New 3D Printer From Gizmo 3D Pints Objects 25-100 Times Faster Than Mainstream 3D Printers

Last week, Carbon3D unveiled a new 3D printing process, which claims to be able to print objects 25-100 times faster than traditional 3D printers. The process, called Continuous Liquid Interface Production technology (CLIP), could, in fact, revolutionize the whole industry. Now, just a week later, news transcended about another company, Gizmo 3D, "working on a super fast SLA style 3D printer, which may actually one-up the Carbon3D system, as far as speed and print quality go," 3DPrint.com informs. The printer uses a system that's different from both traditional 3D printers and Carbon3D's – although it is quite similar to the latter. According to the article, what makes Gizmo 3D's methodology "so incredible and so fast, is that instead of printing in broken layers, with quick flashes of a projected image from the DLP projector, his layers are printed like an animation, without any breaks between frames. The build plate, full of resin, continuously moves downward while this animation plays. Currently he calls this method of printing ‘continuous printing' but says that ‘animated printing' might even be a better term." Kobus du Toit, Founder of Gizmo 3D Printers claims his printer is capable of printing an object 150mm x 80mm x 26mm in size, at a 50 micron z-axis resolution, in just 6 minutes, well above 3D Systems Corporation's DDD, Stratasys, Ltd.'s SSYS and ExOne Co's XONE current speeds. The company plans to launch several 3D printers via a Kickstarter campaign. The most basic Gizmo 3D printer will be the GiziMate and it will be priced at $2,500. The biggest printer will be the GiziMax, which will be 2 meters tall and will retail around $6,000. In addition, for an extra $2,500, you will be able to add on the company's "secret" component, which allows for twice the printing speeds.