3D printer manufacturer Azul 3D has added a new 3D printing platform to its portfolio. Named OCEAN™ , the 3D printer has been developed in collaboration with an industry partner whose name has not been disclosed.
OCEAN™ features a build area of 812 mm x 812 mm build area that leverages the company’s proprietary, modular HARP™ technology. As a reminder, HARP™ employs a liquid interface that remains molecularly flat across the entire build area during printing, enabling high precision across the largest parts. The architecture actively removes heat from the curing reaction, enabling thermal consistency and process stability for high-volume manufacturing.
This technology powers the company’s flagship 3D printer LAKE whose capabilities enabled to deliver applications across the sports industry.
With its modular optical engine, OCEAN™ maintains the full 72um high resolution and intensity digital light processing (DLP) projection of the LAKE™ printer.
“Our strategy is to empower the future of digital manufacturing,” said John Hartner, CEO of Azul 3D. “The OCEAN platform is a new-to-industry capability, with the opportunity to enable new high-volume products and supply chains.”
With the ability to produce ultra-fine features and harness build speeds of over 300 mm per hour, the OCEAN represents a new economic paradigm for polymer production. In the cleantech sector, its printed structures offer exciting new engineering possibilities to improve performance of large-scale filters and membranes for carbon capture and water treatment, the company says.
In collaboration with Dr. Devin Roach at Oregon State University, Azul 3D is investigating and testing the application of functional coatings to printed surfaces, including novel carbon-sorbent materials pioneered by the Nyman research group at Oregon State.
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