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What inspired MP 3D Printing, and is it really a
Universal Evolution of 3D Printing?

MP 3D printing is a confidential new technology designed with specific goals in mind. While the details are still under wraps, we can share a little about how it came to be…

How Did Existing 3D Printing Issues Influence the Development of MP 3D Printing?

The faults and strengths of existing 3D printing technologies formed the foundation for setting the goals that guided and evaluated the development of MP 3D printing. We did not simply want to make 3D printing better;  MP 3D printing needed to be a new, universal system that allows all users to safely, effectively, quickly, and affordably explore the full potential of additive manufacturing.

MP 3D Printing Goals … Already Achieved!

Without prematurely giving away our tech, here is what we can do:

1. Universal and Open Materials

Print powders, pastes, gels, and liquids.

Work simultaneously with multiple production-grade materials—polymers (thermoform and thermoset), metals, glass, ceramics, biological materials, and reactive compounds.

Accept any particle shape. Filament, pellets, granules, or flakes can be powderized by any method, including in-system options.

Deliver multiple materials selectively, rapidly, and accurately, with minimal influence on one another.

2. Versatile Material Processing

Accommodate a wide range of in-system, general, and selective material-processing methods without sacrificing effectiveness or efficiency.

Integrate material processing and handling as a safe, fully embedded part of the print cycle, not an afterthought.

Selectively apply modifying additives (combined at print time) such as colorants, opacity agents, chemical reactants, foaming agents, particles, oxidation flux, etc.

Protect assemblies against unwanted part fusion or bonding.

3. High Resolution and Speed

Operate through a blended, continuous process that eliminates discrete layers.

Achieve high-speed, simultaneous actions with no pauses or staged delays.

Deliver exceptional accuracy in size and form across all part scales, feature sizes, and orientations.

Prevent distortion, size errors, or feature loss caused by neighboring structures (especially in inward-facing walls, small holes, and channels.)

Maintain consistent print times regardless of build-area size or part count.

4. Safe, Simplistic, and Controlled

Prevent user exposure to unprocessed materials at every stage.

Employ a fully contained, universal material-handling system that is inherently self-cleaning, clog-free, and waste-free.

Provide a clean, straightforward process—no special setup, warm-up, cooldown, or cleanup required.

Operate in any location without dust, odor, gas, or noise.

Continuously monitors and adapts to ensure precise function and results.

5. Scalability

Remove inherent limits on build size or scale.

Function in any orientation or environment (including variable atmospheres, pressures, or gravity.)

Integrate seamlessly with automated part-unloading and robotic systems.

Serve as a robotic end effector when desired.

Support experimentation, expansion, and future augmentation.

Scale economically—from affordable personal systems to educational, scientific research, medical, and industrial production platforms, even building-sized installations.

6. Freedom From Past Intellectual Property (IP)

Operate free of prior patent restrictions, enabling a clean slate for future innovation.

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Problems Faced by Existing 3D Printing Technologies

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Common Issues

Extrusion
(Melted or Liquid)
  • Poor resolution
  • Weak layer adhesion
  • Inherent speed limits and print size/number highly impacts time
  • Limited volumetric control and resolution for multi-materials
  • Support material limitations and waste
  • Limited material processing options
Vat Photopolymerization
(Including 2 Photon and Volume Based)
  • Limited materials and very few multi-material options (all impact time or quality)
  • Dangerous exposure to unprocessed material
  • Multi-step postprocessing requirements (commonly with dangerous solvents)
  • Physically attached supports
  • Limited options for restricting assembly fusion
  • Print bed size restrictions
  • Additional material processing only available through postprocessing
Material Jetting
(Photopolymerization or Post Sintering)
  • Limited materials (often with poor functionality)
  • Support material limitations and waste
  • Extreme machine and material costs
  • Poor uptime and excessive machine maintenance
  • Restrictive intellectual property issues (much of the existing technology is not licensable)
Powder Bed
(Including Bound, Fused, Sintered, Melted, or Post Processed)
  • Dangerous exposure to unprocessed materials
  • High material waste
  • Limited options for restricting assembly fusion
  • Low surface quality due to influence of neighboring unprocessed material
  • Often complicated, messy, and time consuming setup, cool down, or cleanup
  • Often requires highly spherical particle shape
  • Few multi-materials options
  • Additional material processing only available through postprocessing
  • High machine cost
  • Restrictive intellectual property issues (much of the existing technology is not licensable)
Direct Energy Deposition
  • Limited resolution
  • Inherent speed limits and print size/number highly impacts time
  • Exposure to unprocessed material
  • Safety concerns in the operating environment
  • High-cost robotic systems
Lamination
  • Often poor resolution
  • Limited form possibilities
  • Limited material and processing options
  • Typically large industrial setups
  • Complex, multi-step processes often with complicate postprocessing
  • Extreme machine costs

Ultimately, we did it!

MP 3D Printing makes it possible to achieve all these capabilities and goals within a single printer—simultaneously!

Sorry…This description does not really tell you how MP 3D Printing works, but unless your a special partner, you will have to wait for our public release.

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