print speed standard?
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j1ceasar@yahoo.com
Can we as users agree on a standard model for manufacturers to print out and give speeds?
Say a cup , ring and another item ?????
Your comment s appreciated.
9 years, 8 months ago
How's about the Stanford Bunny? I believe it was designed to give a means deciding the merit of any particular printer or setup.
Then there's print quality, of course and many open-source printer users can crank up the speed of their printers.
In short, I think it's a multi-dimensional variable but I agree. There should be some way of arriving at a figure of merit for a printer.
If all you're looking for is a fast printer, look towards the delta designs. They're much faster than cartesian types due to the low mass of the moving assembly.
The speed claims are not "fake" they simply require a level of care and maintenance that is impractical at the hobbyist level to print reliably at those speeds. This is precisely why we are working on bringing the industry past the "art" stage with a universal Adaptive Build Environment (ABE). Consequently, as more ABE units are connected to the cloud, we will be able to provide unbiased printer comparisons as we will have a large amount of objective data to go off of including: speed, failure rate and many other variables.
Quality is #1 and cost is a close #2 for our clients. The only way you get both is to automate the processes that currently require highly skilled technicians with multiple years of training in 3D printing while simultaneously using "generic" cost effective materials. Check out our progress on ABE: http://sd3dprinting.com/abe-adaptive-build-environment/