14 DAY TRIAL // “Tytan” would probably be an appropriate name for that 13-foot / 4-meter-tall Japanese 3D printer we saw two weeks ago. However, a Polish company reserved it first, so its own invention gets to bear that moniker.
In truth, the Tytan 3D Printer deserves the name. It may not be colossal, but it does have a certain shock factor. After all, how many printers do you know that can create objects from a mixture of salt and flour? Or from paper pulp? Or even from food and adhesives, like caulk?
None, that's how many. Well, there are some other food 3D printers, but for everything else Tytan has monopoly for now. And the list of self-hardening materials is actually quite longer than that.
On that note, even if it's not huge, the build volume is still rather large, with objects being of up to 200 mm diameter x 350 mm / 7.87 x 13.77 inches (unlike other printers, it has a round build plate, not rectangular).
The folks at Tytan 3D have now revealed that their creation has entered testing phase and that the results look “tremendous.” Alas, they provided no pictures, though they did say that a live demo was scheduled for September. They have organized a “Day of 3D Printing” in Kielce, Poland.
In the meantime, they have presented the (unrelated) Goliat Extruder, which is made out of high-quality aluminum and uses standard mounting screws and a pneumatic connector. An Indiegogo campaign will open next week. The price is $49 / €36, which is good because the Goliat is not compatible with many 3D printers yet (the HBot 3D and the DDDBot are among the few that are).
