“We are using carefully selected components that have proven to be reliable and work with the best performance,” BlackBelt 3D states. “Among these are a specially designed extruder and feeding system, high quality electronic boards, motors and actuation system. Using a full metal frame made from BOSCH aluminum beam Profiles and stainless steel sheet metal parts provide a rigid construction and also makes customization easy.”
The BlackBelt 3D printer was fully designed in SOLIDWORKS. It can be customized as either a desktop or a standalone machine; it’s adaptable to fit its environment. Additional modules are also available, such as a roller table for extra long products, a standalone frame with spool storage, and interchangeable print heads. It can print with a variety of materials, and has been successfully tested with ABS, PLA and PETG. It’s also extremely easy to use, according to BlackBelt 3D.
“The idea behind this concept was to bring 3D printers closer to the same level where 2D printers are nowadays,” Stephan Schürmann of BlackBelt 3D told 3DPrint.com last month.
The build area of the BlackBelt 3D printer is listed as 340 x 340 x infinite mm; in addition to 3D printing exceptionally long parts, it can also produce an unlimited number of parts in a single build. It’s essentially a production line in a 3D printer. There’s no need to stop the printer between parts; the conveyor belt neatly drops them into a bin once they’re finished printing and moves on to the next. BlackBelt 3D has also teamed up with colorFabb as its material partner, drawing back to its founders roots with the company.
The BlackBelt 3D is an impressive-looking concept, and judging from the tremendous amount of support the campaign has received in such a short time (€61,625 as of the time of editing), people are eager to try it out. It delivers three of the most coveted qualities an industrial 3D printer can have: the ability to produce complex, difficult geometries (without supports, at that); the ability to produce extremely large parts; and hands-off operation that allows for batch production without constant monitoring. Learn more in the Kickstarter video below:
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