Czech 3D Printer Industry Signals Eastern European Boom

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Czech 3D Printer Industry Signals Eastern European Boom
By Michael Molitch-Hou
The Czech Republic is famous for its marionettes, beautifully crafted puppets that surreally act out scenes for tourists on the streets of Prague. In a continuation of that time-honored tradition, be3D.cz has developed the 21st Century version of the puppet, a fully automatic 3D printer called DeeGreen. Recently, at the German CeBIT event in Hannover, the company had its chance to demonstrate the printer to the world.

The machine has a print volume of 150 x 150 x 150 mm and its manufacturer claims that the machine is one of the fastest FFF 3D printers on the market. The fully enclosed DeeGreen features automatic bed levelling, touchscreen controls and tethered or untethered printing via SD card. It’s advertised as capable of printing with PLA or “plastic timber”, composed of 1/3 wood material and 2/3 PLA. This beautiful looking printer will have an introductory price of 35 850 CZK, which is about $1820. The founder of be3D.cz, David Miklas, explains how the new machine improves upon the company’s previous models:

“DeeOrange as our first printer has taught us a lot. At the launch, DeeOrange was on the technological cutting edge in comparison with its competitors, but the development of 3D printing goes forward in leaps and bounds and so over time we have been aware of more and more opportunities for improvement on the printer. When testing possible modifications to DeeOrange we came to the conclusion that it would be better to develop a completely new model with the expansion of the printing area. The development of DeeGreen began in November 2013 and we have extensively tested the new suspension of the print-head and the enhanced layering of the print material for two months. From the DeeGreen we expect an international commercial success and due to our distributor channels we have expanded significantly during recent months.”

This Czech 3D printer – along with the company’s other offerings, like a large-volume machine and the 3Doodler –  seems to verify Rachel’s take away from the Inside 3D Printing event in Berlin. Based on her assessment, developed via assessments by mediabistro and others, there’s strong and growing interest in the technology in Germany and Eastern Europe. In addition to the success of the Zortrax 3D printer from Poland and the recent 3D Expo in Russia, we may be witnessing the beginning of the Eastern European 3D printing explosion. Or, maybe, from my far removed seat in California, maybe the explosion already occurred and it’s just getting to me now.

Czech 3D Printer Industry Signals Eastern European Boom
By Michael Molitch-Hou
The Czech Republic is famous for its marionettes, beautifully crafted puppets that surreally act out scenes for tourists on the streets of Prague. In a continuation of that time-honored tradition, be3D.cz has developed the 21st Century version of the puppet, a fully automatic 3D printer called DeeGreen. Recently, at the German CeBIT event in Hannover, the company had its chance to demonstrate the printer to the world.

The machine has a print volume of 150 x 150 x 150 mm and its manufacturer claims that the machine is one of the fastest FFF 3D printers on the market. The fully enclosed DeeGreen features automatic bed levelling, touchscreen controls and tethered or untethered printing via SD card. It’s advertised as capable of printing with PLA or “plastic timber”, composed of 1/3 wood material and 2/3 PLA. This beautiful looking printer will have an introductory price of 35 850 CZK, which is about $1820. The founder of be3D.cz, David Miklas, explains how the new machine improves upon the company’s previous models:

“DeeOrange as our first printer has taught us a lot. At the launch, DeeOrange was on the technological cutting edge in comparison with its competitors, but the development of 3D printing goes forward in leaps and bounds and so over time we have been aware of more and more opportunities for improvement on the printer. When testing possible modifications to DeeOrange we came to the conclusion that it would be better to develop a completely new model with the expansion of the printing area. The development of DeeGreen began in November 2013 and we have extensively tested the new suspension of the print-head and the enhanced layering of the print material for two months. From the DeeGreen we expect an international commercial success and due to our distributor channels we have expanded significantly during recent months.”

This Czech 3D printer – along with the company’s other offerings, like a large-volume machine and the 3Doodler –  seems to verify Rachel’s take away from the Inside 3D Printing event in Berlin. Based on her assessment, developed via assessments by mediabistro and others, there’s strong and growing interest in the technology in Germany and Eastern Europe. In addition to the success of the Zortrax 3D printer from Poland and the recent 3D Expo in Russia, we may be witnessing the beginning of the Eastern European 3D printing explosion. Or, maybe, from my far removed seat in California, maybe the explosion already occurred and it’s just getting to me now.

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March 20, 2014 at 10:58 AM