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HOW IT WORKS
Z Corporation 3D Printer processes are based on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s patented 3DP
TM
(Three-Dimensional Printing) technology.
The Our proprietary ZPrint Software first converts a three-dimensional design built using 3D CAD into cross-
sections or slices that can be between 0.003" – 009" (0.0762 - 0.2286 mm) thick.
The ZPrinter 310 then prints these cross-sections one after another from the bottom of the design to the top.
Inside the printer there are two pistons. The feed piston is represented in the diagrams below on the left and is
shown in the ‘down’ position filled with powder. The build piston is the piston on the right, shown below in the ‘up’
position. Also represented in the diagrams is the roller (drawn as a circle) and the print assembly (drawn as a
square.) On the printer, the roller and the print assembly are mounted together on the gantry which moves
horizontally across the build area.
To begin the 3D printing process, the ZPrinter 310 first spreads a layer of zp
®
series powder in the same thickness
as the cross section to be printed. The HP print head then applies a binder solution to the powder, causing the
powder particles to bind to one another and to the printed cross-section one level below. The feed piston comes
up and the build piston drops one layer of the thickness. The printer then spreads a new layer of powder and
repeats the process, and in a short time the entire part is printed.
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