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Depends on the material. We have some materials that do amazing in UV and others that do not…

It is an awesome company!

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Sounds like you know much about 3D. It is growing and being adopted much. If we can help with any mass production projects just let us know. 😊

Like Frankenstein! ;)

@@Merit-3D Every single time. I hope you continue to thrive even without me.

Photocentric.

If only it were that easy...but yes, all the flexi's and the egg were 3D printed. More to come.

Thanks. All Flexi's were printed in house.

Thanks for your interest.

Eggsactly!

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DL400 is the most heat resistant resin that we have used. Photocentric just released a flame retardant resin you can read about here photocentricgroup.com/product/rigid-dlfr/. It does mention the rating in its specifications. The specific resin we used was DL 170 at 3:34, but new resins typically come out monthly. Have a fantastic day! Learn more at merit3d.com

@Merit-3D DL 110 is the best we use as of now. We do have a better resin coming shortly.

Please get a hold of us or upload a part at merit3d.com. Thanks!

Thanks for the comment. We do agree shay taking advantages of additive manufacturing. Design capabilities in one benefit. Our need was to bypass injection molding because molds have been a huge hinder ment in design to production speed and not being able to easy modify design after our molds are made. I would invite to keep your mind open as your need may be different than others. DFAM is huge in getting price down for us but not the main driver for mass production for our customers.

It’s a material still in development. We’re not sure the numbers yet.

Yes. Video coming soon.

Cost is king. Most 3D printing companies are making 1000% on their parts. If you want to do msss production, you make margins similar to injection molding. It’s not something the 3D printing world is used to but this is a big step towards more mass production.

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55 gallon drum is what our resin comes in many times You may have to turn your parts to get even cure. Yes it is just back and bottom. Yes and yes on the blowpeel and z height question. They are pretty accurate.

Not everyone has to understand the world is changing! Some will adopt early, others won't! It's up to you to do the research now that you have the questions!

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Every day we are adding new customers so they are liking it.

Black is the most common. We do have other colors also like white, clear and gray. If you fill out the form on merit3d.com then we can answer any other questions you may have

We have many resins from photocentric, Henkel/loctite and BASF that we use. If you have a specific property like rubber or impact resistant, we can recommend many types that we use

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There are a number of materials we use! You can check our materials page on merit3D.com. We have helped to develop with many companies resin formulations that are close to ABS and nylon plastics. Others are coming. Thanks!

We don't use 60 machines. We used closer to 15-20... But regardless the price of our printer doesn't influence the cost for our customers, whereas every mold does, so it can't really be used as an argument against us. Our sister company had to pay 500k for a mold before we were founded, which is more than what we've had to pay for our machines...

​@@Merit-3Dexactly like you said in your video you used 15-20 machines that cost 400,000 dollars. You could literally buy two injection molding machines and the molds for half the cost of the printers used. If you went with spin casting the same part could be made in a fraction of the time at a much lower cost. A spin casting complete setup new 12k less than the cost of one printer. A spincaster with resin Able to produce 2-250 parts per 30 seconds. As for injection molding the cost of a mold and molding machine would still cost roughly half of what the printers did. In your video you said 1 injection mold with roughly 100 cavities would do the same but you are using 15-20 machines meaning 2 machines would far surpass the speed of all the printers used making it again cheaper to injection mold.

Those 2 injection molding machines will only make one part… ever… Our investment of more 3D machines makes it so our customers don’t have to invest in injection molding. Most customers don’t have 400K for molds or 3D machines. Thanks for your comments.

@@Merit-3D your machines cost 400k you can buy a used injection molding machine for less than 5k. The average price of a mold is 5-10k maybe shop around. Also the plastic used can be used uv stabilized unlike the printing resins available now and will far out last any lcd print. Once you have a machine your possibilities are no longer dependent on a third party such as your company. You can still even buy a cnc and make your own molds at a fraction of the price.

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I never said 3d printing can't make sense. Merely pointing out he is using 60 machines and saying its faster than one machine. At the same time the printers they are using cost close to what the injection molds cost. Large platform sla printers aren't cheap. They also have problems with the saftey of the resins depending on the product it could be a real liability.on small parts like those the molding time is closer to 20 -30 seconds from my experience

Thanks for your comments. You are right in so many aspects. This video we were just comparing small parts to injection molding and speed. Of course there are many other aspects like footprint, agility and many others but we were just comparing speed of small parts.

You could also spincast them with a pourable resin in less time and at a fraction of the cost. Maybe 500 a minute in a silicone mold on a single machine costing a quarter of on of sla printers.

A one time cost for 3D machines and you can produce what ever design our customers want. One time purchase with an injection mold will only make the one part. Additive is not for everyone and we are totally fine with that. Also our customers do not have any up front cost now. Thanks for your comments.

Thanks, undercuts on a lid are possible because the material is PP or PET which has flex and not a big under cut. For and injection molding machine to have undercuts, it has to have room for the slider to move out of the way before the A B cavity can separate. This part is not moldable without any modifications. Regardless this video was to just compare speed of additive manufacturing to injection molding.

The thing is, this printer farm cost about the same as a bunch of moulds would, but moulds are written off much faster then these printers. So the production speed is there as well as the economy. Not to mention the insane flexibility offered

@@malloot9224 you can purchase an injection mold for 5k for a simple mold lasting 100,000s of parts, the company having these made is making 1 part. The flexibility makes no difference to the company these are being made for. Right now you can purchase an injection molding machine a cnc mill and mold pre made for less than one of the printers being used.

Yes but since we are doing the manufacturing there is no machine cost for our customers. There would be a mold cost though if they were going that way. We eat the cost of the machines so you don’t have to invest in any machines or molds.

Also we only mass manufacture parts, we do not accept one offs... We had an order for over 1 million parts last year, the unofficial world record for most 3d printed parts ordered. Change is coming, but not everyone has to accept that.

Thanks for your info. We need to add these videos to RUclips. We will work on that. For now if you check out our LinkedIn page, it has many videos of the machines working.

Thanks for your info. We need to add these videos to RUclips. We will work on that. For now if you check out our LinkedIn page, it has many videos of the machines working.