3D-printing: here , Fabtotum device for push the boundaries of personal fabrication.
3D-printing trend obliges! Connectikpeople receives everyday lots of
projects around this concept. In this momentum, today we are very excited to
talk about FABtotum, which aims to allow anyone to explore the endless
possibilities of a multipurpose fabrication device.
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Marco Rizzuto, 28 and Giovanni Grieco, 28 both with
a background in Architecture and a passion for design, innovation and personal fabrication, FABtotum is capable of 3d printing objects with the FFF technique (Fused Filament Fabrication).
a background in Architecture and a passion for design, innovation and personal fabrication, FABtotum is capable of 3d printing objects with the FFF technique (Fused Filament Fabrication).
The project available on Indiegogo looking for bakers for its development, it features a dual head, with an engraving/milling spindle motor
that can be used to accomplish a wide range of machine operations on many
common materials including wood, light aluminum or brass alloys.
Along with 3/4 Axis Subtractive
Machining, Fabtotum aims to be capable of 3-axis hybrid Additive / Subtractive
manufacturing, meaning you can work in dual mode without losing the position or
having to move the workpiece.
Use all those techniques together and you’ll get the best out of FABtotum.
FABtotum will be available in various colors, to fit perfectly in your studio,home, lab or office. FABtotum is a small 36,6 cm cube, meaning it won't occupy all your desk.
All the printing material is stored inside the machine,leaving your desk free of filament coils.
Use all those techniques together and you’ll get the best out of FABtotum.
FABtotum will be available in various colors, to fit perfectly in your studio,home, lab or office. FABtotum is a small 36,6 cm cube, meaning it won't occupy all your desk.
All the printing material is stored inside the machine,leaving your desk free of filament coils.
According to the promoters, FABtotum
technologies have been secured by a pending patent from the threat of lawsuit
for patent infringement. The full documentations,drawings and the reproduction
of FABtotum is allowed and encouraged under the Creative Commons
Attribution-Noncommercial-Sharealike 3.0 Unported Licence.
FABtotum
embarks :
- Size: 366x366x366mm
- Printing volume (additive) : 210x240x240mm (24% of size in additive mode)
- Milling Volume (Subtractive) : 210x240x[your milling bit height] mm
- Scan volume (optical/digitalizer) : as much as accessible (up to printing volume depending on the object shape)
- Scan Angular resolution: from 83 to 133 steps/degree in 1/16th microstepping mode.
- CMOS sensor: 1024x768 or above.
- 4th axis Milling angular resolution: as "Scan Angular resolution"
- Z layer height: from 0.10 to 0.4 mm.
- Z level minimum increments: encoder resolution 0,00047mm (0,47 microns) in 1/16th microstepping. (3mm pitch leadscrew / 200 steps *16 * 2 gearbox = 0,000467 = approx 0.47 microns. ,less than half a micron)
- Additive materials: PLA,ABS : built in protected material storage/coil.
- Subtractive materials: with onboard motor: Foam,Balsa,Plywood,thin Aluminium, brass alloys (PCB layer).
- Additive head: 0.35 or 0.45 or 0.5mm nozzle , Bowden extruder.
- Additive sub-systems: heated bed,fan cooling [Stretch goal #2 reached!]
- Subtractive tool: Onboard 30 Watt spindle. standard milling bits (3.25mm diam.)
- Additional tool: space for tools up to 60mm mounting diameter.
- Acquisition method: Laser Scanner (line laser) and Z digitizer probe.
- Other systems: mechanical homing endstops, vacuum cleaner port.
- I/O : USB
- Colors: White, Black,Red + 3 [stretch goal 1#
reached!]
