Re: 3D printer progress

This is a great concept!
Is printing head readily available?
Alex
--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "Graham Stabler" <grezmos@...>
wrote:

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> --- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "al5502" <telecom@> wrote:
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> > Graham,
> > setting aside gantry movement problems, how does it actually works?
> > I mean how the object is being built up?
> > How does the printer prints?
> > Alex
>
> I'm trying to replicate the Zcorp printers, a binder is printed into a
> bed of corn starch or fine plaster and the object built layer by
> layer. The powder that does not get printed on to provides a support
> and is later brushed off. The model is then later infiltrated with a
> resin or a wax to make it stronger. They are mainly for conceptual
> models rather than working parts though it is possible to make plugs
> to make moulds for cast parts.
>
> www.zcorp.com
>
> Graham
>