Issues making 3D printers somewhat impractical for mainstream

From: CEL Robox info
Sent: Friday, September 5, 2014 9:06 AM
To: Carlo Fiorletta
Subject: RE: Robox® Contact: Thesis subject relates 3d Printers saw your company in US News and World Report

Hello,

I'm happy to answer some questions.

A big problem for schools currently is the amount of time 3D printed objects take to print.
A small low resolution item can take less than 30 mins but as soon as you increase size or slice the item into very thin layers to increase the resolution the time to print can easily pass 24 hours.
A complex printed part might fail because of material shrinkage or one of many issues that still effect most 3D printers.
Setting up some 3D printers in an educational environment could easily be a full time job and a bad setup means more failed prints.
The final result might have flaws and need to be reprinted.
Expensive machines may be very reliable but the time to print and cost makes these $10,000 machines impractical for education.
The solution in a class environment is more printers with better reliability and easier setup. Lower cost printers might create more faults or be unreliable.
Robox and the controlling software AutoMaker has been designed to be simple to use but with detailed control still accessible if required. The design process makes the cost lower by comparison because of clever manufacturing techniques requiring less man hours than most fully assembled 3D printers.
Our retail price is USD$1399, GBP£849 or EURO€999 this makes the printer much more accessible in larger quantities than our competition which typically cost over USD$3000 with far less features and more time to set up.

Thanks
Pete

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