mUltimaker

youmagine

What if you could print on architecture scale like the Kamermaker, but with incredible detail? What if instead of using one printing nozzle at a time, you used nine simultaneously? Imagine creating massive high-detail and high-speed XXL 3D prints by combining multiple accurate Ultimaker systems. To achieve this, what hardware upgrades would be necessary? And how would it affect the software requirements? Five TUDelft students, working with Joris van Tubergen, explored the potential of linking several ultimakers to create a larger platform for printing. To prove the concept, they aimed to connect two Ultimaker systems with a movable table. The nozzles printed parts of the first line within their reach. Once finished, the table moved forward, allowing them to print the rest of the layer. After both nozzles were ready, the z-platform dropped down, and a new layer could be printed. This ambitious project took four weeks to complete. However, there were challenges in getting the ultimakers to communicate with each other, and they had to wait for one another before lowering the z-table. Check out this design on Youmagine: https://www.youmagine.com/designs/beer-holder-780mm-long-single-print Special thanks to Megan Los, Roelof Stolk, Taco Deurvorst, Marie-Louise Velthuijzen, and Ewoud van Munster for their contributions.