Products

Hardware

COSMOSWorks

Z Corp. 3D Printers


Z Corp. 3D Printers set the standard for fast, affordable, color 3D printing. The printers create real physical models direction from CAD and other digital data. The prototypes can be used for design review, mock-ups for form and fit testing and patterns for casting applications.


The use of prototypes allows product developers to win new business, develop better products and improve production planning.


Z Corp. 3D Printers use a powder-binder technology invented at and patented by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to create parts directly from digital data. First, the 3D Printer spreads a thin layer of powder. Second, an ink-jet print head prints a binder in the cross-section of the part being created. Next, the build piston drops down, making room for the next layer, and the process is repeated. Once the part is finished, it is surrounded and supported by loose powder, which is then shaken loose from the finished part.


Z Corporation has over 1500 customers in a range of industries including automotive, footwear, consumer products, consumer electronics, packaging and education. Customers include Sony, Fisher-Price, NASA, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Adidas, Ford, and Disney.


Z Corp. parts are used as appearance prototypes for design review and a variety of secondary applications including patterns for casting applications, mock-ups for form and fit testing and prototypes to collect market feedback. In addition, Z Corp. parts can be drilled, tapped, sanded and painted, and electroplated to replicate the look and feel of the final product.