3D printer and material manufacturer Stratasys just launched a new version of its Origin One resin (DLP) printer, called (surprise!) Origin Two. The focus is on delivering “injection-molding quality” parts “straight off the printer”, the company says.
Of course, resin parts require post-print light curing, but what’s different with the Origin technology, which Stratasys calls Programmable PhotoPolymerization (P3), is that parts straight off the printer are nearly as strong as the final parts and require only a “few minutes” of post-processing, the company says.
For curing, Stratasys is also launching a curing unit called Origin Cure, with 360-degree multi-wavelength LED curing.
Stratasys acquired the original maker of Origin, Origin Inc., in 2020 and has since launched a dental version of Origin called Origin One Dental (2021).
The updated version features a new 5K DLP projector (Origin One had a 4K projector) for a 38.5 micron pixel size. If you have an Origin One, you can buy an upgrade kit to install the 5K engine, plus a new high-precision build arm and platform.
Stratasys says Origin Two can achieve “consistently higher accuracy” (+/- 50 microns) than the previous version, a surface finish smoothness of up to RA 3 microns while maintaining high-print speeds up to 20 mm/hour.
Materials for the Origin Two
There do not appear to be new materials launching with Origin Two, but Stratasys already has a wide menu of 385-nanometer wavelength resin types available including high-temperature and high-viscosity materials.
There are nearly 30 pre-tested and optimized materials from makers including Henkel Loctite, Keystone, and BASF. To use other materials, you can purchase the open materials license.
Similar machines would include the Carbon M3 Max (DLP / XY: 75 µm, Z: 25 – 100 µm), the LuxCreo Lux 3Li+ (DLP / XY: 162 μm, Z: 20 – 200 μm), the Nexa3D XiP Pro
(LCD / XY: 46 μm, Z: 25 – 200 μm), and the ETEC Xtreme 8K (DLP / XY: 100µm, Z: 100 – 175 µm).
Origin Two Tech Specs
- Technology: Digital Light Processing (DLP)
- Build Volume: 192 x 108 x 370 mm
- Max speed: 20 mm/hour.
- Resolution/Accuracy: XY: 50 μm (for validated applications, +/- 100 µm in general); Z: 25 – 200 μm
- Surface Roughness: up to 2µm Ra*
- Materials: 385-nanometer wavelength resins
- Resin Tray Capacity: 2 liters
- Software: Stratasys GrabCAD Print or optional 3rd party solutions
- Connectivity: Ethernet Offline connectivity available with Origin Two Local
- Price: TBD (The Origin One retailed for around $90,000)
See the Origin Two and Origin Cure in person at the Stratasys booth (#433007) at the upcoming International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) in Chicago, September 9-14. Stratasys says the hardware is available now.
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