美國MakerBot
佩蒂斯和其他合伙人于2009年在布魯克林創立了MakerBot公司。復制2號(Replicator 2)已是該公司的第四代機器,明年年初計劃出售第五代機器—復制2X(Replicator 2X ),以滿足發燒友和專業人士更新的需要。復制2號使用的以玉米為原料的PLA塑料,具有重量輕,無收縮性以及打印不變形等特點(復制2X將采用ABS工程塑料)。
MakerBot 還發布了一個社區網站——Thingiverse。在該網站上,出售打印成品。用戶還可以上傳自己的3D模型,發布許可,然后其他愛好者可以付費下載打印。在網站上我們可以看到手表,手鐲,樣板房,拼圖心,人的半身像,甚至可柔軟逼真的三葉蟲出售。價格在50美元到幾百美元之間。還有一些便宜的,日本的口香糖機提供了5美元的產品。貓,機器人,蘋果,畫中人物和其他小玩意兒。
Founded in 2009, Brooklyn-based MakerBot? (www.makerbot.com) has grown to be a global leader in desktop 3D printing. MakerBot had 16% market share of all 3D printers (industrial and personal) made from 2009 to the end of 2011. In 2011, MakerBot had 21.6% market share. There are over 13,000 MakerBot Desktop 3D Printers in use by engineers, designers, researchers, and people who just like to make things.
The MakerBot Replicator? 2 Desktop 3D Printer, MakerBot’s fourth-generation machine, sets a new standard for the company in resolution, build volume, speed, ease of use, and affordability. MakerBot Replicator 2 Desktop 3D Printers are available for sale through www.makerbot.com/store, its worldwide network of distributors, as well as through the company’s brand new flagship retail location.
Located at 298 Mulberry Street in the NoHo district of Manhattan, the MakerBot Store offers people the chance to learn about desktop 3D printing, get demonstrations, and buy all kinds of cool consumer products made on MakerBot Replicator 2 Desktop 3D Printers.
At MakerBot’s Thingiverse website (www.thingiverse.com), MakerBot owners can access and contribute to a “universe of things.” More than 28,000 projects, models, and things are available that can be downloaded and made for free.
The first generation MakerBot Replicator Desktop 3D Printer was named “Best Emerging Tech” at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The company has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, the Economist, Wired, The Colbert Report, Fast Company, Engadget, Make: Magazine, Rolling Stone, Time.com, IEEE Spectrum, CNN, Financial Times, NPR, Vogue Italia and many others.