Njengoba iqale engqungqutheleni ye-TED2015 eVancouver emuva ngoMashi walonyaka, I-Redwood City, eCalifornia-based Carbon3D's Continuous Liquid Interface Production (CLIP) 3D ubuchwepheshe bokuphrinta buqhubekile nokuthumela ama-ripples ngokusebenzisa imboni yokukhiqiza okungeziwe ngenxa yesithembiso sayo sokusheshisa izikhathi ezikhona zokuphrinta ze-3D ngokufika ku-100x ngokushesha.
Inqubo, eyaboniswa okokuqala esiteji ngesikhathi sesethulo se-TED esivela ku-Carbon3D co-founder kanye ne-CEO uJoseph DeSimone emcimbini, isebenza ngokulinganisa ukukhanya kwe-UV nomoya-mpilo ukuze kukhule izinto ezivela echibini le-resin ngokusebenzisa inqubo ye-polymerization yesithombe ngemizuzu nje.
Ngenxa yokuthi izinto ziyakwazi ukukhula ngokushesha oketshezini olumanzi, abaningi baye baqhathanisa le nqubo nezici ezisuka kuketshezi zibe ukuqina kwesikhohlakali esingu-T-1000 ngawo-1991. Terminator 2: Usuku Lokwahlulela.
https://youtu.be/UpH1zhUQY0c
Namuhla, inkampani imemezele ukuthi ivale utshalomali lwe-Series C engu-$100 million oluholwa yi-Google Ventures ukuze bathuthukise ubuchwepheshe babo be-CLIP futhi bafeze umgomo wabo wokwenza ukukhiqiza okungeziwe kube uhlobo olusebenzayo lokukhiqiza ngobuningi.
Yize kube nezinye izinkampani - ezifana nemboni ye-heavyweight MakerBot - ezibambe iqhaza ekuboneni amandla aphelele wokuphrinta kwe-3D njenge uhlobo lokukhiqiza ngobuningi, kusekuningi okufanele kufiswe uma kuqhathaniswa nezindlela zokukhiqiza ezivamile - njengokubumba umjovo. Ngenxa yezikhathi zabo zokukhiqiza ezisheshayo, ithimba le-Carbon3D likholelwa ukuthi indlela yabo yokwenza ihlukile kulokho esikulindele kumaphrinta akhona e-3D ngaphezu kokudala ama-prototypes kanye nokuphuma kanye.
“Izingxenye eziphrintiwe ze-3D ezenziwe ngokwesiko zaziwa ngokungahambisani. Izakhiwo zemishini ziyahlukahluka kuye ngokuthi izingxenye ziphrintwe ngakuphi ngenxa yendlela yokwendlaleka ngesendlalelo,” kuchaza inkampani. “Izingxenye eziphrintwe nge-CLIP zifana nezingxenye ezibunjwe ngomjovo. I-CLIP ikhiqiza izinto zemishini ezingaguquki nezibikezelwayo, idale izingxenye ezibushelelezi ngaphandle neziqinile ngaphakathi.”
https://youtu.be/mMkhVt_IWs4
Kulo mjikelezo woxhaso, i-Google Ventures ijoyinwe ngu-Yuri Milner, i-Reinet Investments SCA, i-FIS, nabatshalizimali bangaphambilini i-Sequoia Capital, i-Silver Lake Kraftwerk, ne-Northgate Capital. Ihlanganiswe nokutshalwa kwezimali kwangaphambili okuvela kwaFord Motor Company kanye ne-Autodesk (ngesikhwama senkampani i-Spark Investment), i-Carbon3D inyuse amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-140 ukuze ilethe ubuchwepheshe bayo be-CLIP ukumaketha.
Yize kungakabi bikho uphawu lokuthi singayibona nini umkhiqizo wokuqala wenkampani, kuphephile ukusho ukuthi lo mjikelezo wakamuva woxhaso uzobasiza ukuthi bafike lapho - kanye nobuchwepheshe ezandleni zethu - ngokushesha okungaka.
Thola okwengeziwe mayelana ne-CLIP Technology ku- ICarbon3D.
