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Fuji’s Acquisition of Xerox and What This Means for 3D Printing - 3DPrint.

In January 2018, Fujifilm announced the acquisition of Xerox’s fabled printing business. This transaction will bring together three uniquely distinct 3D printing business lines and R&D programs including Fujifilm’s, Xerox’s, and that of the Fuji Xerox joint venture. To understand the implications of the transaction as a whole in relation to the realm of 3D printing, the nature and aspects of each individual company’s 3D printing experience must first be analyzed. More and more businesses, designers and manufacturers are utilizing 3D printers to either create new or improved products or self manufacture a previously supplied component by a third party, functions that are typically R&D tax credit eligible activities.

The Research & Development Tax Credit

Enacted in 1981, the federal Research and Development (R&D) Tax Credit allows a credit of up to 13 percent of eligible spending for new and improved products and processes. Qualified research must meet the following four criteria:

New or improved products, processes, or software
Technological in nature
Elimination of uncertainty
Process of experimentation

Eligible costs include employee wages, cost of supplies, cost of testing, contract research expenses, and costs associated with developing a patent. On December 18, 2015, President Obama signed the bill making the R&D Tax Credit permanent. Beginning in 2016, the R&D credit can be used to offset Alternative Minimum tax and startup businesses can utilize the credit against $250,000 per year in payroll taxes.

Fujifilm

Fujifilm has been offering technical support for over 30 years in a wide variety of areas such as automated retail, inventory management, and refurbishment services for photo-imaging and printing systems. Now, through its North American branch, the Japanese multinational has added a new arena to its repertoire: 3D printing services.

In an age featuring the rapid growth of technology, it was only a matter of time before Fujifilm brought its expertise in 2D platforms into the third dimension, providing a number of services that any consumer or business may need when handling 3D printing technology, including:

Initial setup and testing
Operator training and education
Telephone technical support
On-site repair service
Product exchange/swap service
Depot repair service
Routine calibration and quality checks
Regularly scheduled preventive maintenance
Replacement parts

However, despite Fujifilm’s specialization in a wide array of areas related to 3D printing, manufacturing 3D printers is currently not one of them. The Xerox and Fuji Xerox acquisitions are going to bring Fujifilm deeper into the world of 3D printers.

Xerox

Aside from being one of the world’s leading patent holders, Xerox has been at the recent forefront of research related to the potential of printed electronics. Over the last few years, Xerox has made several investments with the purpose of exploring all of the possibilities that 3D printing opens up in regards to new manufacturing concepts. Some of the experiments have involved the utilization of flexible, conformal image sensors and detector arrays for medical imaging and security applications, or smart inks taking 2D and 3D printing beyond shapes and colors and adding electronic functions to automotive or wearable devices, or even electronics that can configure themselves from microchip inks. The integration of Xerox’s developing printed electronics and sensors into 3D printers converts a static 3D printer into a smart 3D printed final product.

Fuji Xerox Joint Venture Partnership

Fuji Xerox was established in 1962 as the joint venture partnership between Fujifilm and Xerox, and they have also been at the forefront of the evolution of the 3D printing industry in recent years. One of the limitations of conventional 3D printing data formats is the inability to describe an object’s internal structure or retain information on the colors and materials used to print objects, as well as the troublesome intermediate processing for data conversion and the work required to recover data that was corrupted during processing. To overcome these limitations, Fuji Xerox, together with the Keio Research Institute in Japan, has created and researched the FAV (Fabricatable Voxel) format, a new voxel-based data format, which enables users to freely model and control complicated internal structures, thus broadening the range of possible expressions of 3D printers. Voxels are essentially the 3D equivalent of pixels, and for each voxel, users can define various attribute values, such as color and material information.

Conclusion

With Xerox’s 3D printed electronics and sensors, Fuji may have the opportunity to enable all 3D printers to leapfrog and produce 3D printed smart products. Once the transaction and appropriate restructuring have been finalized, we will have a much better idea of Fuji’s overall strategy with regard to the synergy of its multiple 3D printing business lines.

