News World's first 3D-texture UV printer for consumers now available for pre-order — prints onto 'nearly any surface

[Admin]

Anker Innovations has just kicked off pre-orders for what is claimed to be the 'first 3D-texture UV Printer designed for personal use.'

World's first 3D-texture UV printer for consumers now available for pre-order — prints onto 'nearly any surface : Read more

 

[Findecanor]

Last time I heard, "UV printing" was based on UV-cured epoxy.

Epoxy gives you cancer. Use only in a well-ventilated area.

Having been something of an epoxy-enthusiast and suffered through three cancers, I'm speaking from experience.

 

[A Stoner]

Last time I heard, "UV printing" was based on UV-cured epoxy.

Epoxy gives you cancer. Use only in a well-ventilated area.

Having been something of an epoxy-enthusiast and suffered through three cancers, I'm speaking from experience.

It is cured epoxy, so no worries, it is not contagious!🤐

 

[Jokershadow]

It is cured epoxy, so no worries, it is not contagious!🤐

It is not cured epoxy. It is getting cured as it prints producing toxic fumes. How do you think uv printer prints? Epoxy in cured state is hard. Also is uv resin and not epoxy but still fumes are hella toxic. There should be active ventilation in place. And I work with resins professionally, epoxy, uv resin and polyurethane.

 

[A Stoner]

It is not cured epoxy. It is getting cured as it prints producing toxic fumes. How do you think uv printer prints? Epoxy in cured state is hard. Also is uv resin and not epoxy but still fumes are hella toxic. There should be active ventilation in place. And I work with resins professionally, epoxy, uv resin and polyurethane.

It was a joke play on the person saying it was cured.

 

[Phyzzi]

I am always reluctant to buy something that I can't understand, at least superficially, how it works. Between that being a struggle, and the VERY sparse details offered on this (and, frankly, the company not having a super solid history on the side of producing complete machines for additive or subtractive manufacturing) I think discretion is the better part of valor here. I wish them and anyone taking the leap for the first generation the best of luck, but it looks to me like the method (are the spraying on layers and then curing them?) and the unknowns (price? actual ability to do color and if so number of colors available for a particular print?) are some pretty big red flags for me.