…and the flood of desktop 3D printers keeps on coming. MakerBot, Stratasys and FormLabs are just a few of the models to hit the market over the years and even large corporations such as Autodesk and Hewlett-Packard are getting ready to release their own.
Another large corporation, Roland DG, has recently announced their foray into the 3D printing world with the release of their monoFab line of desktop printing machines.
The company’s ARM-10 is targeted at small to large-scale businesses and uses the stereolithography method of 3D printing, which gives the resin a semi-transparency when cured by UV light. It has a build-space of 5.11-inches and a resolution of 0.2mm on the XY axis and 0.1mm on the Z-axis.
The SRM-20 Milling Machine for rapid subtractive prototyping features a new milling spindle, collet and circuit board over their previous milling machines. The SRM-20 can use most material for milling, including wood, wax, ABS filament and acrylic (sorry, no metals) with an interlocked full cover keeping the dust from spreading everywhere.
“Roland monoFab is a revolutionary new concept in desktop fabrication tools that combines the additive capabilities of 3D printing with the subtractive capabilities of milling. Which device is best is determined by the characteristics and requirements of your 3D models.”
Both the ARM-10 and SRM-20 are available now for $6,499 and $4,549 respectively.
