14 DAY TRIAL // For the past few years, much of the news in the 3D printing space has revolved around consumer 3D printers and how they can be used in everyday lives, or for personal projects or hobbies. However, scientific research has benefited greatly as well.
All the while, additive manufacturing has steadily been gaining a foothold in the levels of education below that of college.
And that doesn't only mean high school, but also junior high and primary. Why, the other day a 3D printer was revealed that was as much a toy maker as it was a children's toy itself.
Now, we get to see a product representing the other end of the spectrum: a large, delta robot that is intended to accelerate STEM.
The STEM-optimizing Delta printer
STEM is an acronym that refers to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The four basic sciences.
These four areas get equal focus on the part of researchers and teachers because the advancements in each always affect those of the other three.
The 16Hertz Delta 3D Printer will allow students to experience hands-on activity in those four sectors.
3D printed models of cells, for example, will allow them to get a good visual and feel for microscopic life forms and body composition.
Similarly, a 3D printed model of a circuit or system part will let them better develop and optimize new electronic systems.
The specifications of the 16Hertz Delta 3D Printer
The newcomer is quite large, measuring 560 x 650 x 130 mm / 22 x 25.59 x 5.11 inches and has a build envelope of 420 x 550 x 80 mm / 16.53 x 21.65 x 3.14 inches.
1.75mm PLA and ABS plastic filaments are supported, which are the two most common types in the world for FDM technology (fused deposition modeling). As for the movement speed, it is of 200 mm/s.
Availability
The 16Hertz Delta 3D Printer bears a price of just under $3,000 / €2,615, making it somewhat more expensive than even its own peers. Still, it is quite big and schools should have the means to scrounge up funds for at least one of them if they really try.