Technology in Education January February 2012

ISSUE No.188

TEDUCATION ECHNOLOGY

CONTENTS

Some like it hot – see page 22

PRODUCT NEWS

& SCIENCE IN JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2012

A1 INTRODUCES ANEW

FAST-ASSEMBLY 3DPRINTER

FOR JUST £995 COVER STORY

FORMANYYEARS,A1Technologies has been an active advocate for placing advanced, integrated 3Ddigital technologies into the hands of tomorrow’s designers, engineers andmanufacturers, to encourage and develop these skills for future generations.

In April 2009 the company Bumper

BETT – see page 43

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Technology & Science in EducationNo.188 January/February 2012

sold theworld’s very first low-cost commercial 3D printer.Now, following stringent R&Defforts, the company is delighted to be launching a brand new, proprietary 3Dprinter, the Maxit,with some key design and operational improvements. First and foremost, theMaxit

3Dprinter has been developed to enable it to be built quickly and easily,within about four hours, and subsequently used by anyone. Amajor part of the A1mission is to engage children – in a school environment – to get creative with 3Dprinting and associated technologies, and to become familiar and comfortablewith the technology. This is because A1 firmly believes that, in the future,wewill all design+make in 3D, and putting 3Dtools into classrooms nowis the best investment the company can make into that future for industry and for society. What ismore, reliable

printing has also been at the heart of the development of the Maxit 3Dprinter,with quality electronic components sourced to support uninterrupted and consistent printing operations.

Maxit specifications: lDimensions 360x360x320mm

(excludingmaterial holder) lWeight 2.7 kg lPrintablearea:210x160x100mm lPrinting Speed: 50–60mm/sec lLayer thickness: 0.125–0.3mm lNozzle size: 0.5mm(good for

fast printing) lFilament size: 3mm

lMaterials: ABS and PLA lSupplied completewith software

Maxit– at a glance lSuper light and easy to

transport lVery simple to assemble

(3–4 hours) lReliable support community lCompatiblewith all A1

Technologies’ other products andwith all commercial 3D

CAD software lPrice: £995 All of these positive

improvementswill always be suppliedwith the service commitment and technical support of A1 Technologies, a company that is built on decades of experiencewith 3D design+make technologies. According toMartin Stevens,

CEOat A1 Technologies: “3Dprinting is just on the verge of hittingmainstream consciousness and I believe that it is impossible to overstate just howimportant the technologywill be in the future. That iswhy I amso passionate about getting 3Dprinting into classrooms now.”

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