A Newfangled Startup Printing
the Future of Tomorrow
I Within a short span of over three years,
BigRep is already one of the well-
known names in the 3D Printing
industry. an open and unheated design space
with heat resistance of 115°C and Pro
HS Filament that reduces printing time
by up to 50 percent.
Today, more than hundred years later
since Ford’s industry-defining
statement, 3D printing is here and is
making its way into the mainstream
while allowing anyone to create
customized products at affordable
prices. It has enabled us to tailor our
products that meet our individual needs
at little or no cost at all. However, the
additive manufacturing has been
around for the last 30 years. But only
in the past five years has it gained this
great recognition. With the promise:
everyone can print objects at home
with a 3D printer and become a
designer, BigRep entered the market in
2014 only to lead the industry later. The World’s Largest Standardized
3D Printer Manufacturer
Headquartered in Berlin-Kreuzberg,
with offices in New York and
Singapore, BigRep develops and
manufactures the world’s largest
standardized 3D printer. One of the
groundbreaking developments of this
startup is the BigRep ONE, which is
supplemented by the smaller BigRep
STUDIO. A lot of new features have
been introduced to the latest version of
the BigRep ONE large scale 3D printer
aimed to achieve the best possible
conditions for printing large objects.
BigRep has redesigned the modular
print which in combination with a
larger flexible spool holder which
provides the ideal 3D printer for
manufacturing large-scale objects. The
company’s new high throughput
extruder for 1 and 2mm nozzles allows
for the highest performances, making
the BigRep ONE v3, one of the fastest
large-scale 3D printers on the market.
Apart from these, the company has Pro
HT Filament, world’s first high
temperature filament for 3D printing in Revolutionizing Design, Prototyping
and Industrial Production
Interdisciplinarity and well-founded
experience in the field of additive
production has been the key factor of
this ever-growing company which
characterizes the multi-national team
of more than 60 employees. In addition
to new products, the company is now
concentrating on complete solutions
for industrial customers in the form of
integrated additive manufacturing
systems – such as the continuous
printing project with TNO – announced
in Autumn 2016. A highly innovative
engineering company that BigRep is,
aims to revolutionize design,
prototyping and industrial production
from the ground up. Over the next five
years, BigRep intends to become a
leading international supplier of
additive manufacturing systems.
n 1909, the master of efficiency
and standardization, Henry Ford
popularly said, “any customer can
have a car painted any color so long as
it is black.” The machines were
introduced in the First Industrial
Revolution to replace hand labor when
Ford helped usher in what was
eventually the core of mass production.
While the first revolution was all about
introducing machines, the later era –
the Second Industrial Revolution took
place using those machines to produce
massive quantities of standardized
products.
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René Gurka: A Visionary Actively
Involved in Additive Manufacturing
René Gurka, the CEO, and co-founder
of BigRep has been actively involved
in the future of additive manufacturing
| August 2017 |