Impressive 3D Printing Technology at FORMNEXT 2022

There's always a ton of impressive technology shown at tradeshows, and this is only the first part of my Formnext 2022 coverage!

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Chapters
00:00 Introduction
00:33 Sponsor
02:13 Recycling Fabrik - Recycled Filament
03:23 Fraunhofer IAPT - AR Printer Control
04:28 MaCh3D - Tensile Tester
05:19 Plasmics - Induction Nozzle
06:32 QBig - Variable Size Nozzle
07:49 Sculpman - Ribbon Nozzle
08:39 LIQTRA - 7 Nozzle Extruder
09:50 APIUM - Perfect Layer Adhesion

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[WilNichols]

I have contacted many recycling centers and industrial recyclers across my state here in the US and most have not even heard of PLA recycling, let alone begun the process of accepting it. I wish I had a way of reducing the most wasteful part of this hobby :(

[riskable]

That wide heater around the nozzle is brilliant! I bet it'd work fantastic with POM as well as PEEK. POM is such a pain the ass to print... Getting accurate dimensions is basically impossible because it shrinks *so much* while it cools. It also won't stick to itself if you don't keep it really hot. Cooling helps with dimensional accuracy but then you end up with layers that delaminate far too easily. With a heater moving over the print that'd (probably) fix that problem entirely!

[apiumadditivetechnologiesg]

Thank you very much for the great coverage. This feedback simply raises our confidence in offering the right products. Thanks to all commenters as well, your comments are truly motivating. We do our best to deliver outstanding technology and we are really happy to receive such great feedback.

[steffen]

The "Recycling Fabrik" is what I've been looking for for a while. I have been collecting my defective prints and support material from PLA since day one and have long considered making the filament from it myself. I've already thought about sending you the material for your extruder. :)

[NerdlyCNC]

Amazing innovations..people can be so brilliant when they're passionate.

[peplegal]

Heating the printed part from above seems way more rational than heating the entire bed or the chamber.

I've been thinking about that technique for a while...but using diode laser to focus on the exact point right before the plastic deposition.

[JoeyBlogs]

Game changing is that variable nozzle can maintain print quality when required.

[MichielDeJongbg]

The voice crack at +- 9:30 caught me totally off guard 😄

[stevedonalson]

I agree the strain gauge would be a excellent birthday present!😊

[ScottyAllred]

I’m most intrigued by the pellet printer and being able to print with a 3mm nozzle - for large prints it could save days

[sreed]

Most interesting was the improved layer to layer adhesion.

[redwraith]

I love recycling fabrik, since they started I collect all my waste and failed prints sorted by material and also the old spools. You will get shop credits for sending your stuff to them and can get the material from them cheaper. I also love the color radiants of their material. It prints like regular pla and i had no issues with the 3 spools i already have here. I sent them around 15kg of waste and spools and this is prevented to get into landfill, so a win win in my books!

[oddzc]

Please cover more of these. Love seeing what the future has for 3d printing

[Rotem_S]

Wow! Really looking forward to seeing these technologies implemented in consumer stuff

[jubb]

Dude i really enjoyed this!
But most of all, holy crap that induction nozzle, wow im all in as soon as it becomes avaliable, what a gamechanger!

[tammyhollandaise]

It seems like a mechanical iris mechanism would be perfect for variable nozzle width, but you'd need to keep the entire thing fairly hot to prevent it from seizing up from plastic encroachment.

[Volvary]

Imagine printing a thing out of grey filament and the print says "3D Print has stopped. Cyan filament needs a refill."

[bobbykoulouris]

Induction is definitely going to be useful

[Standard]

i personally dont care for multi color prints but the 7 in 1 nozzle is similar to tint machines for paint so i can see that is already a time tested method that will produce results for individuals that want multicolor but dont want to waste filament with excessive purges

[anthonyrich]

As a previous E3D Cyclops customer can't say I'd be interested in the Liqtra multi-nozzle. I'm sure it would work just fine if you're extruding a portion of every filament all the time, to produce colour- or material-blended results, but if you're just switching between filaments periodically you're going to damage the standby filaments by leaving them parked at the operating temperature for extended periods - and this leads to clogging. This is exactly why I stopped using Cyclops in short order, because of the constant clogging and the difficulties unclogging them.