Viridis3D Ships RAM10 3D Printer Materials Development Kit

Viridis3D_logoWOBURN, MA, June 25, 2015 – Viridis3D LLC has released an open materials development system designed to make R&D fast, cheap, and easy – called the RAM10 3D Printer Materials Development Kit.

062515_Ken-strausbaugh-print-testThe new RAM10 Materials Development Kit is very simple in construction and has very fast test cycle times with a small build volume and includes: fluids manifold, electronics, and spreader bars. The RAM10 uses ViriPrint, which is the same software as the production printers.

According to Viridis3D CTO, Jim Bredt, “Viridis3D has taken a very different tactic from the older large format printer manufacturers. The RAM10 3D Printer Development Kit allows users to change powder, binder, firing parameters, tubing, and powder deposition subsystems – enabling distributed development of new materials sets. The similarities allow scale-up to the larger systems to be as seamless as possible.”

“We’re very eager to see the products that come out of the academic and industrial sectors as they start to use this materials development system,” said Will Shambley, president of Viridis3D. We’re hoping that by making this easy-to-use development kit, that we will be able to create a thriving development community around the bigger production RAM printers.”

The first system was installed recently at Palmer Manufacturing & Supply, Springfield OH. Ken Strausbaugh’s efforts on binder research were quickly rewarded. “It was extremely easy and fast to get the RAM10 up and running. With a little guidance form Viridis3D, we had a new ink working in just a few days,” said Strausbaugh.

About Viridis3D

Viridis3D is an all-inclusive supplier of “additive manufacturing technology” for making sand molds and cores for foundry applications. They sell materials, 3D printing machines, software,
scanners, and the training needed to successfully deploy 3D printed casting solutions.

Viridis3D was co-founded in 2010 by Andy Jeffery, Will Shambley, and James Bredt, PhD, with the mission to commercialize new materials for additive manufacturing that enable wider adoption of the technology.

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