Azul 3D Launches OCEAN 3D Printer
19 June 2024 - 12:45AM
Business Wire
OCEAN printing platform is the world’s largest and most
productive area-wide 3D printing solution.
Azul 3D, the leading-edge 3D printing startup, has launched the
OCEAN™ printing platform — the world’s largest and most productive
area-wide 3D printing solution.
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Developed in collaboration with an industry partner, OCEAN™
features a staggering 812 mm x 812 mm build area that leverages
Azul 3D’s proprietary, modular HARP™ technology. With the
announcement, Azul 3D is opening the door to new partnerships with
industry leaders aiming to take advantage of these capabilities to
disrupt their own markets.
HARP™ employs a liquid interface that remains molecularly flat
across the entire build area during printing, enabling high
precision across the largest parts. The architecture actively
removes heat from the curing reaction, enabling thermal consistency
and process stability for high-volume manufacturing. With its
modular optical engine, OCEAN™ maintains the full 72um high
resolution and intensity digital light processing (DLP) projection
of its predecessor, the LAKE™ printer.
“Our strategy is to empower the future of digital
manufacturing,” said John Hartner, CEO of Azul 3D. “The OCEAN
platform is a new-to-industry capability, with the opportunity to
enable new high-volume products and supply chains.”
With the ability to produce ultra-fine features and harness
build speeds of over 300 mm per hour, the OCEAN represents new
economic paradigm for polymer production. In the clean tech sector,
its printed structures offer exciting new engineering possibilities
to improve performance of large-scale filters and membranes for
carbon capture and water treatment.
In collaboration with Dr. Devin Roach at Oregon State
University, Azul 3D is investigating and testing the application of
functional coatings to printed surfaces, including novel
carbon-sorbent materials pioneered by the Nyman research group at
Oregon State.
ABOUT AZUL 3D™
Azul 3D™ is a leader in developing digital manufacturing
technologies to serve high-value markets. Initially invented at
Northwestern University, Azul 3D leverages its proprietary HARP™
platform to create custom manufacturing solutions to meet the
material, economic, and performance needs of the most challenging
application spaces. Working with its industry-leading partners,
Azul 3D enables product innovation, faster supply chains, and
improved sustainability. More information can be found at
azul3d.com.
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