You have to see this to believe it! I initially thought this was a hoax of some type.
It is a 3D printer (by Z Corporation) that has the ability to capture an object, edit the appearance of the object, then actually print (or replicate) a 3D working composite model of the object. The 3D printer (called the Zprinter) starts out by using a specially engineered powder that is mixed with a binder material that solidifies the powder particles.
Hold a full color, realistic 3D model in your hands to impart infinitely more information than a computer image.
To see the printer in action I encourage you to watch the video below of a Crescent wrench being replicated using the ZPrinter.
To learn more about the 3D Printers, by Z Corporation, you can download and preview their brochure [ HERE ] .
That’s truly awesome, Rick. One day closer to the Star Trek reality of the replicator. Amazing!
Wow Rick. That was real magic!
That is NOT a copy of his wrench. Granted, the technology is amazing; but the video is misleading, either by design or through very sloppy editing with a low regard for accuracy (aka “truth”).
It seems glaringly obvious to me that it is not a simple matter of scanning the wrench and printing it. Information had to be added and manipulated by a human in order to have the cavities in the right places, the spiral of the adjusting threads; definition of the individual, interworking parts and their tolerances identified, etc. Apparently, they already had all the parameters for a similar wrench in memory to print from, and they found it more convenient to just use that.
Michael D,
Download and read the brochure and visit the companies web site. Hard to believe, but it is a real deal.
Rick