We hope you are all staying safe and healthy! We have kept busy organizing our humble office, and coordinating with suppliers. Recently, our full order of aluminum v-slot profiles as arrived and been inspected. We have continued researching the best material for the conveyor belt, and have reached 17 different material combinations. While we were …
3D Printing TPU (thermoplastic urethane) and other flexible materials is notoriously difficult. Flexible materials are difficult for an extruder to push through the hotend. In order to be successful, you need the right extruder setup and the right print settings. Proper Extruder Setup A fully constrained filament path from the extruder drive gear to the …
It has been a while – perhaps a little too long – since our last pre-order update. Thank you to everyone who has reached out asking for an update – it helps us know that people are eager to learn more about our progress. If you have glanced at any news source lately, you must …
Recently we 3D printed the Gayer Anderson cat from MyMiniFactory’s Scan the World Initiative. On a traditional 3D printer, this model requires support material under the chin of the cat. However, on a conveyor belt 3D printer, the rules for support material are much different. For more information on how to orient 3D models for …
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It has been a few weeks since our Pre-order campaign ended on December 9, 2019. We’ve been very busy finalizing sources for all the components. We have ordered enough materials to not only fulfill all 23 pre-ordered units, but also to have a small amount of inventory. If everything runs according to plan, we will …
It has been five whole weeks since we opened up pre-orders! It has been very exciting to receive so much enthusiasm for our first product, and watching pre-order purchases trickle in. Since the start of the campaign, we have received 17 pre-orders. In fact, it seems we were a little over-ambitious for our first product …
After (almost) four full weeks of offering pre-order Powerbelt kits, we have received a ton of questions and feedback. We thought the world could benefit from a post that answers a lot of the common questions we’ve received. 1. Why/how is it so cheap? The short answer is simple: smart design. We designed the Powerbelt3D …
10+ Common Questions About the ‘Zero’ Conveyor Belt 3D Printer Read More »
“How good is the 3D print quality?” is a common question that has been asked, so we wanted to address it. “Quality” can mean a lot of different things. Is it dimensional accuracy? Surface finish? Strength? 3D print quality can take on a lot of different meanings depending on the application the parts are intended …
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Conveyor belt 3D printers can 3D print in mid-air along the belt axis. This enables difficult shapes to be 3D printed on a that would need support material on a traditional 3D printer. We wanted a model that could show off this capability, and make a functional object. I drew up a scoop design and …
3D Printing in Mid-Air on a Conveyor Belt 3D Printer Read More »
Meet the Powerbelt3D Zero! It’s our first product, and we’ve been developing it for quite some time. We want to make conveyor belt 3D printing available to makers and tinkerers everywhere. Let us walk you through some of the key features that we are proud of. Core-XY Motion System 3D printers use a few different …
