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Tasman Machinery releases Mojo Desktop 3D Printer from Stratasys

Announcement posted by com4tech 17 May 2012

Priced at less than U$10,000, including features aimed at making 3D part-making more intuitive and seamless for users

Tasman Machinery is proud to announce the release of Stratasys’ new “Mojo” desktop 3D printing system, which promises to make 3D printing much more accessible to companies by lowering the threshold for adopting the technology. The printer is priced at less than U$10,000 and includes features aimed at making 3D part-making more intuitive and seamless for users.

Tasman Machinery used the opportunity of Australia’s leading manufacturing and machine tool show, Austech 2012 in Sydney (held from 8 to 11 May), to introduce high-end additive manufacturing technology to around 10,0000 attendees, with the running of Stratasy’s flagship Fortus 3D Production System, a Fortus 400mc. The Fortus system was manufacturing phone covers made from super tough polycarbonate thermoplastic.

“Certainly we had a very busy show, and having the additive manufacturing sub-section at the Austech exhibition has been a big plus for us, as it produced a cluster effect of people visiting going from booth to booth,” Managing Director Dermid McKinley says. “We have generated huge interest in our high-end machines like the 3D Fortus production system, which is finding more and more advanced applications for users. At the other end of the application scale we celebrated the worldwide release our latest FDM 3D printer, The Mojo, which is going to be a game changer in the industry.”

While the Fortus 400mc 3D Production System can be used as a full production machine, producing everything from assembly jigs through to end-user parts to replace injection moulded and CNC machined components, the new “Mojo” desktop printer now brings the possibiklities of 3D printing right to the desktop, provided the part can fit within the unit’s build envelope of 127 x 127 x 127 mm.

“The number of manufacturers producing end-use parts through additive manufacturing is relatively small, but the number of organisations considering doing this is large,” Mr McKinley says. “The new Mojo 3D desktop 3D printer is now virtually affordable for anyone, and includes features aimed at making 3D printing more intuitive and seamless, much like using a traditional desktop 2D printer.”

Like other 3D printers from Stratasys, the Mojo unit builds parts through fused deposition modelling (FDM) – a process that creates resilient plastic parts out of durable & strong ABS thermoplastic.

Applications of FDM therefore extend beyond prototyping to include functional tools, fixtures and end-use parts.

The Mojo comes with a print pack which includes PrintWizard software that allows users to design products and print. The print wizard imports the CAD model and steps the user through decisions related to orientation and scaling, as well as the number of pieces to be built in the cycle. A hardware innovation intended to further simplify the process is the integration of material spool and print head into a single package (the “QuickPack” engine). Thanks to this design, loading material into the Mojo unit is a straightforward step that is similar to snapping an inkjet cartridge into an office paper printer.

“This product is just another indication that 3D printing is ready to move into the mainstream,” Mr McKinley says. “For a person or organisation who wants a 3D Printer that can work right out of the box and producing professional grade models, the Mojo is very attractive.”

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Using 3D Technologies to Examine Rare Specimens of the Extinct Tasmanian Tiger - 3DPrint.com

The last known thylacine, photographed here in captivity in 1933. [Image via Wikipedia]

In 1936, the last known Tasmanian Tiger died in captivity at Hobart Zoo; locked out of its shelter, it was unable to survive the extreme daytime heat and below-freezing nighttime temperatures of Tasmania to which it was subjected. Since that time, much like Elvis, there have been sightings of the animal in the wild, but none confirmed, and an exhaustive survey conducted between 1967 and 1973 was unable to confirm the existence of a single one of these singular creatures. Their extinction was brought about by a combination of overhunting – a bounty was placed on the animals by the Van Diemen’s Land Company and sentiment against the animal was whipped up with doctored images showing it stealing poultry – the invasion of its territory by humans, competition with wild dingoes, and the introduction of domestic dogs.

The Tasmanian Tiger was actually not related to its feline namesake, but was given the name because of the stripes that ran across the lower half of its back. And while very closely resembling a dog, the last time the two animals shared an ancestor was approximately 160 million years ago. Its scientific name is Thylacinus cynocephalus and it is commonly referred to as the thylacine. Joining the ranks of some of Oceania’s most famous creatures, the thylacine was a marsupial, meaning that it carried its young, known as joeys, in a pouch. In fact, both the male and female had pouches, but the male’s pouch was designed to protect his genitalia as he moved through spiky brush. In addition, the animal had a stiff tail, like a kangaroo, and an impressive maw, which it could open wider than its own head.

Joey specimens. [Image: University of Melbourne]

Museums have a small collection of specimens of this now extinct animal, and because they are marsupials, a small number of those examples have had joeys in their pouches. The number of these joeys though is extremely limited, with only 13 known to exist in collections around the world. Over the years there have been numerous requests to dissect and otherwise study the the little beasts, but all requests have been declined due the damaging nature of such invasive study techniques. However, with the development of non-invasive X-ray micro-CT scanning, it is now possible to take a look inside the babies without doing them the least amount of harm.

The benefits were immediately obvious, as explained by Senior Curator of Vertebrate Zoology, at the Tasmanian Museums and Art Gallery (TMAG) Kathryn Medlock:

“By examining their bone development, we’ve been able to illustrate how the Tasmanian tiger matured, and identify when they took on the appearance of a dog. One of the major advantages of this new technology is that it has enabled us to do research and answer many questions without destruction of the sample specimens.”

One of the first discoveries that was made when researchers from Museums Victoria and the University of Melbourne began to examine the known specimens was that two of them, from the collections of the TMAG, very likely weren’t thylacine at all, but rather some other form of marsupial baby with a similar early development trajectory. The data gathered from this scanning project has been released in a paper and covers the five critical stages of pouch development for the extinct joeys.

The contents of the paper provide important information about this animal’s development that was not previously available, as described by lead author and University of Melbourne PhD student Axel Newton:

A scan reveals the internal structure of Tasmanian Tiger joeys. [Image: University of Melbourne]
“Our 3D models have revealed important new information about how this unique extinct marsupial evolved to look so similar to dogs, such as the dingo, despite being very distantly related. The digital scans show that when first born the Tasmanian tiger looked like other marsupials like the Tasmanian Devil or the kangaroo. These scans show in incredible detail how the Tasmanian tiger started its journey in life as a joey boasting the robust forearms of other marsupials so that it could climb into its mother’s pouch. But by the time it left the pouch around 12 week to start independent life, it looked more like a puppy with longer hind limbs than forelimbs.”

The digital files for the 3D scans have been made available freely for anyone who wishes to use the data as part of their research or who has simply had their curiosity piqued. 3D technologies are helping scientists to better understand extinct species, as 3D scanning can exactly reproduce anatomies into 3D models that can then be 3D printed to allow for handling and a closer look without damaging delicate bones or fossils.

Unfortunately, the great care being taken now not to damage an animal whose end so clearly came as a result of not just carelessness, but active malice, is too little, too late for the animal, however, there is some hope that we can at least learn something from our recklessness.

[Image: University of Melbourne]

What do you think of this news? Let us know your thoughts; join the discussion of this and other 3D printing topics at 3DPrintBoard.com. [Sources: University of Melbourne, BBC]

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