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They are still in prototype development stage but idea is great! It prints in solid metal with jet deposition of molten aluminum droplets. I hope they are hugely successful!Prototype One Initial specs:
Liquid metal jet printed aluminum
Build volume: 250 x 250 x 250 mm
Resolution: 50 um
Build Speed: 20 mL/h
Power Requierments: 15 amp 120v
Weight: ~54 kg
You can see the short interview with them in video embedded in this post: http://diy3dprinting.blogspot.com/2013/09/video-form-maker-faire-2013-about-cool.html
http://www.vadersystems.com/
Update (1.2.2014):
they are now testing the head with gallium:
http://diy3dprinting.blogspot.com/2014/02/update-on-vader-molten-aluminum-diy.html
Video of 50 micron aluminum droplet jet printing