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    BIZER III 3D Printer

    China's Zhuhai CTC Electronic Company has had an epic few weeks. Industry standard bearer, 3D Hubs, ranked its desktop 3D printer second in its January 2015 report, and CTC Electronic opened a London-based office for its planned expansion into the European market. But the frosting on the cake seems to be the company's new dual nozzle touchscreen 3D printer, the CTC FDM BIZER III. The printer uses the latest "intelligent misalignment detection CSN technology" to ensure a print that is speedier, doesn't scratch, and eliminates the mutual interference that can be caused by a double print head. The printer is available for $1300 USD now from the company's website. More details: http://3dprint.com/48013/ctc-bizer-iii/



    Specs:

    • Printers total volume: 320 * 467 * 381mm
    • Printer Weight (including packaging): 15KG
    • Building Size: 225 * 145 * 150mm
    • Input voltage: 110v/220V
    • Platforming temperature: about 120 (proper heating in winter,cool in summer appropriate)
    • Extrusion nozzle flow is about 24cc / hour
    • Print materials: ABS, PLA


    Below is a picture of the Bizer III 3D Printer:

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    Why give these thieves any press?? They pretty much straight copied the Form 1 from Formlabs and have the audacity to claim on their website they are Leading Technology?? The CTC form 1 rip's software is the Formlabs proprietary Preform software.
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    Form1 was a collaboration, and allowed our use of the design.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CTCWarrantyUSA View Post
    Form1 was a collaboration, and allowed our use of the design.
    No, apparently it's not:


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    Well I guess if you copy someone else design, - technically they are a collaborater in your design - albeit unwillingly :-)
    Not sure what benefit slapping a touchscreen on a rep clone is.
    But the rest of the improvements sound interesting.

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    Quote Originally Posted by curious aardvark View Post
    Well I guess if you copy someone else design, - technically they are a collaborater in your design - albeit unwillingly :-)
    Not sure what benefit slapping a touchscreen on a rep clone is.
    But the rest of the improvements sound interesting.
    One thing I've wondered looking at that rep clone, with the touch screen and sides of the frame being higher than the build platform, if one was to build a model that used the entire build volume, wouldn't it be impossible to get it off the bed and out of the frame?

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    http://makezine.com/2012/11/21/3d-sy...-infringement/

    I will not speculate.

    The 3D Printer market is littered with $3500 hardware that is worth $800 in parts.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CTCWarrantyUSA View Post
    http://makezine.com/2012/11/21/3d-sy...-infringement/

    I will not speculate.

    The 3D Printer market is littered with $3500 hardware that is worth $800 in parts.
    A patent infringement article that is almost 3 years old does not mean CTC 'collaborated' with Form1 still

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    Quote Originally Posted by MiniMadRyan View Post
    One thing I've wondered looking at that rep clone, with the touch screen and sides of the frame being higher than the build platform, if one was to build a model that used the entire build volume, wouldn't it be impossible to get it off the bed and out of the frame?
    You've got a very good point there.
    It doesn't look like you could. Unless the sides come off easily.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MiniMadRyan View Post
    A patent infringement article that is almost 3 years old does not mean CTC 'collaborated' with Form1 still
    I was inferring all 3D technologies originated with another product.

    Kinda like car engines. All manufacturers make their own however they all have pistons, rods, and crankshafts..... Even the Hybrids. They are not so different.

    There has never been a copyright filing by Form1 to CTC.

    Unless you are a lawyer, I wouldn't slander companies to which we have no actual information.

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