If you know Shapeways, you know they keep excreting multiple ways to create 3D printed products. Now they’re adding a new machine to the mix that throw in cart sweet starchy color for your 3-dimensional design. Thing is, it’ll run you $1.65 per cubic inch. So, while I scale all my designs to be smaller than tiny, check out the details.
“Full Color Sandstone is made with the latest Z-corp [Zprinter 650] printer with the highest available resolution of:650 x 540 DPI. The material itself is gypsum based, extremely rigid, very hard and colors do not bleed. Obviously it feels a bit like sandstone. We will finish it with XLA Form Infusion, a new impregnating technique which makes your model durable and keeps the colors vivid.”
Z-corp Zprinter 650 Specs
- Color: Multicolor (5 print heads, including black)
- Resolution: 600 x 540 dpi
- Automation: Full (automated setup and self monitoring / automated powder loading / automated powder recycling and removal / snap-in binder cartridges / intuitive control panel)
- Vertical Build Speed: 1.1 inch/hour (28 mm/hour)
- Build Size: 10 x 15 x 8 inches (254 x 381 x 203 mm)
- Material Options: High Performance Composite
- Layer Thickness: 0.0035 – 0.004 inches (0.089 – 0.102 mm)
- Number of Jets: 1520
The video give you a better idea of the process and how your design is birthed…
More here in Shapeways Full Color 3D printing or go ahead and buy an Alien or Bunny.
