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[3] [4] [5] MakerBot also founded and operated Thingiverse, the largest online 3D printing community and file repository. [6] In August 2022, the company completed a merger with its long-time competitor Ultimaker. The combined company is known as UltiMaker, but retains the MakerBot name for its Sketch line of education-focused 3D printers. [7]
The recent 2014 International CES in Las Vegas may have been the tipping point for consumer interest in the 3-D printing space. Both 3D Systems and Stratasys' MakerBot busted out major announcements.
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3D printing, or additive manufacturing, is the construction of a three-dimensional object from a CAD model or a digital 3D model. [1] [2] [3] It can be done in a variety of processes in which material is deposited, joined or solidified under computer control, [4] with the material being added together (such as plastics, liquids or powder grains being fused), typically layer by layer.
Josef Průša was a core developer of the RepRap project who had previously developed a PCB heated "print bed". He adapted and simplified the RepRap Mendel design, reducing the time to print 3D plastic parts from 20 to 10 hours, changing to the use of two Z-axis motors to simplify the frame, and including 3D printed bushings in place of regular bearings.
Each object, originating from 3D scan data provided by their community, is optimised for 3D printing and free to download on MyMiniFactory. Through working alongside museums, such as The Victoria and Albert Museum [ 172 ] and private collectors, [ 173 ] the initiative serves as a platform for democratizing the art object.
The district council decided this on 20 October 2008. On 7 June 2009, a referendum on the license plate was held in conjunction with the European elections. The vote was about whether the current FG should be replaced by MSN. The citizens voted against this request with a narrow majority of 52.67% and thus in favor of retaining the license ...
The Indian cultural and commercial contacts with the Near East and the Greco-Roman world enabled an exchange of metallurgic sciences. [3] The advent of the Mughals (established: April 21, 1526—ended: September 21, 1857) further improved the established tradition of metallurgy and metal working in India. [4]