总部位于布鲁克林的3D打印机制造商gCreate宣布了其最新系统的发布：gMax 2 PRO.
具有可选外壳的18 x 18 x 24英寸建造量，与工程级材料（如北京大学），烧结到满的金属和碳纤维复合材料以及$ 4,895的兼容性，台式机是由Gcreate销售的，an “affordable, scalable solution to America’s supply chain woes.”
“The US government and businesses are actively strengthening the domestic supply chain to have greater operational control, which makes perfect sense,” says gCreate Co-founder Gordon LaPlante. “The gMax 2 PRO allows companies to bring prototyping and manufacturing reliably in-house, which saves time, money, and protects valuable Intellectual Property (IP).”
gCreate’s desktop system portfolio
Since being founded in 2013 by LaPlante alongside Anna Lee as a two-person start-up, gCreate has flourished into a developer of large-format FFF 3D printers with industrial-grade capabilities. Working from its base inside theBrooklyn Navy Yard，该公司设法吸引了公司的业务美国海军,CDC,Harvard Innovation Labs和HP，在很大程度上要归功于其不断增长的机器投资组合。
The first of gCreate’s 3D printers was the gMax 1.0, a desktop assembly kit, initially devised to meet LaPlante’s architectural modelling needs while he was still studying at the普拉特学院. Designed to be put together by customers at home, the system offered makers and designers everywhere an easy-to-assemble system with a larger-than-usual build volume, and it早期的Kickstarter筹集了近130,000美元.
However, rather than following up on the success of the gMax 1.0 with an entirely new 3D printer, the company has since chosen to iterate on its original design instead. This, in turn, has led LaPlante and Lee down a path of continually upgrading their machine, first culminating in thegMax1.5, then thegMax 1.5 XT+, the gMax 2.0 and now the gMax 2 PRO.
拥抱封闭的3D打印
With its latest addition to the gMax series, gCreate is offering buyers the chance to embrace the benefits of enclosed additive manufacturing. Available as an optional extra with the gMax 2 PRO, the firm’s proprietary enclosure is designed specifically for attaching directly onto the system’s frame, in a way that’s said to enhance its overall visibility, safety and strength, without requiring the use of a table.
然而,3 d打印机的核心性能不是reliant on the enclosure, as even without it, the machine is capable of processing materials at temperatures of up to 400°C, with a print speed of over 200mm per second. Thanks to its broad thermal range, the gMax 2 PRO can print everything from standard prototyping filaments to engineering-grade nylons, into both high-quality mock-ups and end-use parts.
To ensure that even inexperienced users get the most out of their new systems, gCreate also ships them flat-packed, fully-assembled, calibrated and extensively pre-tested, meaning that they’re ready for deployment straight out of the box.
Elsewhere, on the application front, the firm boasts that its machine has already been used to address use cases ranging from drone cover prototypes and supercar parts, to standard jigs and fixtures. Given the supply chain instability that’s been laid bare by COVID-19 over the last two years, Lee adds that she believes the system could now be used more widely for in-sourcing by US-based manufacturers.
“To be able to offer a solution to help combat the current disruptions within the global supply chain and protect the US from future calamities is something that we are very excited by and passionate about,” adds Lee. “We are proud to be a NYC-based company that is manufacturing domestically, creating local jobs and supporting the efforts to bring manufacturing back to America.”
技术规格和定价
Below are the technical specifications for the enclosed version of the gCreate gMax 2 PRO 3D printer. The system is available to buy now for $4,895 as standard, $6,295 with an enclosure, or $7,475 for the machine’s ‘PRO Bundle,’ which comes complete with rolling cart, reinforced build plate and an ongoing support plan.
| 技术 | Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) |
| Layer Resolution | 0.01mm Micron to 0.9mm Micron |
| Print Speed | 200+ mm/sec |
| Heated Bed | 18.5” x 18“ Ultra Durable Glass Fiber Reinforced |
| Bed Levelling | Genuine BLTouch Smart Bed Leveling Sensor |
| 电子产品 | Arm Cortex-M4 STM32 Processor |
| Dimensions | 18英寸x 18英寸x 24英寸英寸 |
| Weight | Approximately 80lbs |
| 电源 | 120v/240v Micro ATX |
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Featured image shows the fully-enclosed version of gCreate’s gMax PRO 2 3D printer. Image via gCreate.
