Install the brain and eyes for the 3D printer
Editor’s note: This article comes from the WeChat public number “Antarctic Bear 3D Print” (ID: dddyin), the author Antarctic bear 3D printing, the original title “ AI + 3D printing Inkbit won 1200 Million dollars investment, Stratasys and DSM Venturing led the investment, slightly cut.
On November 5, 2019, the Antarctic bear learned that Inkbit, a startup that is known as a 3D printer with brain and eyes, has invested $12 million. Directed by 3D printer manufacturers Stratasys and DSM Venturing. Online grocery retailer Ocado, multinational science and technology and consumer goods company 3M and French multinational material manufacturer Saint-Gobain also participated in this round of investment.
It is understood that Inkbit was formed in 2017 as part of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), which developed a multi-material inkjet 3D printer.
Provide traceability and 100% quality control
“AI + 3D Printing” technology
This company is unique in that it uses a proprietary 3D scanning system to generate a photo of the layer after printing each layer. Any differences from the planned geometry will be corrected in subsequent print layers. These data are also used to train machine learning algorithms, enabling 3D printers to learn the characteristics of each material and make predictions. This ensures that parts are manufactured quickly and accurately every time. Each scan also produces a complete 3D reconstruction of each part printed, providing a complete digital record for each print, ensuring 100% quality control of each part.
Inkbit co-founder and CEO Davide Marini said: “We are delighted to work with such a great industry leader team and are moved by their entrepreneurial spirit and support for innovation. After getting a new investment Our goal is to industrialize technology, expand material supply and install the first equipment for our customers.”
Provide traceability and 100% quality control
“Selecting this portfolio will maximize the speed of development and commercialization of our platform, and investors bring us in their equipment manufacturing, high performance materials and their capabilities in robotics, medical equipment and life. Expertise in the application of scientific tools.” Marini added, “We are adding machine vision and machine learning to material injection technology to improve its accuracy, reliability, and Used with production grade materials.”
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Batch multi-material 3D playPrint
Inkbit’s inkjet technology is called “” with eyes and brains3D printers to understand the characteristics of the 3D printing process and predict material behavior. With machine vision and machine learning, this approach will quickly expand the range of materials that 3D inkjet technology can print.
Snapper is Inkbit’s first 3D prototype printer and was purchased by partner Johnson & Johnson in early 2019. With a footprint of 450 x 250 x 250mm and 16 printheads, it can be used in a single print. It can be combined with custom electrical components and chips to produce complete end-use items using a combination of rigid and flexible materials.
Extensible modular architecture
Inkbit is scheduled to be released later this year and is now scheduled for commercial release in 2021 to deliver “batch production capacity, higher precision and automated quality assurance for each printed part” to customers.
3D printed pinch valve
With its multi-material PolyJet technology, Stratasys has a significant symbiotic relationship with Inkbit. “As a pioneer in jet-based additive manufacturing solutions, we are excited to help Inkbit bring its technology to the factory floor,” said Ronen Lebi, vice president of development at Stratasys.
Simple post processing
High Elastomeric Materials
Lebi added: “BaseVisual feedback control and artificial intelligence will take additive manufacturing to a whole new level and will help make it widely used in production. After investing, Guy Menchik, vice president of R&D at Stratasys, will join the Inkbit board of directors and DSM Venturing director Luda Kopeikina and Ocado CTO Paul Clarke. The former CEO of Arcam and member of the SLM Solutions Supervisory Board MagnusRené will also join the Inkbit board. /p>
High Performance Materials
For DSM Venturing, investing in Inkbit is one of several 3D printing investments that this year. In February 2019, A3 was awarded for the 3D printing resin supplier Adaptive3D; in October, the lead processing specialist Additive Manufacturing Technologies (AMT) completed a $5.2 million financing. Pieter Wolters, Managing Director of DSM Venturing, concluded: “Materials have always played an important role in the industrialization and additive manufacturing of breakthrough technologies, and they have become critical.”
Multi-material print production
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Snapper Jet Technology 3D Printer Parameters:
Maximum Print Efficiency 4.5 L/h
Volume 450 x 250 x 250 mm
Maximum Print Speed Z-Axis 40 mm/hr
Material Type 4(3 +Support) Expandable to 8
XY resolution 50 μm
Z resolution 10-30 microns