Rapid Prototyping Machines
Taken from the Rapid Prototyping Report, January 1997
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| 3D Systems | SLA-190 | 1990 | stereolithography | 7.5 inches by 7.5 inches by 10 inches | photopolymer resin | $100K
| SLA-250
| 1988
| 10-inch cube
| $180-250K
| SLA-350
| 1996
| 14 inches by 14inches by 16 inches
| $380K
| SLA-500
| 1989
| 20 inches by 20 inches by 23 inches
| $400-540K
| Actua 2100
| November 1996
| multi-jet modeling
| 10 inches by 8 inches by 8 inches
| proprietary thermoplastic
| $60K
| Aaroflex
| Solid Imager SS
| Q1 1997 (estimate)
| stereolithography
| 16 inch cube
| photopolymer resin
| $429K
| Solid Imager AI
| 22 inches by 22 inches by 27 inches
| $465K
| BPM Technology
| Personal Modeler
| Q1 1997 (estimate)
| ballistic particle manufacturing
| 10 inches by 8 inches by 6 inches
| proprietary thermoplastic
| $34.9K
| Cubital
| Solider 4600
| 1994
| solid ground curing
| 14 inch cube
| photopolymer resin
| $275K
| Solider 5600
| 1991
| 20 inches by 14 inches by 20 inches
| $470K
| DTM
| Sinterstation 2000
| 1992
| selective laser sintering
| 12 inch diameter by 15 inches
| polycarbonate, nylon, glass-filled nylon, zirconium-silicate sand, polymer coated steel powder
| $420K
| Sinterstation 2500
| 1996
| 15 inches by 13 inches by 17 inches
| $399K
| Helisys
| LOM-1015
| 1992
| laminated object manufacturing
| 15 inches by 10 inches by 14 inches
| paper, sheet plastic, ceramic tape, metal tape
| $100K
| LOM-2030H
| 1996
| 32 inches by 22 inches by 20 inches
| $220-265K
| Sanders Prototype
| MM-6B
| 1994
| ink-jet
| 6-inch cube
| proprietary thermoplastic
| $50K
| Model-Maker II
| Q1 1997 (estimate)
| 12 inches by 6 inches by 9 inches
| $64.9K
| Stratasys
| FDM-1650
| 1993
| fused deposition modelling
| 9.5 inches by 9.5 inches by 10 inches
| ABS, casting wax
| $110K
| Genisys
| 1996
| 8-inch cube
| proprietary thermoplastic
| $55.5K
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