Here is a comparison from tonight from the first owner of an Aluminatus between his Aluminatus and the Stratasys Dimension he has at work with favorable results >>

https://groups.google.com/d/msg/trinity … xA_j-2kzUJ

I'm pretty excited to finally be geting these machines out into the hands of users for independant validation of the print quality I have seen coming off the printers. It has been almost a year in the making but the end result is worth all the hard work.

-Ezra

In the trinity-lab google group, a tester got the first machine and that tester also has a SD2! He posted a picture of both machines side by side.  Are you here TrinityOne owner?

It's not me!

I'm following this group/product closely.  They will ship 50 printers this week, after which, the comments should start flying.  I imagine that there will be early-adopter problems, as with any new design/implementation.  One reason they are a little late is that they keep adding new features.  This can be seen as both a benefit and a problem.  My sense is that these will be fairly amazing machines, but I don't see how they will get around the main problems that we have seen here (mostly hot end issues).  What have they done, or can they do, to make the extruders more reliable?  Time will tell.

Saw these guys at maker faire. Decent group of folks! I imagine it's some real work to put those together.

http://trinitylabs.com/pages/aluminatus-overview

http://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgro … ylabs-talk

I don't think trinity labs has followed Solidoodle experience?

comments?

"Aluminatus TrinityOne 3d Printer has a very rigid, all aluminum constructed frame. The X and Y axis on the Aluminatus TrinityOne is capable of +-0.02mm repeatability and resolution per meter of travel.

With approximately 300mm x 300mm x 300mm of printable build-volume, the TrinityOne has a huge - full SQUARE FOOT of - printable space to use to turn your 3D models into reality.

    The TrinityOne combines an cartesian robot platform, with the X&Y axis custom-developed using 10 start 25mm pitch leadscrews(look ma, no belts!), SIMO™ linear actuators (manufactured by our partners, PBC Linear), and a first-of-its-kindZ axis, based on the new Glidescrew™ product from another partner, Thomson Linear robotics.

Print Bed:

The Aluminatus TrinityOne ships by default with a true Borosilicate print surface as well as a kapton heating element that allows for printing of PLA, ABS , resins and other types of plastic.

The print surface has a 290mm x 290mm 24V, 200W kapton heater installed under a 300mm x 300mm aluminum heat spreader. The entire assembly is supported by a G10 and Aluminum Y platform machined for a light-weight and rigid/aligned print platform that hardly needs to be leveled.

85% Pre-assembled Kit:

The TrinityOne ships as a kit but has been mostly pre-assembled and tested before delivery. All of the precision-aligned linear motion assemblies are prebuilt and calibrated. Firmware on your electronics is pre-installed and the PSU and Electronics as well as the wiring harness are pre-mounted to the assembled lower frame. At home what you need to do is to bolt together around 10 major components and then plug a few wires into their pre-made harness.

Extruder:

The TrinityOne comes with an extruder that uses a true planetary gear head nema17 motor with massive 334 oz-in holding torque but fast speeds of up to 118RPM. The SIMO linear stage on the X axis can maintain up to 390mm/sec speed with up to 2.4kilos of weight on the carriage.

Nozzle: 0.4mm.

Layer height: Z axis is capable of 0.025mm layer heights.

The quoted price for TrinityOne 3D printer is $2,199. Currently TrinityLabs is taking pre-order - the first 50 customers can enjoy a discount price at $1,699. And orders will be shipped by January 20, 2013."