Replicator+
The Replicator+ is a desktop 3D printer that transforms digital designs into solid objects by laying down thin layers of molten plastic. It is used by educators, designers, engineers, and makers.
- Creator
- Year
- 2016
- Country
- United States 🇺🇸
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Thingiverse is MakerBot’s giant 3D printing library, with over 2 million 3D printable files.
History
Bre Pettis, Adam Mayer, and Zach Smith founded MakerBot Industries in New York City in January 2009. That year, they sold 750 MakerBots, and the following year, sales jumped to 2,300 MakerBots. By 2012, the company, which raised US $10 million in venture funding, had shipped more than 13,000 printers. In 2016, MakerBot became the first company to sell over 100,000 3D printers. The Replicator+ and Replicator Mini+ are the fifth and sixth models created by the company, following the Cupcake CNC and Thing-O-Matic. The Replicator was the first MakerBot printer to be offered fully assembled. In June 2013, MakerBot was acquired by Stratasys in a $403 million deal.
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Specs
- Overview
Replicator+ model: Default layer resolution of 100 microns (0.1 mm). Able to print designs up to a size of 29.5 x 19.5 x 16.5 cm (11.6 x 7.7 x 6.5 in). Has sensor-laden swappable extruders, a flexible build plate, and an onboard camera for monitoring.
- Status
Ongoing
- Year
2016
- Website
- Width
- 44.1 cm
- Height
- 41 cm
- Length
- 52.8 cm
- Weight
- 18.33 kg
- Sensors
Hall effect sensor, filament detection, thermocouple, rational encoder, onboard camera, positioning switches
- Actuators
DC brushless bipolar stepper motors
- Degrees of Freedom (DoF)
- 3 (Gantry - X,Y plane: 2 DoF; Build Platform - Z plane: 1 DoF)
- Materials
Polycarbonate case, aluminum Z stage and gantry, steel frame, zytel extruder casing, aluminum extruder components, polycarbonate build plate
- Compute
Custom circuit boards, real-time microcontrollers, 32-bit TI Sitara main processor
- Software
Custom software: MakerBot Print (custom 3D print preparation and slicer), My MakerBot (browser-based cloud 3D printing platform and slicer), and Thingiverse (browser-based 3D printable file sharing, version tracking, and visualizer)
- Power
AC/DC 150-watt power supply
- Cost
- $2,499
