July 3, 2014
On June 23, ORD Solutions launched a 35 day Kickstarter campaign for their latest 3D printer, the RoVa3D. On June 25, they passed their funding goal of $25,000. As of today, they have reached the $52,000 funding level, with still 25 days to go.
Based on their MH3000R1, the RoVa3D features up to 5 Bowden style extruder for multi-material/multi-color printing. And the other features include:
- aerospace alloy frame
- all metal hot ends capable of printing at temperatures up to 450°C
- liquid cooled print heads to prevent jamming
- high torque stepper motors for faster and more accurate prints
- comes fully assembled
The RoVa3D includes these additional features that are currently only available through Kickstarter:
- super flat print surface with a 100 micron tolerance from edge to edge
- larger and more robust heater for the print bed, allowing for bed temperatures of up to 125°C to the very edges
- lighted print bed for easier monitoring of print progress
- electronically controlled liquid cooling system that is automatically engaged during a print
- Hi FloTM Technology hot ends for smoother filament flow and trouble free printing
- option for touch screen and SD Card printing
According to Chris Gibson, Founder and Chief Architect, the company will supply owners of the MH3000R1 with the parts to upgrade their printer. For CAD499, These initial users will get all of the upgrades that come with the RoVa3D.
ORD Solutions launched a "Name Our Printer" contest for this new version of MH3000R1. Over the two weeks of the contest, they invited anyone in Canada or the US to submit names. After the first week, they opened the contest to the rest of the world. The eventual winner of the contest is actually Joe Williams from Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. He suggested the name Rova in homage to the Mars Rover. And the "V" is capitalized to suggest the number 5 in Roman numerals, which is the number of print heads you can have in a fully loaded configuration.
The Kickstarter campaign for the RoVa3D Printer will run for 35 days, ending on July 28. Pledge CAD$1,496 or more, you can get a RoVa3D printer with the number of nozzles you specify, shipped to you around this Christmas (Ships by December 1, 2014).
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Idiotic name for a 3D printer.
svb wrote at 7/4/2014 9:19:37 AM:
The frame looks exactly like the orca 0.4 from http://mendel-parts.com with some bowden extruders on top.
Bogdan wrote at 7/4/2014 2:27:09 AM:
I think you either have a printer that prints in full RGB either mono-filament, probably the prints are not so great when you don't have entire layers of the same color because it is very difficult to control joining of the layers of different colors.
JC wrote at 7/3/2014 6:38:34 PM:
Why does the article indicate 100 micron z resolution and the specs (comparison chart) indicate 50 microns?
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