As the world of SLS receives a significant boost from the expiration of key patents, founder of EOS Dr. Hans J. Langer has begun investing in companies that may see the German laser sintering firm strengthen its position and grow the SLS world even further. Earlier this year, Langer put some money into a startup dedicated to dying and finishing SLS prints, to bring a much needed rainbow to nylon printed parts. Now, he has gone on to contribute funds to Berlin startup 3YOURMIND, an online platform for simplifying the process of sourcing 3D printing service providers.
Through 3YOURMIND’s simple user interface, users are able to compare prices of services Shapeways, Sculpteo, and i.materialise, including their materials portfolios and shipping times. During the upload process, the site tests the file for printability and even repair the file and optimize it for printing. 3YOURMIND has also developedCAD plugins要直接从各种CAD程序中载。
As a spin-off of the Technical University of Berlin, 3YOURMIND now has over 25 employees and two locations, in Berlin and one in Wrocław, Poland. With 60,000 price and 3D printing inquiries per month, the site has already proven successful enough to receive a seven figure investment from the founder of EOS, with the goal of expanding the firm internationally, saying that the startup“solves a huge problem to bring additive manufacturing to the broad masses.”3您的联合创始人StephanKühr评论了这项投资，“我们很高兴拥有汉斯·兰格（Hans J. Langer）博士，他是工业3D印刷领域的全球领先专家之一，他是我们的投资者。在实现我们的愿景的途中，这一融资是一个伟大的里程碑 - 使用我们的在线平台，我们将使任何人都可以轻松地创建并仅从最佳的3D打印服务中获得完美的3D印刷品。”
Perhaps, with Langer’s funding, 3YOURMIND will get a boost to streamline the online 3D printing process. If so, they may be up against competition. Because they’ve come up with this concept, it may be possible that other businesses have the same idea in mind. For instance, it’s not difficult to imagine a site like可制成的也更容易将文件直接导出到具有类似价格引用功能的3D打印服务。
