BigRep PRO - 53 Cu Foot Build Volume

[Brian_Krassenstein]

I have a thing for large 3D printers, I admit. BigRep who earlier this year unveiled an enormous FDM printer called the BigRep one, has just announced an even more robust machine, that's an incredible 8 cubic feet larger then it's last 3D Printer. The BigRep PRO features a build volume of 53 cubic feet, allowing for the printing of furniture pieces. The machine is estimated to retail at around $79,000. More details on the this new massive 3D printer can be found here: http://3dprint.com/13906/bigrep-pro/

Below is the very first available image of the new BigRep Po 3D Printer. What do you guys think?

[curious aardvark]

53 cubic feet sounds big - but 1.5 cubic metres doesn't

What are the ACTUAL print dimensions ?

Volume measurements are just confusing.

And what does it print with ?

Sounds pretty cheap for the size too.

[JRDM]

Is that a photo or a rendering? Is it really that hard to have a product web page ready when a press release is posted? I doubt the specs are in flux.

[LambdaFF]

Well... must be a Hell of a long print to use this kind of volume. I'll be impressed when they release an announcment of several heads working on it in harmony.

[curious aardvark]

Ah but for volume that size you'd most likely use a much bigger nozzle and much thicker layers than a small desktop model.

[Jef_Lord]

53 cubic feet sounds big - but 1.5 cubic metres doesn't

1 feet = 30.8 cm so 53 cubic feet is approximatively 1.5 cubic meter

So 53 cubic feet give 1.17m x 1.17m x 1.17m cube, which is respectable.

What did you expect?

[Feign]

53 cubic feet sounds big - but 1.5 cubic metres doesn't

The way I always use to keep the volume scales right in my head is that a cubic meter of water (de-ionized, at sea level yadda yadda) is by definition one ton.

I don't know about you, but for some reason it's easy for my mind to visualize "if this were a pool, how many tons of water would fill it?"

[curious aardvark]

Well having seen a printer with 1x1x0.5 metres

1.17x1.17x1.17 is pretty big :-)