3D printer manufacturer Ira3D has been working with the designers at Drawpon Lab on a number of projects lately. In this latest work, they used Ira3D’s Poetry Infinity 3D printer to design and build a functional stadium prototype. Through special RGB LED’s inserted into the model, this project is meant to demonstrate the actual coverage of telephone networks within areas of high population density.
“The customer’s reactions to this functional prototype – made with our 3D printer Poetry Infinity – was higher than expected and we are excited to say that we have made available a 3D printer capable of facilitating the production process for many companies in the world,” – said Alessandro Padrin, CEO at Ira3D. “Poetry Infinity is the most powerful 3D printer we’ve ever created. It is able to provide users with the ability to be even more creative and especially more productive, taking advantage of this incredible technology. We look forward to seeing what all our partners will make with their Poetry Infinity 3D printers.”
Drawpon Lab, now on its second collaboration with Ira3D, has now moved into functional prototype production. The external structure is entirely made of wooden IraWood filament, extruding at speeds of up to 150 millimeters per second. Maximum resolution has been reported to be as high as 30 micron, using a nozzle with accuracy of 0.25 millimeters. The internal details of the steps are in natural PLA. The end product has undergone a short post-production process, with spray paint and acrylic airbrush where needed.
“We chose to produce a stadium because it represents a large space which can contains several thousand people,” said Matthew Cibelli, CEO at Drawpon Lab. “The model is used to represent the management capacity of telephone networks within areas of high population density; we have been using Ira3D’s 3D printing technology for over a year and we intend to implement it further within our production processes, especially since we have been obtaining some truly spectacular results, both in terms of quality and time to market. In this case,” Cibelli went on, “we chose a method of production which introduced a wiring harness inside the model. The LED lighting demonstrates the density of network coverage within the areas, which makes this model highly functional.”
The relationship between Ira3D and Drawpon Lab represents a typical mutually beneficial collaboration which is meant to help the 3D printing market grow by showing the practical possibilities that this technology offers to designers. “Poetry Infinity allows new forms of creativity in the design industry that will help transform the way designers work,” said Elena Palieri, Marketing Manager of Ira3D. “Thanks to the ever more consistent implementation of the Poetry Infinity functionalities, by our core team of research & development technicians, creative people all over will be able to take full advantage of the amazing technology that is at the heart of the Industry 4.0 revolution. For example, in this case, with the possibility of creating a complete model – designed, 3D printed, painted and fully illuminated by LED’s – in just one week.”
Ira3D aims to contribute to advance the world of 3D printing, with innovations on a global scale. Their 3D printers, along with the design projects such as those from Drawpon Lab, provide an ideal example of the smooth and continuous simplification, as well as speeding up, of the creative processes.”We are now more than 20 employees at Ira3D, who are committed to offering the best 3D printing technologies and leave the world a better place than we found it,” says Elena Palieri. One way to go about this is to work with customers in order to get the best out of a 3D printer. That is more than can be said for several among the hundred of new 3D printing companies out there.
