HP has introduced the first production-ready commercial 3D printing system, taking an important step in its journey to bring disruptive manufacturing solutions to the market.
P Jet Fusion 3D Printing Solution revolutionizes design, prototyping, and production, delivering superior quality physical parts up to 10x faster at half the cost[“index”]. Thanks to the ability to print functional parts at the voxel level (a voxel is the 3D equivalent of a 2D pixel in traditional printing),HP delivers unprecedented customer ability to transform part characteristics and deliver mass customization.
Designed for model shops and 3D print service providers, HP Jet Fusion 3D Printing Solution provides:
- A simplified workflow and reduced costs for radical prototyping
- The production and supply of end parts with exceptional economic results
- An open platform at the materials and software level to reduce access barriers and enable new applications across all sectors.
“Our 3D printing platform is unique in its ability to handle more than 340 million voxels per second instead of one point at a time, offering our partners significantly higher production speeds, functional parts, and exceptional cost reduction,” said Stephen Nigro, President, 3D printing business, HP. “HP Jet Fusion 3D Printing Solution features a combination of speed, quality, and cost never before seen in the industry. Companies and manufacturers can now completely rethink how they design and deliver solutions to their customers”.
The new HP Jet Fusion 3D Printing Solution is the result of decades of HP research and experience in precision mechanics, microfluidics, and materials science. But no company, not even one with HP’s considerable experience, size, and assets, can transform the global manufacturing industry alone. HP is therefore proud to receive input and support from leading manufacturers, co-developers, and strategic partners such as Nike, BMW, Autodesk, Jabil, Johnson & Johnson, Materialise, Proto Labs, Shapeways, and Siemens.
“At Nike, we innovate for the best athletes in the world. In recent years, we have used 3D printing to create new innovations for our footwear. We are now very happy to be able to collaborate with HP to accelerate and grow our capabilities as we continue to explore new ways to create products that enable athletes to reach their full potential,” said Tom Clarke, President of Innovation at Nike.
“BMW is a pioneer and one of the first to adopt innovative technologies in the additive manufacturing sector, especially in prototyping concept cars and authorizing the production of series cars. Regarding our future roadmap for the production of series parts and customizations, we see, thanks to our partnership with HP, great potential in studying the early stages of this new 3D printing technology. As one of the first partners, we have had the opportunity to see the constant evolution of the machines over time, from the first prototype about five years ago to the market-ready products available today,” said Jens Ertel, Head of BMW Group Additive Manufacturing Center.
HP offers two new 3D printers designed for rapid prototyping and production.
- The HP Jet Fusion 3D 3200 printer is ideal for prototyping thanks to improved productivity and the ability to increase utilization at a lower cost per piece.
- The HP Jet Fusion 3D 4200 printer is designed for the needs of prototyping and short-term manufacturing, with high productivity that allows same-day response to requests and at the lowest prices per piece.
- A synchronized set of tools is available that includes intuitive software, an innovative HP Jet Fusion 3D Processing Station with Fast Cooling and high-quality materials.
Open materials and software platform for 3D printing
In line with the vision of an open platform announced in 2014, HP and certified partners will collaborate to enable material innovation and the development of new applications for its HP Multi Jet Fusion Solution, thereby reducing the costs of 3D printing and accelerating the adoption of 3D printing in the industry. HP is creating a 3D materials app store and is already collaborating with certified partners such as Arkema, BASF, Evonik, and Lehmann & Voss, with the intention of extending the open platform ecosystem in the future.
HP has also collaborated with leading software partners to make the process from design to print simpler and more intuitive. These include: Autodesk, Materialise, and Siemens. Through integration with leading manufacturing software solution providers, HP is enabling full integration of 3D printing within production processes. HP is a founding member of the industrial consortium that developed 3MF, an improved file format for 3D printing. HP Jet Fusion 3D Printing Solution is the first 3D printer fully compliant with this industry-leading standard.
With the expansion of the range of materials and colors offered by HP, customers will be able to transform part characteristics at the voxel level, have unprecedented control, and infinite combinations of applications, colors, and materials with unique properties previously unimaginable, such as:
- The ability to print including intelligence tools, such as sensors embedded in parts, is key to the Internet of Things.
- Printing parts with embedded information, such as invisible traces or codes, will lead to a future characterized by greater security and traceability to reinvent supply chains.
In the future, it is also estimated that up to 50% of the plastic parts that make up the HP Jet Fusion 3D Printers will be printed and produced with HP Multi Jet Fusion technology instead of traditional production methods.
Together with innovations like Sprout by HP, complete digitalization, from design to production, will represent a fundamental change from traditional manufacturing. Digitalization and 3D printing can help revitalize areas around the world seeking to combine sustainability with industrial growth. Digitalization and 3D printing will reinvent the traditional supply chain and create a “just in time” production model.
3D printer pricing and availability
- HP is accepting orders at www.hp.com/go/3Dcontactus.
- The HP Jet Fusion 3D 4200 printer will be delivered at the end of 2016, followed by the HP Jet Fusion 3D 3200 in 2017 in select countries in EMEA starting with Austria, Belgium, the Republic of Ireland, Italy, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Spain, and Switzerland. Availability will be extended to other European countries starting in the second half of 2017.
- The HP Jet Fusion 3D 3200 printer is available starting from 120,000 euros. The complete end-to-end solution is available starting from 145,000 euros.
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