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M3D launches the Promega, its first industrial open source 3D printer
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Having previously focused its products on the entry-level consumer 3D printing market, M3D has now introduced their first-ever industrial 3D printer – the Promega.
Based in Maryland, M3D will launch the Promega today on new crowdfunding site FitForLaunch. The 3D printer will be the first product to launch on the website created by M3D CEO and co-founder Michael Armani.
In recent years M3D has launched several smaller 3D printers aimed at the consumer, the M3D Micro and the M3D Pro. The two printers were both launched on Kickstarter with the Micro raising over $3 million and the M3D Pro having similar success.
The U.S company now turns its attention to the next level with this 3D printer for professional use. Although we have yet to see the Promega 3D printer first hand, on paper it seems impressive. We’ll bring you a proper review once we receive a test unit.
Michael Armani, M3D CEO and Co-founder says, “even we are in disbelief about all the features we’ve been able to pack into the Promega. ”
Patent pending heated bed
The Promega has a 15.3”/38.8 cm build size with dimensions of 20x20x22in / 50.8×50.8×55.8cm. According to M3D, the heated printer bed is both powerful and energy-efficient. The machine uses a patent pending dual-zone heating system. M3D say this system uses 3x less energy than comparable 3D printers.
Other features of the Promega 3D printer include a dual extruder mixing nozzle, COREXY motion platform, auto-bed levelling, an all-metal frame and a fully enclosed build chamber.
Conception of how the machine would fit in a designer’s studio. Image via FitForLaunch.Pricing and release
The Promega will be priced at $3,500. However, initially the machine will be available for pre-order on FitForLaunch for considerably less at $1,000. M3D explains, with the new crowdfunding website, production can begin while pre-orders are placed and expect initial machines to begin shipping within the first month of launch.
The company also believes it will be able to ship up to 1,000 machines following the first few months of launching.
M3D CEO Michael Armani explains the pricing of the Promega,
Developing the Promega machine. Photo via FitForLaunch.Considering its size and all the features included in this dream of an industrial 3D printer, the Promega would have sold for $50,000 just a couple years ago; now we intend to sell it at $3,500. Our team of engineers were able to innovate the printer’s space and power efficiency in order to help owners fit the most build volume and the most printers in a given space, while significantly lowering their energy expenses.
M3D Promega technical specifications:
- Build size: 15.3 in / 38.8 cm build (cube)
- Printer Dimension: 20x20x22in / 50.8×50.8×55.8cm (cube)
- Weight: 25 lbs / 11.3 kg
- XY – 0.6 micron microstep resolution
- Z – 50-750 micron layer resolution (dependant on nozzle size)
- Up to 300mm/s motion (typical high quality printing at 45-60mm/s)
- Heats Up to 300°C (420°C with thermocouple add on)
- Connectivity: Ethernet with built-in Webhost
- USB host
- SD Card (for stand-alone mode)
- Print from any web-enabled device
- Runs off Gcode, sliced from STL and other 3D model file types
- Compatible with all 1.
75mm filaments (not included with printer) - Open electronics
- Open firmware (Smoothie or Reprap firmware)
- Open software (3rd Party Host Controllers)
For more details, check out the Promega on its FitForLaunch page.
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Featured image shows the PROMEGA 3D printer. Image via FitForLaunch.
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M3D Stays Low-Cost, Goes Industrial with Open-Source, Feature-Packed Promega 3D Printer - 3DPrint.com
M3D will always be known for the M3D Micro, the 3D printer that catapulted them to success with a multimillion-dollar Kickstarter campaign in 2014.
The Micro was followed up with the Pro and the Micro+, released just recently, which continued the company’s mission of delivering affordable, low-cost, compact consumer 3D printers. Now M3D is introducing another 3D printer – but it’s quite different than anything they’ve produced so far as they step away from consumer orientation for the first time.
The Promega is a commercial, open-source 3D printer that, following M3D’s trend of compactness, is small enough for the desktop, measuring just 20″ cubed and weighing only 25 pounds. Despite its size, though, it still offers a large build volume of 15.3″ cubed. Enclosed in a rigid, all-metal frame with optional filtration, the Promega is built from all-metal parts and features a patent-pending heated bed with a dual-zone heating design that allows for the central and outer areas of the bed to be heated independently. When running both zones, the 3D printer uses 1/3 of the energy of a standard printer, and only 1/6 when running one zone, reducing electrical costs and labor.
