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Exploring Large-Format 3D Printing: Massivit Open House
Big Picture's associate editors visited
EclipseCorp (eclipse-corp.com) near
Columbus, Ohio, for an open house
organized by Massivit 3D. The event showcased the Massivit 1800 large-format 3D
printer, offering a glimpse into how this
burgeoning technology can be used by
those in the 2D printing space.
EclipseCorp, which has a
52,000-square-foot operation, started in
the mid '90s as a photography studio in
CEO/Owner Jeff Burt's garage. The
company has since added 40 employees,
plus design services, signage fabrication,
wide-format digital printing, and now 3D
printing, to its repertoire.
EclipseCorp frequently works with
retail and restaurant clients - including large, multi-location
chains - to brand their environments. When Burt saw the
Massivit 3D printer in action at SGIA 2017 - and spoke with
Big Picture columnist Craig Miller about his recent purchase
of the machine - he decided to invest in what he felt was the
future. "We feel 3D is going to be game changing in retail.
Retail needs to be an experience now," Burt said. He
envisions 3D-printed elements drawing in customers to
stores, many of whom might want to take selfies with the
unusual displays - a phenomenon Burt noted when he took
3D-printed, six-foot-tall Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots to retail
tradeshow GlobalShop this year.
Massivit's large-format printers - the flagship 1800
version, which can print up to 70 inches tall, and the recently
announced 1500 model, which is a more entry-level printer
and prints up to 57 inches tall and 58 inches wide - offer
unique printing capabilities.
At the open house event, the dual-head 1800 3D printer
was running for the 20 or so potential buyers in attendance to
see how it functions. The Massivit printers use additive
printing with a proprietary photopolymer gel, which is
instantly cured with UV LED light during the printing process.
It prints at speeds up to 13.7 inches on Z axis per hour.
It prints hollow - with little need for support structures
during printing - for a lightweight fi nished product. For a
heavier, more solid structure needed in some applications, the
3D pieces can be fi lled with expandable foam, which was
demonstrated at the event.
Massivit Application Engineer Ian Stiles-Mikl showed
attendees fi nishing options, which included using auto body
fi ller, primer, vinyl wraps, epoxy, polyurethane, and more.
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Big Picture - June/July 2018
Big Picture - June/July 2018
Contents
Insight
Wide Angle
Upfront
Beyond Décor
Inside Output
How I Got the Job: Gil Moshe
Action 2018
R+D
Explorer
Big Picture - June/July 2018 - Intro
Big Picture - June/July 2018 - Big Picture - June/July 2018
Big Picture - June/July 2018 - Cover2
Big Picture - June/July 2018 - Contents
Big Picture - June/July 2018 - Insight
Big Picture - June/July 2018 - 3
Big Picture - June/July 2018 - Wide Angle
Big Picture - June/July 2018 - 5
Big Picture - June/July 2018 - Upfront
Big Picture - June/July 2018 - 7
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Big Picture - June/July 2018 - 9
Big Picture - June/July 2018 - 10
Big Picture - June/July 2018 - 11
Big Picture - June/July 2018 - 12
Big Picture - June/July 2018 - 13
Big Picture - June/July 2018 - Beyond Décor
Big Picture - June/July 2018 - 15
Big Picture - June/July 2018 - Inside Output
Big Picture - June/July 2018 - 17
Big Picture - June/July 2018 - How I Got the Job: Gil Moshe
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