RepRap Forums. Format Echange 3D. Formlabs Creates a Low-Cost, Light-Based 3-D Printer. The Form 1 is a precision-designed desktop 3-D printer that uses a high-resolution resin system.
Desktop 3-D printing has largely been the domain of extrusion-based machines like MakerBot’s Replicator and homebrew RepRap designs. While this process’s print size, speed and quality have improved over time, it still lags behind the capabilities of pricier, professional stereolithography devices, where UV light cures incredibly thin layers of resin to create objects on par with manufactured goods. Developing this type of printer at a consumer price point has thus far been an elusive goal, but a today trio of MIT grads with impressive backers announced a new machine, called the Form 1, that can potentially bring professional-grade 3-D prints to the home workshop. With this insight, and their technical chops, they raised a round of seed funding from former Google CEO, Eric Schmidt; Media Lab director, Joi Ito; and Mitch Kapor, the founder of Lotus.
FORM 1: An affordable, professional 3D printer by Formlabs » Comments. 3D Printers, 3D Printing, 3D Parts and Rapid Prototyping.