I-Peopoly's Iphrinta ye-Moai 3D yaqala njengephrojekthi yomuntu siqu phakathi kwabangani ababili (uShu Peng no-Richard Li) ababefuna inketho yokuphrinta ye-3d engcono engadlula lokho okunikezwa yi-RepRap, Ultimaker namanye amaphrinta asekelwe kit. Babefuna ikhwalithi yobuchwepheshe ngentengo ethengekayo. Ngemva kokwakha eminingana yaleyo mishini, baqala ukuklama eyabo futhi bazala i-Moai esekwe ku-SLA, enezici zobungcweti, ukuhlanganisa okulula, kanye nenani elithengekayo.
Yiziphi izici eziku-Moai SLA 3D Printer? Ake sibheke. Umshini ufakwe i-laser ye-UV engu-150mW elungiseka ngokugcwele enosayizi wamabala angama-micron angama-70, olawulwa nge-galvo ukuze unyakaze ngokunemba. Ngaphezu kwalokho, inevolumu enkulu yokwakha engu-13 X 13 X18cm futhi ingasebenza cishe nanoma iyiphi inkundla ye-G-code nesisiki emhlabeni, elayishwa ngekhadi le-SD kuphela.
Ukuze basebenzise i-laser yabo ene-high-resolution, i-Peopoly yaklama eyabo i-polymer resin ephezulu, nakuba ungasebenzisa nezinye izinhlobo, okuhlanganisa i-wax ngisho nezinsalela zebanga lamazinyo. Ikhanda le-laser lingalungiswa ukuze liphathe cishe noma yini futhi ngokulungiswa okufunayo, kuze kufike ku-70um nganoma isiphi isilinganiso.
I-Peopoly ixhase ngempumelelo i-Moai ngezimali I-Kickstarter, okwenza imali engaphezu kuka-130K ngaphezu komgomo wabo ohlosiwe ka-$30K ngephrojekthi esigabeni sesibonelo kanye nokulethwa kwemishini yokuqala esethelwe uJulayi 2017. Ngaphezu kwalokho, bakholelwa ukuthi iphrinta yabo ye-3D izoheha abanye ngaphandle kwabenzi nje, ngekhwalithi namandla akwaziyo. ukukhonza abacwebi kanye nodokotela bamazinyo ngokufanayo.
Ngokuqondene neminye imishini esekelwe ku-SLA, i-Moai ingenye yethengeka kakhulu ukuthi izongena emakethe ngesibambiso sokuqala esingu-$900 nangaphezulu, okukunikeza ikhithi nelitha le-Moai resin. Kuzokujabulisa ukubona ukuthi bangakwazi yini ukuletha iphrinta ye-SLA enalawa makhono, intengo engaphansi kwe-$1000 nangesikhathi. Okwamanje, i-GreatScott! ine ukubuyekeza okuhle kakhulu ku-SLA 3D Printer ngincoma ukuthi uhlole.
