Italian 3D printing company Lumi Industries introduced free and open source smartphone-operated 3D printer

Briefing

Italian 3D printing company Lumi Industries introduced free and open source smartphone-operated 3D printer

January 7, 2020

Briefing

  • Open Source 3D Printer – Lumi Industries released open-source instructions for users to download and build their own resin 3D printer called LumiBee in January 2020
  • 3D Printed Parts – Customers need desktop filament 3D printer to print 95% of LumiBee’s parts, with the rest to be purchased, including motors, printed circuit board, 4-millimeter linear rods and bearings
  • Smartphone-Operated – Uses light of old smartphone to form 3D printed object from photosensitive liquid resin, and mobile app to operate printer
  • Partners – Include other 3D printing firms Zortrax, Photocentric which provided the resins, and 3DFilum
  • Project Status – Project, still in early stages, was nominated as finalist at Purmundus Design Challenge 2019 in Frankfurt, Germany

Accelerator

Sector

Information Technology

Organization

3DFilum, Lumi Industries, Photocentric, Zortrax

Source

Original Publication Date

January 6, 2020

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