This robot-run 3D printing farm is the future of light manufacturing

This robot-run 3D printing farm is the future of light manufacturing

“Even small businesses are now running lights-out facilities using robots and automation.

A 3D printing farm in Brooklyn needed to scale up to handle large production runs and better compete with injection molding.

Until recently, that would have required investing in more 3D printers and additional manpower to run the machines, eliminating many of the cost advantages inherent in 3D printing.

Voodoo Manufacturing invested in a single robot, which it leaves running all night–what’s known as “lights-out” manufacturing…”

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http://www.impactlab.net/2017/10/25/this-robot-run-3d-printing-farm-is-the-future-of-light-manufacturing/

http://www.impactlab.net/2017/10/25/this-robot-run-3d-printing-farm-is-the-future-of-light-manufacturing/