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Features of the operation of 3D printers and their use in practice

Many of the phenomena described in the science fiction works of Asimov, Clark or Verne have found their embodiment in reality. Nowadays, few people can be surprised by a cell phone, electric car or Skype, no matter the distance. However, there is a place for non-standard products today. We are talking about 3D printers. nine0067

History of 3D printers

Chuck Hull is considered the founder of 3D printing. It was he who invented the first printer in 1984. The new technology was called "stereolithography" and was patented in 1986. The first device based on it was created in 1988 by 3D-Systems, founded by Chuck Hull. Already in 1993, Solidscape began mass production of inkjet-based 3D printers that could produce small parts with perfect surface quality. A major breakthrough was the creation of a device that can print three-dimensional objects in color. This happened in 2005 thanks to the efforts of Z Corp. Already in 2006, a printer appeared that could reproduce half of its own components. nine0067

What is a 3D printer and how does it work? He builds the final object by layering the material. The main elements of a 3D printer are the print head and the working platform. The printhead is needed to apply the layers of material and form the object. It can only move in a horizontal plane. The working platform moves in the vertical direction. It is necessary to place the object. nine0067

Scheme of operation of the 3D printer

At the first stage of the device operation, its platform is in the upper position. Then the print head forms the bottom layer of the future product. After its application, the platform descends exactly to the thickness of the layer and the head applies the next one. This cycle is repeated until the required object is "grown". This is how a 3D printer works. The consumables can be metal clay, ceramic powder, plastic filament or photopolymer resin. nine0067

3D Printing Technologies

There are various 3D printing technologies that allow you to understand what can be printed on a 3D printer. One of the earliest and most common is stereolithography or SLA. It is based on the ability of a liquid photopolymer resin to harden under the influence of a laser beam. To build each subsequent layer, the working platform is immersed in a container with liquid resin by a layer size of 0.05-0.15 mm. After leveling the surface, its formation begins. The main advantage of stereolithography is its high precision. Due to this property, it is used to make prototypes of dental prostheses or jewelry. nine0067

SLA technology

Digital LED projection or DLP is also based on liquid photopolymer resins. Only in this case, the printer projects the image of the entire layer of the object at the same time until the resin hardens. The technology is highly accurate, allowing it to be used in the manufacture of souvenirs or jewelry, as well as in dentistry.

Another known method is selective laser sintering or SLS. In this case, the formation of the final object occurs as a result of layer-by-layer sintering of particles of powdered material under the influence of a laser beam. This printing technology has become widespread due to the ability to produce parts of complex geometric shapes. These include art and even sports shoes. Sand or composite mixtures, metals and alloys, various polymers can be used as consumables. nine0067

SLS technology

Electron beam melting (or EBM) technology is based on the use of electron emitters for layer-by-layer melting of metal powder in an airless chamber. This method allows you to create parts of high strength and density. The final products are indistinguishable in mechanical properties from cast ones. With the help of EBM, medical implants, parts of rocket and jet engines, bearing elements of aircraft are made.

Another technology worth mentioning is 3D inkjet printing or 3DP. In this case, three-dimensional objects are created by layer-by-layer application of any powders, including sand mixtures, plastics, and even metals. Color printing is provided by the addition of dyes to the binder. The 3DP method makes it possible to manufacture products of complex geometric shapes that will not be subjected to mechanical stress in the future. With its help, souvenirs, jewelry or models are made. nine0067

Using 3D technologies in everyday life

Given the wide variety of consumables and technologies used, refilling 3D printers is a rather specific operation, but applicable to any device model. Currently, they are used in medical, construction, architectural, educational, jewelry and other fields. A device has been created that can build a full-fledged two-story house in just 20 hours. It is likely that in the near future the process of building construction will be simplified and accelerated as much as possible. 3D printers are also indispensable in medicine.