Mimaki’s to present end-to-end AM workflow solutions at Formnext
Featuring Mimaki 3D Print prep Pro cloud-based software service and 3DCS-322 post-processing unit
Mimaki Europe will present its latest technologies at Formnext 2021, offering a complete 3D printing solution designed to streamline and optimize 3D model production with increased automation. Featuring Mimaki 3D Print prep Pro cloud-based software service and 3DCS-322 post-processing unit, these new technologies aim to further accelerate the adoption of high-quality, full-color AM.
The new end-to-end solution features the Mimaki 3D Print prep Pro cloud-based software service, compatible with all Mimaki 3DUJ-series printers. Designed to simplify the AM process, the new platform helps users prepare and finalize their 3D files before printing. This subscription-based software autocorrects file errors and optimizes 3D data used in 3D printer modeling, ensuring that the final 3D printed objects look exactly the same as the ones visualized on the screen.
Users of Mimaki’s most recent 3D printing innovation, the Mimaki 3DUJ-2207, can then speed up and automate their post-print workflow with the new Mimaki 3DCS-322 – an intelligent support materials removal unit developed in collaboration with AM Solutions-3D post-processing technology. “With this complete solution for the Mimaki 3DUJ-2207, professionals and prosumers in any discipline can reinvent the way they work by adding scalable, full-color 3D print production,” explained Arjen Evertse, General Manager Sales EMEA, Mimaki. “This suite of 3D technology is one of the most affordable high-quality, full-colour 3D solutions available and opens the door to anyone who previously felt the benefits of 3D printing were out of reach, such as creatives, designers using prototypes, scale model makers, entrepreneurs, and medical research or educational bodies. The entire package will be exhibited at Formnext, and we can’t wait to see the market’s reaction to this breakthrough inaccessible, full-colour AM.”
3D print professionals from the UK and Ireland unable to make the trip to Formnext will shortly be able to view the machine at Mimaki’s distributor, Hybrid Services, with a solution comprising the 3DUJ-2207 and 3DCS-322 available to demo in its Cheshire showroom.
With so many professionals turning to 3D printing as a way to quickly and accurately produce models, the requirement for a fast, user-friendly 3D data correction software has never been greater. Mimaki recognized this need and created the 3D Print prep Pro platform to ensure users that its 3D printing technology could easily and effectively correct data errors, as well as optimize the shape of the model, carefully balancing image quality and processing speed.
The software detects and automatically amends any errors in size, thickness, VRM data, gap and hole filling, hollow shape, cut transparent parts, and material color. In addition, users can specify conditions for automatic correction according to the type of 3D model being produced by simply selecting the ‘character’, ‘mechanical’, or ‘vehicle’ correction mode. This extensive functionality makes the overall process much quicker and easier to configure a 3D print file, bringing the wide-ranging benefits of full-color 3D printing to more companies and individuals, even if they have had limited experience with AM technology.
Further enhancing the Mimaki 3DUJ-2207 user experience is the addition of a new 3DCS-322 automated post-processing unit. Partnering with market-leading 3D printing and additive manufacturing equipment solutions provider, AM Solutions – 3D post-processing technology (a brand of the Rösler Group), Mimaki has introduced an Industry 4.0-ready, highly efficient support material removal system. The software-driven technology offers users a consistent, repeatable process at a higher speed than traditional methods, but without compromising even the most delicate, detailed geometries or the color nuance of the 3D parts.
“Bringing together AM Solutions’ specialism and Mimaki’s expertise has produced a truly innovative, safe, and simple post-processing solution with an attractive price-performance ratio”, said Arjen Evertse. “By presenting this new system alongside our new software service and latest printing technology, we aim to provide Formnext visitors with an experience that will make this eagerly-anticipated event worth the wait”.
