Reichert: Software-driven parallel printer clusters will enable printing large complex parts
Tom Reichert · a16z Podcast | The Next Phase of 3D Printing · Jan 2, 2019 · at 14:42
Tom Rikert of Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) discusses technical solutions to overcome physical size limitations in additive manufacturing.
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“It may be the case that you'll have a cluster of three D printers and you'll have software that farms out the, you know, big complex part into many printers and they'll all work in parallel and kind of proceed to output pieces and they'll be reassembled. So that, that could be a viable way to tackle some of those challenges.”
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