Arduino and Sharebot, both based in Italy, partnered up to develop and deliver new open source printer: the Materia 101. Arudino is a major major player in open source hardware community and their name on a 3d machine will draw some major attention.
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- Printing technology: Fused Filament Fabrication
- Printing area: 140 x 100 x 100 mm +/- 5mm
- X and Y theorical resolution position: 0,06 mm
- Z resolution: 0.0025 mm
- Extrusion diameter: 0.35 mm
- Filament diameter: 1.75 mm
- Optimal temperatures with PLA: 200-230°
- Tested and supported filaments: PLA
- Unsupported but tested filaments: Cristal Flex, PLA Thermosense, Thermoplastic Polyuretane
- (TPU), PET, PLA Sand, PLA Flex
- External dimensions: 310 x 330 x 350 mm
- Weight: 10 kg
- Usage: 65 watt
- Electronical board: Official Arduino Mega 2560 with Open Source Marlin Firmware
- LCD display 20 x 4 with encoder menu
- Preloaded with PLA printing presets
- Extruder block with filament pressure regulation
- Price: under 600 euros ($755) in kit form, and under 700 euros ($883) assembled.
I don't understand why is the print volume so small? Why?
Materia 101 on official Arduino blog: http://blog.arduino.cc/2014/09/30/arduino-materia-101/
Here is video of it in Italian: