The Fargo 3D Printing team went to Las Vegas to attend CES 2016 and had a blast!
We spent two whole days in the 3D printing area to get interviews and check out the new tech. There were so many companies that we couldn't visit and talk with all of them, but we made sure to talk to a few that we've been following or were excited to see in person.
Formlabs was showing off their Form 2 and its cartridge resin system. You can even take it out and replace it while it's printing!
DWS LAB was present and displaying the XFAB wtih its multiple printing materials.
XYZprinting showed some prototypes of printers that will be coming out later this year, but none of them were running. Despite that, they had a really impressive booth.
LulzBot's booth was really fun and had ColorFabb and OpenBCI showing off their wares. We were expecting the new Taz 6 to be on display, but there is no current release date. The new dual extruder was displayed and producing some nice looking prints. The FlexyDually v2 was announced and will be available in Q1.
*For clarification, LulzBot does not currently use E3D as their hot end supply.New product updates.V2 tool head updates.
ROBO 3D had the most impressive booth. There was a 3D printed race track, a print of Robbie the Robot assembled from hundreds of crowd-sourced parts, an "R-Cade," wall of printers including two new R2 models and a mascot of Robbie walking around.
3D Systems was much like last year, but they had the CubeJet and ProJet 2500 on the floor and printing.
Stratasys was tucked away in a back corner and had a small area for MakerBot in their booth. MakerBot had the new Smart Extruder+ printing on a 5th Gen and Z18. Eric's attention was stolen by a 3D printed skateboard which got to try out.
Mcor 3D showed the Arke, a paper printer with a reasonable price tag. It can print in full color and would be most comparable to a CJP machine. One of them looked a bit like Knight Rider.
New Matter's Mod-t is one of the cleanest machines that we've ever seen. The way the print bed moves is unique, it's enclosed, quiet and very affordable.
NewPro 3D hails from Canada and is most similar the the Carbon3D printer with the CLIP technology. It's essentially an ultra fast DLP printer. The creator, Diego, says it's even faster than the Carbon3D.
Away from the rest of the printers was Polaroid, right next to Canon in an entirely different location. They're jumping into the 3D printing market with the ModelSmart 250S. The look is interesting, but the print quality wasn't what you would hope to see from a big name like Polaroid. The extruder assembly is awkward and the filament is proprietary and spendy.
Our favorite/most anticipated printers were: 3D Systems CubeJet, Mcor Arke and NewPro 3D.
Our favorite booths were: ROBO 3D, New Matter, Formlabs and 3D Systems.
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Tune in soon for a significantly shorter part 2.
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