3D Printers

Posted by admin on Aug 16th, 2010 | 0 comments

3D Printers

Advantages of 3D printers

3D printers allow companies to create detailed 3D models which closely replicate the mechanical properties of the CAD designed item. 3D printers offer significant cost savings for companies by eradicating many design errors and prototyping mistake. Companies that in the past would design and create individual model parts to fit together are now able save costs and time by creating a single print 3D model in-house. Previously, outsourcing to modeling companies would incur high cost and significant production time. Today this is not the case

3D printers assists companies in creating 3D models quickly, especially in the world of movies where multiple models are required to quickly create a tangible story. Today, product designers use 3D printers to quickly realize in 3D their concepts and designs clearly and with minimal cost. Engineers can design and create structures faster and locate flaws much earlier by using a 3D printer

Rapid Prototyping in Architecture

Posted by admin on Aug 14th, 2010 | 0 comments

Rapid Prototyping in Architecture

It is not too farfetched to predict that in the future a complete building will be built from a computer. Similar technology has already begun to be used by the industrial design and manufacturing industries. One of the best-known and oldest technologies is called Stereo Lithography, because it involves a laser beam moving through a vat of ultraviolet-sensitive liquid polymer, which follows the contour of a digital 3D model. The beam strikes on a layer of ultraviolet-sensitive liquid polymer, and then the thin layer is solidified. The laser will keep repeating the same process from the bottom to the top of the 3D model. A temporary framing support for the model is required, because the process is from the bottom up. Stereo Lithography machines are manufactured by 3D Systems Inc., and they are also known as Stereo Lithography Apparatuses (SLA). The final model usually requires a little bit of sanding, and it is inappropriate for an office setting because this process

Print 3D Models With Your Printer

Posted by admin on Aug 12th, 2010 | 0 comments

Print 3D Models With Your Printer

Industrial design was revolutionized with print 3D technology. Everything from a computer mouse to a mountain bike has been excellently shaped by using 3D. This technology has been responsible for the advanced contours, lines and dynamics of new production.

Rapid Prototyping Technology

Before the advent of 3D printing, prototypes had to be painstakingly crafted by master craftsmen in a large workshop using specialised tools. A perfectly proportioned wooden prototype generally required several days to complete even with the employment of highly skilled and proficient labour. There were significant delays between the design stages of a project to the prototype stage. Finalised drawings took ages to be translated to a workable model as the illustrations had to be carefully followed to

Fuji’s 3D Camera System

Posted by admin on Aug 11th, 2010 | 0 comments

Fuji’s 3D Camera System

Fujifilm 3D real image system
Fujifilm announces a radical departure from current imaging systems with the development of a completely new, real image system (3D digital camera, 3D digital photo frame, 3D print) that marks a complete break from previous attempts to introduce this technology. The arrival of digital photography over a decade ago opened up so many new ways of enjoying images, not only through capture, but also through manipulation, printing and display. Sales of digital cameras, and other devices like camera phones or webcams have raced ahead of what experts had expected because of the sheer scope of what has become possible in digital imaging.