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To: Stratajema who wrote (100)3/27/1997 10:08:00 PM
From: Brian VanHiel   of 316
 
David,

The Sanders machine has for some time been regarded as the most accurate machine available. Parts from the Sanders prototyper are very accurate and have superior surface finish. There is really only one reason this machine is not dominating the market: It is slower than watching milk curdle.

In my opinion the lack of speed make the Sanders prototyper unsuitable for design verification/visualization. Its best use is in the production of masters for investment casting. My understanding is that is is very popular among jewlery designers because it can accurately reproduce complex designs to scale. Jewlery designers also tend to be building small objects with low volumes (to save on gold later), so parts do not take too long to build. I don't think that increasing the size of the build volume alone will increase the base of potential users. The problem they primarily need to correct is the issue of speed.

The existance of this machine is why I think the Actua has so much potential. The Actua uses a simalar processing technique except that the print head on the Actua has 96 jets rather than 2. Sanders has shown that this technique can produce high accuracy parts. I think that the Actua will be the one to do it quickly.

-Brian
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