Pirx3D Shuts Down Due to Inability to Create Full-Color FDM 3D Printer

Full color 3D printing in FDM technology is the Holy Grail for 3D printers manufacturers around the globe. Many have tried; unfortunately, none has achieved anything more than a symbolic minute of fame when announcing the start of their work on this matter. We all heard about the infamous botObjects, who tried to convince the 3D printing community that they were capable of 3D print in full color on their machines, while showing models that looked like renders from some 3D modeling software. When their 3D printer eventually entered the market, it turned out that it could print in just a handful of colors separately. botObjects failed completely, but somehow survived ultimate infamy by being bought by 3D Systems in January 2015. A Polish company that tried to create a full-color FDM 3D printer, Pirx3D, didn’t have such luck. In May, the company suspended its manufacturing operations and now focuses only on providing warranty services to their 3D printers sold to date.

Pirx3D hit the Polish 3D printing market in Autumn of 2013 with a very cheap, but reliable 3D printer simply called the Pirx. It was made from wood and was priced below $700. At the time of, it was the cheapest assembled 3D printer on the Polish market and it attracted great interest among hundreds of customers.

But Pirx3D had much higher ambitions. The company never wanted to be seen as creators of low-cost 3D printers, but great innovators. Soon, they acquired a big and reliable investor, who helped them focus on R&D. First, Pirx3D showed completely new, bigger and steel version of their device, called the Pirx One. But this was just meant to be a taste of what was to come – the very first FDM 3D printer that was supposed to 3D print in full color.

Details of their technology were never released, but from my knowledge, it was completely different process than the one used by botObjects. Pirx3D gained much attention from 3D printing media worldwide, but nothing more ever happened in relation to full color 3D printing. However, the company ensured the public that everything was on the right path, and that progress was unceasing.

All of the sudden, in May 2015, I accidentally learned that Pirx3D stopped manufacturing their 3D printers altogether, and will only perform warranty services for their already sold, standard 3D printers. The Great Big Adventure called Full Color FDM 3D Printing stopped dramatically.

I contacted company CEO Piotr Lipert for more details, and he informed me that they decided to quit because they were unable to finish the desired goal on time. And, even though they signed a big distribution deal with ABC Data (one of the biggest IT distributors in Europe), they abandoned the manufacturing business, not wanting to be nothing more than just another RepRap manufacturer among hundreds of others. We agreed that I wouldn’t publish the information at that time, giving the company some time to organize themselves in concerning their new situation. Now, I have received permission and have the sad privilege of informing the world about it.

Pirx3D is another fallen victim in the deadly race for the Holy Grail of FDM 3D printing. Full color FDM printing sounds amazing, but, to this day, no one has achieved it and, sooner or later, they often fail miserably in their attempts. Will anyone else except 3D Systems have the courage to to face this challenge? Will they survive it? We hope so…

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波蘭Pirx3D因無法實現全彩FDM 3D打印而停産

Pirx3D關閉因無法創建全彩色FDM 3D打印機
全彩色3D打印在FDM技術是聖盃的3D打印機製造商在全球各地。許多人都嘗試過;不幸的是，冇有一個當宣佈他們在這個問題上開始工作取得任何超過成名象徵分鍾。我們都聽說了臭名昭著的botObjects，誰試圖說服3D打印社區，他們是有能力的3D打印全彩色自己的機器上，而呈現出的模型，看起來像是從一些3D建模軟件渲染。當他們的3D打印機最終進入市場，事實證明，它可以在短短的幾個顔色單獨打印。 botObjects徹底失敗了，但不知何故，在2015年一月一家波蘭公司是試圖建立一個全彩色FDM 3D打印機，Pirx3D被收購的三維係統最終幸存下來罵名，並冇有這樣的運氣。今年五月，該公司暫停了生産運營，目前僅集中銷往最新的3D打印機提供的保修服務。

Pirx3D打波蘭的3D印刷市場在2013年的秋天用很便宜的，但可靠的3D打印機簡單地稱為零PIRx。它由木頭製成，當時售價低於$ 700元。在當時，這是波蘭市場上最廉價的組裝3D打印機，它吸引了數百家客戶的極大興趣。

但Pirx3D有更高的野心。該公司從來不想被看作是低成本的3D打印機的創造者，但偉大的創新者。不久，他們獲得了大的，可靠的投資者，誰幫助他們專註於研發。首先，Pirx3D展示了他們的設備的完全新的，更大和鋼版，稱為零PIRx之一。但是，這隻是意味著是什麼來的味道 - 的第一FDM3D打印機是應該的3D打印全彩色。

他們的技術細節從未被公佈，但是從我所知，這是完全不同的工藝比使用botObjects之一。 Pirx3D獲得很多關註3D打印世界各地的傳媒，但僅此而已發生過關於全彩三維打印。不過，該公司確保市民，一切都在正確的道路上，並且進展不斷。

突然之間，在2015年5月，我意外地了解到，Pirx3D完全停止生産的3D打印機，並且將隻為自己已售出，標準的3D打印機履行保修服務。偉大的大冒險稱為全彩FDM 3D打印停止了大幅提升。

我聯係了公司CEO彼得·Lipert更多細節，他告訴我，他們決定退出，因為他們無法按時完成預期的目標。而且，即使他們已與農行數據大分銷協議（最大的IT分銷商在歐洲的一個），他們放棄製造業務，不想隻不過是數百人之間隻是另一種的RepRap製造商。我們一緻認為，我不會在那個時候公佈的信息，給予公司一定的時間組織起來，在涉及他們的新生活。現在，我已經得到許可，並有告知世界了解它的悲傷特權。

Pirx3D是緻命的比賽的FDM 3D打印聖盃的另一個犧牲品。全彩色印刷FDM聽起來驚人，但到了今天，冇有人做到了這一點，並且遲早，他們經常在他們的嘗試都失敗草草收場。任何人，除了3D Systems公司將不得不麵對這一挑戰的勇氣？他們會生存下去呢？我們希望如此......

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