I-AstroPrint imemezele ilungiselelo elimangalisayo noStanley Black & Decker. Ngokusho kwe isitatimende sephephandaba, u-Stanley Black & Decker bazosebenzisa i-AstroPrint's Enterprise Cloud “ukuxhuma, ukulawula, nokuthuthukisa uchungechunge lwabo lwamaphrinta e-3D kuzo zonke izindawo eziningi.”
I-AstroPrint yisixazululo esidumile esisekelwe efwini sokuphatha amaqembu amaphrinta e-3D. Thina kuqala wabhala ngabo ngo-2014, eminyakeni emihlanu edlule. Kusukela lapho inkampani ibilokhu ithuthukisa kancane kancane umnikelo wayo, kusukela ekukhululeni owabo iyunithi yokulawula ezimele, ukuze bethule ezabo uhlelo lokusebenza lweselula.
Uhlelo lwabo lusebenza ngokusebenzisa imbobo ye-USB engasetshenziswa ngokungenakugwenywa kumaphrinta amaningi we-3D wedeskithophu ngokuyixhuma ngebhokisi elibekwe phezulu kunethiwekhi yamafu ebanzi. Uma umshini usufakwe ngale ndlela izinto eziningi zingenzeka, njengokulawula kude kwedivayisi, ukuqapha ikhamera yewebhu ngesikhathi sangempela, ukuphrinta kabusha amamodeli wangaphambilini we-3D kusuka kusitoreji samafu, nokunye okuningi.
I-AstroPrint ihlanganisa namakhono okuphatha idivayisi engaphezu kweyodwa ngaphakathi kwebhizinisi.
Ngokunamathisela isethi yebhokisi labo eliphezulu kuphrinta ye-3D, lenza okungaphezu nje kokwengeza isixhumi esibonakalayo sesikrini esithintwayo esinemibala kudivayisi, njengoba iletha phambili wonke amandla efu khona kanye kuphrinta ye-3D.
I-AstroPrint yenza imali ngenkundla yabo ngezindlela ezimbalwa ezihlukene. Okokuqala, banikeza lokho abakubiza ngokuthi “uhlelo oluyisisekelo”, olutholakala ngaphandle kwenkokhiso. Uhlelo oluyisisekelo luvumela kufika kumaphrinta amabili e-3D axhunywe ku-akhawunti ngayinye futhi linemikhawulo ethile kusitoreji samafu namasevisi. Ilungele ukusetshenziswa komuntu siqu, kanye nokuhlolwa ngamabhizinisi uma efuna ukwazi nge-AstroPrint.
Uhlelo lwabo lobungcweti, u-US$10/mo, luvumela amaphrinta amahlanu, kodwa amathuba okungeza inani elingenamkhawulo lamaphrinta e-3D engeziwe ngo-US$5/mo ngayinye. Kulawo mabhizinisi anenani elimaphakathi lamaphrinta e-3D, lokhu kungase kube icebo elihle.
Kumabhizinisi amakhulu anenani elikhulu lamaphrinta e-3D, imali engu-US$5/mo ngephrinta ngayinye ingase ibe nkulu kancane. Kulesi simo, i-AstroPrint inikeza "Izinhlelo Zebhizinisi Nebhizinisi" okungaxoxwa ngazo. Asiwazi amanani kuleli zinga ngoba, duh, kuhlala kuxoxiswana.
Kubonakala sengathi i-AstroPrint idayisile lo mnikelo ku-Stanley Black & Decker, omunye wabakhiqizi abakhulu emhlabeni bamathuluzi ezimboni nemikhiqizo yehadiwe yasendlini. Ukukunikeza umbono wosayizi wabo, imali engenayo kaStanley Black & Decker ngo-2017 yayicishe ibe ngu-US$13B! Baqashe cishe abasebenzi abangu-60,000, futhi bakhiqize izinkulungwane zemikhiqizo enamagama emikhiqizo efana ne-DeWalt, Craftsman, Bostitch, Mac amathuluzi, nokunye okuningi.
Ukukhishwa kwabezindaba okuvela ku-AstroPrint akubonisi ngempela ukuthi mangaki amaphrinta e-3D azoxhunywa kunethiwekhi ye-AstroPrint, kodwa ungakwazi ukubheja yinombolo enkulu kakhulu. Lena yinkampani eklama futhi yenza amashumi ezinkulungwane zemikhiqizo; ngokungangabazeki bazosebenzisa amaphrinta e-3D yonke indawo ukuze bathuthukise ukuklama kwabo nemisebenzi ye-prototyping.
Ukufakwa ku-Stanley Black & Decker kuzozivumela ukuthi zingagcini nje ngokukhuphula ukusebenza kwamaphrinta angawodwana e-3D axhunywe kunethiwekhi, kodwa futhi kuvumele abaphathi bawo ukuthi ekugcineni babe nokubonakala kuwo wonke umkhumbi wamaphrinta e-3D enkampanini.
I-AstroPrint instrumentation izohlinzeka ngedatha ekuhlulekeni kokuphrinta nempumelelo, amanani okusetshenziswa, izinto zokwakha nokunye okuningi. Lokhu kungase kuvumele abaphathi ukuthi bakhombe izinhlobo zemishini ezingaphansi kwezilungile ngokwesibonelo, ngaleyo ndlela kuqalise ukushintshwa kwezinto zokusebenza ezingcono. Ingase futhi ihlonze imishini esetshenziswa kancane, futhi ingase iphakamise kubaphathi izindawo ezingcono lapho isidingo siphezulu.
Ngibone izimo ezifanayo zenzeka esikhathini esidlule kumaphrinta wesikhathi sakudala we-2D, asakazwa kubhizinisi elikhulu. Angikwazi ukukutshela izinzuzo ezimangalisayo umuntu angazithola ngokukwazi nje ukwazi ukuthi kwenzekani ngawo wonke lawo madivayisi. Ngisola ukuthi uStanley Black & Decker bazoba nesipiliyoni esifanayo.
Ku-AstroPrint lokhu kuyidili elibi, njengoba akuyona nje enkulu futhi inikeza imali eyengeziwe enkampanini, kodwa futhi izosebenza njengesibonelo esiphathekayo sokusetshenziswa kwangempela kwe-AstroPrint ebhizinisini elikhulu. I-AstroPrint izokwazi ukusebenzisa lokhu okwenziwayo kwamanye amathuba okungenzeka ukuthi angadli kangako, alinde omunye umuntu ukuthi ayizame kuqala.
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