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by dpain 2y ago
1 - Yes, we are currently doing this 2 - Right now our focus is on flat substrates, curved surfaces are a little trickier 3 - Any pure metal or alloy system that can be electroplated would be compatible with our approach. Aluminum and Tita
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by dpain 2y ago
certainly an area we're keeping an eye on.
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by dpain 2y ago
Yes, currents can be high as they directly correlate with build rate. But the voltages are typically low, making it a lower power process than one would think. 100-1000x faster than a typical electroplating process
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by dpain 2y ago
In general, the ECAM process is actually a highly energy efficient means of manufacturing especially when compared with other metal AM techniques that use either a laser or furnace to thermally process the material. Specifically, there&#x27
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by dpain 2y ago
Yes the microelectrode array is the key to driving parallelism of the process, making it area based (layer-at-once) rather than point deposition. DLP/LCD vs laser SLA or FDM is a good analogy!
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by dpain 2y ago
Much safer than existing powder-based systems. The feedstock is effectively water based so none of the flammability risks of metal powder. No special gases required, no high powered lasers or thermal processing sytems. That being said it st
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by dpain 2y ago
This is one of the benefits of the ECAM process happening completely at room temperature. Since the metal is deposited directly out of a liquid metal feedstock there's no thermal processing (sintering, melting, etc) which have traditio
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by dpain 2y ago
Yes! One of the major benefits from not using a powdered metal feedstock is that minimum feature size is no longer limited by powder size, and instead is determined by our electrode "pixel" size which is 33 microns today and will
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by dpain 2y ago
You're right - electroplating isn't traditionally very fast. Much of the system has been engineered to drive a build speed that's relevant for mass manufacturing while maintaining material properties (think 100-1000x faster t
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by dpain 2y ago
CTO of Fabric8 here - happy to answer any questions you may have about the technology or company. As you can tell we've got a process that's quite different than other metal AM techniques with some very unique benefits that we&#x2
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Metal 3D printing company Fabric8Labs raises $19M(techcrunch.com)
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by dpain 12y ago
Awesome feedback, this is definitely on our list of things to add, you can be sure to see it soon!
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by dpain 12y ago
email sent!
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by dpain 12y ago
We are targeting MLS integration with our next development phase, however, which would autofill all of this information.
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by dpain 12y ago
Right now you can generate a report on the property using as little as Address, Purchase price, Square footage and a guess of beds/baths. We estimate the rest based on market data - the basis for each estimate is shown in the report.
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