The Israeli company Massivit launched a new Massivit 10000 photopolymer 3D printer using a combined 3D printing and injection molding technology.
Massivit 3D printers use proprietary Gel Dispensing Printing (GDP) technology, applying photopolymer gel with extruders equipped with UV emitters that immediately cure the material. Such machines are mainly used for the production of large-scale prototypes, promotional products, and other workpieces that are not subject to high loads, but this time Massivit has offered something really new.
The Massivit 10000 system is equipped not only with a standard print head but also a high-strength resin dispenser. In other words, this 3D printer will build the formwork and immediately fill the interior with almost any two-component composition like epoxy, possibly even reinforcing fillers. The photopolymer gel is water-soluble, so that once the filling has hardened, the shell can be washed off and, after post-processing, a virtually molded product of durable material can be obtained.
The new development seems to be focused primarily on the manufacture of molding equipment for the production of parts from composite materials. This technology will allow for an 80% reduction in time costs and a 90% reduction in labor costs, as well as an overall reduction in the process costs by about half.
