Kube nokuningi kokuphrinta kwensimbi ye-3D ukukhuluma ngakho eminyakeni embalwa edlule, kodwa u-2017 ungaba unyaka wensimbi eyengeziwe - amaphrinta ensimbi amaningi kanye nezakhiwo ezengeziwe eziphrintwe ngensimbi. Nami ngiyilungele – ngilungele isudi yensimbi, indlu yensimbi; letha insimbi. I-CES 2017 ibone i-Markforged yethula iphrinta yabo ye-Metal X. Lokho kuzonakekela izinto ezincane, kuyilapho i-metal mastodon MX3D ekugcineni ibona amarobhothi abo okunyathelisa ensimbi eqedela amaphrojekthi amaningi, amakhulu.
Ngonyaka odlule sike sabheka i ibhayisikili engagqwali 3D ephrintiwe ithuthukiswe ngabafundi abavela eTUdelft futhi yakhiwe yi-MX3D. Sikhulume ngohlelo lwe-MX3D kuya ku-3D phrinta a ibhuloho lomsele esasebenza kodwa izofakwa kuwo wonke umsele wase-Amsterdam we-Oudezijds Achterburgwal ngokuhamba kwesikhathi kulo nyaka.
Umgomo wabo ngephrojekthi Yebhuloho ukukhombisa ukuthi yini engenzeka nge-multi-axis yabo, i-robo-arm, ubuchwepheshe bokuphrinta be-3D. Ngitshele ithimba le-MX3D ukuthi ngiyabadinga ngenze isudi yomzimba ye-robo-arm ye-3D (enamaphiko) - THE POSSIBILITIES. Njengabanye abantu abahlakaniphile, bakuchithile ukuphawula kwami, kodwa u-Tim Geurtjens omuhle, i-CTO ye-MX3D, ukucacisile ukuthi yini ebahlukanisayo:
“Okuhlukanisa ubuchwepheshe bethu ezindleleni zokuphrinta ze-3D ezivamile ukuthi sisebenza ngokuvumelana nomgomo 'Wokuphrinta Ngaphandle kwebhokisi'. Ngokuphrinta ngamarobhothi emboni ye-6-axis, asisakhawulelwe ebhokisini lesikwele lapho yonke into yenzeka khona. Ukuphrinta ibhuloho elisebenzayo, elilingana nokuphila kuyindlela ekahle yokubonisa amathuba angapheli ale nqubo.”
Amarobhothi amakhulu ezimboni yizilwane ezinhle, ezi-6-axis adalwe ngu Amarobhothi e-ABB. Uyazi, uhlobo olufunayo kuwo wonke amagumbi endlu yakho ukwenza lokho okufunayo, bese ugijima uyokwakha ibhuloho le-freakin'. Ohlangothini lokuklama, ithimba le-MX3D lisebenzisa isofthiwe yokumodela ye-Autodesk 3D, okuhlanganisa I-Dreamcatcher ukuze imodeli yedizayini ekhiqizayo kanye neDynamo ihlole izindlela ezintsha zokusebenzisa nokuthuthukisa idatha yemodeli yolwazi yokwakha (BIM).
Ngasohlangothini lwehardware, basebenzisa izinhlelo zeLenovo, CabangaStation P910s nokunye okuhambayo okuningi I-ThinkPad P40 Yoga - Ngisebenzisa enye yalezi NSUKU ZONKE. Amavidiyo angezansi akhombisa ukuthi yonke into ihlangana kanjani futhi, okungcono kakhulu, inezithombe ezinhle kakhulu zesikhungo se-MX3D kanye namarobhothi asebenzayo. (UTim ubukeka ekhathele kuleso sokuqala!)
Iphrojekthi yabo yakamuva iyisithombe esiqoshiwe esiklanywe ngu Joris Laarman Lab ye-Design Miami/Basel, isikrini sovemvane esibaziwe engasibona kalula sihlezi ngokubabazekayo egcekeni lami elingaphambili sibangela omakhelwane bami babuze ukufaneleka kwama-gnomes engadini yepulasitiki engaphrintiwe-3D, esukela kakhulu kuye kwencane. Isikrini sovemvane siyimitha engu-2×3 (6.5 ft x 9.84 ft) 'indawo yethusi egobile kabili esekelwe ekuhlukaniseni kweseli eliyi-hexagonal.' Kubukeka kanjena:
Sekuyisikhathi eside sezwa noma sibona enye into evela ku-MX3D. Nokho, bakhuthele ukuqasha abantu abanolwazi ku-Rhino, Grasshopper nakwamanye ama-software wokumodela we-3D kanye nochwepheshe bezinhlelo noma ze-metallurgy. Bayaqhubeka kuze kube sekuqedweni kwebhuloho futhi uma ufuna ukubona izibuyekezo zakamuva nesimemezelo esizofika nakanjani silandele Twitter or Facebook.
