“The new printer allows us to make large complex shapes and unique tools quicker, lighter and with less waste,” said Professor Xinhua Wu, who leads the Monash University 3D printing initiative. (No pressure or anything, Monash and Amaero, but try not to spill anything on it.)īarrie Finnin with the original 3D printed jet engine Not only is Monash University’s Xline 2000R only one of five, but it’s the only one outside of America and Europe, the only one in a university and the only one in the Southern Hemisphere available for contract manufacturing. That’s a good thing, because if you’re going to invest in a $3.5 million metal additive manufacturing machine, you’d better have a decent metal additive manufacturing program. Monash is particularly involved in metal 3D printing, with a spinoff company called Amaero Engineering entirely dedicated to the technology. The latest institution to purchase an Xline 2000R is Melbourne, Australia’s Monash University, a school we see quite frequently in the news for its sophisticated 3D printed anatomical models, 3D printed aerospace components, and other advanced 3D printing applications. The monstrous metal melting machine weighs about 900 kg and carries a price tag of $3.5 million, so it’s not entirely surprising that only five of the printers have been manufactured so far, and it’s a pretty big deal when a company or university decides to invest in one. A really, really big one – in fact, it’s the biggest metal 3D printer in the world thus far, with a build volume of 800 x 400 x 500 mm³. The Xline 2000R metal 3D printer from Concept Laser is a really big 3D printer.
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