Terence Tam’s OpenBeam Kossel Pro Deltabot 3D Printer #3DThursday #3DPrinting

Terence Tam’s OpenBeam Kossel Pro Deltabot 3D Printer.

About a year ago, I designed the OpenBeam Construction System as a low cost way to rapidly build mechanical prototypes.  One of the application I had in mind was the construction of 3D Printers.  Up until OpenBeam, the traditional method of building 3D Printers was with 3D Printers.  

3D Printers are great, and we have been involved in the 3D Printing community for a very long time.  However, when used in a production setting, it quickly becomes an artificially created bottle neck in work flow and a possible support issue as well due to variances between parts.  So, with the OpenBeam Construction System, we chose to do things differently.  We designed components that form the fundamental building blocks of 3D Printers and other small scale automation machines.  These components are designed to be as modular and reusable as possible.  This way, individual components can benefit from the economies of scale of modern mass production techniques while still allowing designs to iterate and evolve….

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