起源, a California-based 3D printer provider, has announced that its起源Onesystemis now shipping to customers. Due to reported strong demand for the system, the company has moved into a larger office space in San Francisco, and made a new leadership appointment as well.
Furthermore, Origin has revealed that two 3D printing service bureaus,狂热的产品开发和Interpro模型, have added Origin’s可编程光聚合(P³) 3D printing technology to their platforms.
克里斯·普鲁卡（Chris Prucha）, co-founder, and CEO of Origin, comments:
“Shipping our first production printer, Origin One, is a huge milestone for the company”
“The tremendous customer growth and demand we’ve seen for the printer, as well as the positive reception from our open material network, is extremely gratifying and proof that we’ve created a platform that our customers need.”
Are open materials the key to additive mass production?
Origin成立于2015年，专注于将大规模制造带入增材行业。该公司官员于2018年从隐形模式出现$10 million in series A funding, while also revealing the development of itsOpen Additive Production platform和P³ technology.
P³ enables voxel-level control over the 3D printing process in order to extract different mechanical performances out of a material. This allows customers to customize their print and how the part performs.
Open materialsare central to Origin’s plans of making 3D printing a viable mass production method. Working with material developers, the company aims to create formulas specifically for Origin’s P³ technology, rather than Origin creating thousands of formulas for niche uses on its own. Origin has thus far introduced global chemical and material companiesDSM,Henkel和BASFto the network in order to为Origin的3D打印技术开发材料.
The Origin One 3D printer
起源’s new 3D printer, the起源One, was initially introduced by the company in May 2019. An SLA/DLP machine, it is based on the company’s P³ process. It features a build volume of 192 x 108 x 350 mm, with open materials, modular hardware, and specialized software to automate the printing process.
“Equipped with a true 4k lithography engine and a native resolution of 50μm, Origin One has the highest resolution and most flexible polymer process available in additive manufacturing today,” explains Prucha.
自5月份的最初揭示以来，Origin通过软件更新对Origin One系统进行了进一步的改进。据报道，这些调整增加了该系统的可用构建区域，印刷速度，化学能力和表面质量。
With the Origin One now shipping, the company is experiencing strong demand for the system. In the last six months, Origin claims to have more than doubled its 3D printer install, specifically with customers in the Global Fortune 500, in countries such as the United States, Ireland, Germany, and Denmark. Its customers operate in industries including footwear, automotive, contract manufacturing and government.
New COO and office space
To meet the growing demand, Origin moved to a new office in San Francisco three times the size of its previous location. The new office space also comes equipped with a larger lab, which will support the company in optimizing software and validating materials for the Origin One 3D printer.
起源has also appointed Jeffrey Lee as its new Chief Operating Officer. Previously, Lee operated as a venture partner atDCM，并在2018年11月帮助来源的Origin As系列A投资。“我已经与这支团队合作了将近两年，而且我从未如此确信Origin最终有望为大规模制造带来添加剂，” Lee说。“我很高兴加入团队并帮助原产地实现这一愿景。”
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Featured image shows Origin One 3D printer. Image via Origin.
