Carbon3D Unveils Breakthrough CLIP 3D Printing Technology, 25-100X Faster

3D Print.com ^ | March 16, 2015 | Brian Krassenstein

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In what may be one of the biggest stories we have covered this year, a new company, Carbon3D has just emerged out of stealth mode, unveiling an entirely new breakthrough 3D printing process, which is anywhere between 25 and 100 times faster than what’s available on the market today.The privately-held Redwood City, California-based company, Carbon3D, was founded in 2013, and since then has been secretly perfecting a new 3D printing technology which promises to change the industry forever. The technology that the company calls Continuous Liquid Interface Production technology (CLIP) works by harnessing the power of light and oxygen to cure a photosensitive resin. Sounds an awful lot like Stereolithography (SLA) technology, doesn’t it? While it uses principles we see within a typical SLA process, where a laser or projector cures a photosensitive resin, Carbon3D’s CLIP process strays greatly from the technology that we are all used to seeing.

[Utilizer]

Still in its beginning stages, but this looks like a good starting point to expand to other materials in time. Dunno about metals, though.

Lots of pictures and a detailed description of the process as well as comparisons to other methods in the linked article.

[rlmorel]

Bfl

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So, do they have a printer for sale? if not, when?

[Utilizer]

Reading the article and then looking at the company homepage, it appears they have successfully developed the process but not yet begun commercial production.