4/11/2023 0 Comments Ultimaker cura connect to printer“If you look to the types of application, I would say that roughly 40-50% is still prototyping or design iterations and the rest is tooling, jigs, fixtures and even also small series production.” Software developments That’s pretty much a stable thing,” Burger explains. Roughly 10-12% of revenues are in education, between the ages of 12 and 16/17. “If you look at education more generally, and there are slight differences between here and the US, for instance, but generally speaking it is safe to assume that 20% of our sales is in universities, technical universities like MIT in Cambridge. The reason Ultimaker’s seller network considers it a wise move to bring out an improved entry-level platform is that, despite a growing focus on the higher end markets, the bulk of its revenues still come from those customers utilising its products for rapid prototyping and concept modelling. “As an entry level at that price range, we feel it’s very appropriate to come to the market with this machine.” “It’s not a completely new printer, but we felt by adding these kinds of improvements, we can keep solidifying the position of the Ultimaker 2 in the entry level market and what we hear from resellers and distributors is that, indeed, that is a wise move,” Burger says. Unlike its predecessor, the Ultimaker 2+ Connect also now has a touchscreen to make operation easier and is being marketed at $2,499 and an additional $455 for the Air Manager. Improvements under the hood have seen enhancements to the bed levelling, an ‘optimisation’ of the electronics that adds memory and improvements made in the gantry. It is now a connected system which supports cloud 3D printing, allows access to more than 150 material profiles on the Ultimaker Marketplace and is compatible with the Air Manager that the S5 platform has to ensure the printing chamber is closed and nanoparticle emissions are reduced. These are very strong segments and we want to keep focusing on these segments on order to give them an entry-level product that allows them to get acquainted with Ultimaker, get used to it and then, what we quite often see, is that often grows to other types of printers, materials and use cases.”īefore users get on to those other printers, materials and use cases, Ultimaker first has moved to ensure the experience of the entry-level system is better than ever. “We started this business a long time ago,” Ultimaker CEO Jos Burger tells TCT, “and one the successful workhorses of the company has been the Ultimaker 2 very successful in small and medium sized companies for prototyping, education. Rolling out the Ultimaker 2+ Connect at this week’s Formnext Connect, the Dutch desktop 3D printing company sends out a reminder that, despite the sizes of its hardware products growing and the now extensive materials partner network, the entry-level markets are still of the utmost importance. With its S5 Pro Bundle geared towards more industrial clientele wanting to churn out manufacturing aids and the new and improved Ultimaker 2+ Connect designed for education and rapid prototyping purposes, Ultimaker does. ![]() There aren’t too many companies out there who, upon conversing with industry heavyweights like Ford Motor Company and university graduates, take the feedback in equal weighting. ![]() The company believes the accessibility of the machine, at a cost of just $2,499, will help small enterprises and educators to achieve ‘true progress’.Īhead of Formnext, TCT Magazine spoke to Ultimaker CEO Jos Burger and Ultimaker’s VP of Application Software R&D Paul Heijmans about the Ultimaker 2+ Connect and the company's software developments throughout 2020. It is also supplemented by the release of the Ultimaker 2+ Connect Air Manager, which is an optional add-on that has been designed to remove up to 95% of ultra-fine particles and shield operators from hot and moving components. ![]() Ultimaker’s new platform boasts a single-head extruder which can support nozzles of 0.4, 0.25, 0.6 and 0.8mm. It is also supported by free e-learning via the Ultimaker 3D Printing Academy and, thanks to a ‘clean and updated design’, requires only four hours of maintenance per year. The Ultimaker 2+ Connect is considered to be the company’s ‘most accessible’ product and is introduced with an ergonomic feeder level, a stiffer build platform, the addition of a touchscreen for easier operation and remote file transfer with added security thanks to the Ultimaker Digital Factory. Ultimaker has announced the launch of an advanced version of its Ultimaker 2 desktop 3D printing platform at Formnext Connect.
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