The large 3D printers are lumbering out of the docks. Among continuing developments in 3D printing has been the increasing scale of 3D printers like the large FFF 3D printer out of China. This large-scale platform has successfully printed a two-person boat in what may possibly be symbolic upon hindsight. The ship is sailing in this industry, and the possibilities continue to expand. As project leader Chen Minqiao knows, the field is as known and fully explored as the sea blending into the horizon.
The parameters of the printer accommodated the large scale production of a fully functional boat ready for use. Printed with nylon resin material, the 2-meter-long boat weighs 35 kilograms and can accommodate two adults. The FFF 3D printer touts the ability to print objects that are 6 meters long, 4 meters wide, and 2 meters tall. Even though this 3D printer takes up considerably more space than a typical desktop 3D printer, the manufacturing space still remains miniscule compared with traditional manufacturing space.
What paths does this type of 3D printing open up? It seems that as soon as niches develop in the 3D printing world, new printers and new uses sprout clearing a path previously unseen but now suddenly clear and ripe for use. It may prove fruitless to speculate as the actual innovation most assuredly will surpass any uses and forms nestling in this humbled mind. This is the time for dreamers, this is the time to shove off into the great expanse and enjoy being lost in the sea of possibility. In your 3D printed boat.
