3D打印机OEMformlabs在CES 2023技术公约。
由三种新产品组成，包括FormLabs的Form auto和大量树脂硬件软件包以及车队控制软件，据说其“自动化生态系统”可帮助用户推动更大的3D打印利用率。在此过程中，该公司预计其产品将有助于牙科实验室，服务局和车间提高生产，而不会大大提高其劳动力要求。
“The Formlabs Automation Ecosystem is a seamless solution for ramping up production with 3D printer fleets, staying true to the ease of use of all Formlabs products,” explained Formlabs CPO, Dávid Lakatos. “Formlabs users recently achieved a major milestone, with more than 100 million parts printed on our 3D printers, and by adding this ecosystem, Formlabs is increasing the capacity so users can deliver further 3D printing innovation.”
Formlabs产品的演变
FormLabs最初是关注立体光刻（SLA）3D打印，但它逐渐扩大了其投资组合，以此使其能够满足新市场和客户需求。该公司SLA产品的最新添加包括高速表格3+和表格3b+3D printers，该公司在去年的CES大会上发起。
为了成功实现FormLabs的表格3和表格3B系统而建造，它们结合了更灵活的构建板，构成了其前辈的重大升级。得益于其集成的“ Build Platform 2”硬件，并配有“快速释放技术”，这些机器在启动时被据说，以使SLA打印零件的无工具拆卸比以往任何时候都更加容易。但是，尽管两者都具有250兆瓦的激光和85微米激光斑点尺寸，但它们却向不同的受众群体销售。
Priced at $3,750, the Form 3+ is a general-purpose system built for functional prototyping and the short-run production of end-use parts. The Form 3B+, meanwhile, is a tad pricier at $4,299 but is more geared towards the precision 3D printing of medical devices, surgical tools, and other patient-specific parts, with a high level of surface finish.
在SLA 3D打印之外，FormLabs还将其产品扩展到选择性激光烧结（SLS），并随着发射的推出保险丝1和保险丝1+ 30W。尽管前者在去年2月的3D印刷行业评论中的可访问性和可重复性得分很高，但该公司后来在2022年7月推出了增强的30瓦激光版本，具有更广泛的高性能材料兼容性。
Formlabs在CES 2023上的大揭示
Designed to help users drive down their idle printer time as a means of improving their cost-per-part, Formlabs’ new Automation Ecosystem is made up of three core elements. The first of these is the High Volume Resin System, a 5-liter resin bag and pump package, designed to expand the capacity of Formlabs’ standard SLA printers and reduce their waste, while minimizing any cartridge handling tasks.
像大容量的树脂系统一样，FormLabs自动化生态系统的第二部分（形式自动）可以与任何形式3+或表格3B+机器一起使用。该硬件扩展名有效地设计为自动从构建室中删除成品零件并启动新印刷品，以消除耗时的人类互动。
Meanwhile, Fleet Control, the software element of this platform, packs various features from the PreForm and Dashboard print preparation and consumable management tools. In practise, the new program allows Form 3 generation printer users to create a continuously moving job queue that can be managed remotely, anywhere in the world.
While each part of the Automation Ecosystem can be bought separately, Formlabs says that together, they help ease the transition from low to high-volume 3D printing. In addition to productivity gains, the company claims its latest offering could provide users with savings of up to 80% on labor, 40% on cost-per-part, and 96% on packaging waste.
该公司已经在其制造服务局内部测试了其内部自动化工作流，该局全天候运行了180多个SLA和SLS 3D打印机。Since they started running betas of Form Auto and Fleet Control in July 2020, the facility’s operators are said to have had more free time to spend on value-adding tasks, in particular, due to the way the add-ons have helped automate post-processing.
那些很幸运能够在CES 2023亲自获得的人可以在Booth 54217上查看Formlabs的新自动化生态系统。
尽管CES主要是以消费者为中心的技术博览会，但有时是由3D打印公司的目标来实现的，他们试图通过最新产品发布来吸引最广泛的受众。Anycubic的新型Mega SEWash＆Cure Plus在CES 2021启动的系统，配有简化的组件和升级的固化后功能，使它们能够更好地解决入门级用户。
That year,自然还推出了它的beta architectural 3D printing service。该公司的产品使用其“ XL”建筑系统实现，可让客户设计从家具到户外檐篷的定制家居用品。当时，Aectual声称其“设计到分发”过程将定制建筑的成本降低了50％。
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