONES division had developed technology that made it possible to use silicone materials with 3D printing technology. WACKER then developed its first 3D printing silicone system solution, which comes with the ACEO Imagine Series K printer and is well-suited for a variety of applications; the system debuted last summer at the K 2016 trade fair. WACKER also announced last year that it was launching ACEO as its new silicone rubbers 3D printing, consultation, development, and services brand, which would include a web portal for users to upload their own 3D designs, and the opening of the ACEO Campus technology center near company headquarters in Burghausen, where customers could test their product ideas in an Open Print Lab. At the time, WACKER could not provide a starting date for the lab, but the day has finally arrived, and the ACEO Open Print Lab is now officially open for business. Read more at 3DPrint.com: http://3dprint.com/182843/aceo-open-print-lab/

[curious aardvark]

WACKER then developed the first 3D printing silicone system solution,

No they didn't, Hyrel machines were printing silicone before wacker.

[Davo]

Thanks, CA. Our first video of printing silicone was published in 2015:



...although the same head that prints the clay, plasticine and Play-Doh in this video in 2013 also prints silicone:

[SarahA]

Sorry this slipped through, and thanks for the catch! Updated language here to "its first system" rather than "the" and taking a look at the article now to ensure it also reads accurately.