Additional features include a CoreXY motion system and a dual extruder mixing nozzle that allows for multiple printing options: color gradients, color mixing, multi-material, etc. The Promega comes with a nozzle pack that includes sizes ranging from 0.2 to 0.8 mm. An auto-leveling bed makes setup a breeze, and speaking of breeze, there’s plenty of it provided with multiple, independently controllable cooling fans. The extruder heats to 300°C, or 420°C with a thermocouple add-on.
“We made this printer because we see people always modifying the printers they bought – and because there are a lot of 3D printer companies crowding this space,” M3D CEO and co-founder Michael Armani told 3DPrint.com. “That tells us that there’s no clear winner when it comes to satisfying what users needs & wants are. So M3D has commissioned the dream printer – the one everyone ends up hacking together themselves because there is nothing perfectly suitable or expandable on the open market.
There are many open source printer designs but they’re not readily adaptable to a much later size than 8-12″ build volumes using stock parts and common designs. This is the limitation we’ve overcome by achieving a cube build volume of 15.3″. Also, in a 180 degree move, as compared to our consumer 3D printing division, which made printers with fewer features in order to keep costs down, we’ve gone all-out and over-engineered every aspect of this new 3D printer to fulfill the commercial and industrial users’ needs.”
The Promega can print with any 1.75 mm filament, allowing users plenty of room for experimentation. The electronics, software, and firmware are all open, it runs off Gcode, and it’s compatible with standard E3D hotends and M6 nozzles. It can be connected via Ethernet with built-in Webhost, and Wi-Fi is an optional add-on, as is a 7″ LCD screen.
The Promega will retail for $3,500, but if you’re quick you can get it for only $1,000 via FitForLaunch. Armani, having responded to the recent spate of failed product launches through crowdfunding campaigns, launched FitForLaunch to fit his vision for success in crowdfunded products and will be the platform’s CEO as he focuses more attention on this business.
It’s a bit of an unusual crowdfunding campaign in that production will be taking place during, rather than after, the campaign, and rewards will be sent out much more quickly. Five printers will be shipped within a month, followed by two dozen the next month, and 100 in the third month. Those first 3D printers will be review units; after that, bulk shipments will start. Pricing, and add-ons, will increase gradually.
“Even we are in disbelief about all the features we’ve been able to pack into the Promega,” said Armani. “Considering its size and all the features included in this dream of an industrial 3D printer, the Promega would have sold for $50,000 just a couple years ago; now we intend to sell it at $3,500. Our team of engineers were able to innovate the printer’s space and power efficiency in order to help owners fit the most build volume and the most printers in a given space, while significantly lowering their energy expenses.”
M3D will be hosting a launch party tonight, June 15, from 5:30 to 7:30 PM at Tech Shop in Arlington, VA.
You can RSVP for the free event here. Discuss in the Promega forum at 3DPB.com.
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Prostheses for humans and animals, 3D printing of space structures, food and shoes, improved printing accuracy, new materials, new software.
A bunch of projects on crowdfunding platforms.
Well, pistols, where would we be without them.
China, Japan, Australia, USA, Netherlands, Africa and Haiti, 3D printing seems to be everywhere in the world.
In 2014, 3D printing will go into space.
(Review of the achievements of 3D printing 2012 here)
We read what we achieved for 2013 under the cut ( 54 photos ).
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The Chinese printed a 5 meter one-piece aircraft part from titanium
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Here is a plane that uses 3D printed parts
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(first inscription where instead of ink - "Escherichia coli")
The European Space Agency is conducting experiments to build a shelter on the moon using a 3D printer
1.5 ton building block
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A team of scientists from Scotland, for the first time, using a 3D printer, print three-dimensional tissue from stem cells
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change the way we make most things”
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Articles on Habré about this:
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original article
Nike presented the world's first cleats printed on a 3D printer
4D printing. Self-transforming objects
4D printing video at TED
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The government of Singapore intends to invest $500 million in the development of the 3D printing industry.
3D printing makes it possible to create low-cost implants taking into account the anatomical features of patients
83-year-old inventor won $40,000 in a competition for his DIY extruder
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Created a 3D scanner capable of obtaining images from a distance of 1 km
The Chinese government intends to invest $6.
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GE prints fuel injectors for aircraft engines
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British children will learn robotics and 3D printing from the age of 5
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