Podcast: Commercial Results with Consumer 3D Printers
Podcast: Commercial Results with Consumer 3D Printers
Mike Zimmerman, CEO and founder of Z-Polymers developed a material that allows for the printing of commercial grade materials on consumer-level 3D printers.
Innovation is more likely to happen when state-of-the-art tools and materials find their way into the hands of a greater number of people. This democratization of technology increases advances exponentially because the science is not limited to a handful of elite users.
ASME Techcast talked with Mike Zimmerman, CEO and founder of Z-Polymers, who developed Tullomer. This material allows for the printing of commercial grade materials on consumer-level 3D printers. A material with so many great attributes, that Zimmerman—the developer of the material—admitted that the company’s biggest challenge is trying to focus on the best application for it.
ASME Techcast talked with Mike Zimmerman, CEO and founder of Z-Polymers, who developed Tullomer. This material allows for the printing of commercial grade materials on consumer-level 3D printers. A material with so many great attributes, that Zimmerman—the developer of the material—admitted that the company’s biggest challenge is trying to focus on the best application for it.
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