From the Printupy product page:
http://www.2printbeta.de/product_info.php?products_id=253
This 3D printer is the quintessence of the state-of-the-art technology - a professional looking desktop accessory:
- All 3 axes are independently controlled by stepper motor driven T2.5 belts which guarantees highest printing precision
- Rigid aluminium frame
- Screw-on linear bearings for extra precision
- Core: A autonomous Echinus Board with SD-card-slot and an elegant Echinus Vision contoller
- A precisely manufactured 3D printhead type J-Head (with in-house modifications)
- Integrated heated printbed
- Integrated power supply
- Lasercut acrylic glass housing
- CNC made gears
- 3 optical endstops for highest calibration accuracy of the printing origin
- All wires disappear inside the smooth acrylic housing
- USB stick with clearly presented manual and pre-configured software
Technical data:
- LxWxH: 420mm x 420mm x 700mm
- huge printing dimensions: 200mm x 200mm x 220mm (X,Y,Z)
- Filament diameter: 3mm
- Materials: PLA, soft-PLA, ABS, Laywoo-D3
- Maximal print speed: 100 mm/s
- Minimal layer thickness: 50 µm
- Nozzle orifices: 0.5mm, 0.35mm and 0.25mm
- Weight: 12kg
- Powersupply: AC 230V, 50-60 Hz
- Supported file format: STL (stereo lithography)
- Input: direktly via USB or independent from the PC with a SD-card
- Price: 1200 euro for single extruder version, 1500 euro for dual extruder version
Advantages of a timing belt driven Z-axis:
Most 3D printer systems use a lead screw or a threaded rod as drive for the Z-axis. Backlash and imbalance cause errors in X- and Y-direction when moving the Z-axis. These errors are visible as vertical pattern on the printed object.
When using two timing belts as attachment for the Z-axis these errors can cleverly be avoided. Consequently the Z-axis is nearly error free, thus the layers of a printed object lie perfectly on top of each other.
There will be single and dual extruder versions, currently they are on pre-order: First delivery in February 2014.
Video of the early beta prototype:
Here is a new video of Printupy production model in action:
