Mike Littrell's CIDEAS Inc. is known for being one of the most innovative service bureaux in the 3D printing industry. Running since 1998, there isn't a polymer-based technology that Mike isn't a dab hand with whether that is the oldest in the world in stereolithography or Carbon's newly launched CLIP technology. But all these techs have their limitations and there were some jobs Mike and his team couldn't take on.
Frustrated with this Mike and a small team at CIDEAS have developed a brand new technology, which they are claiming has an increased speed of 4x, 8, and 24x+ that of current additive manufacturing photopolymerization systems.
Paxis WAV technology
Paxis WAV technology
With a new company called Paxis LLC Mike and the team are set to announce the new technology, called WAV (Wave Applied Voxel), at RAPID + TCT, which kicks off later today.
Mike Littrell, states on the press release, “WAV’s large build area and truly unique production method is ideal for large investment casting masters, large parts and large batch builds of smaller parts built on one platform.
“WAV (pronounced wave) is a truly scalable, modular industrial additive manufacturing technology, which is expandable in both build size and speed. The attributes of the WAV process will allow resin developers to re-think material development which was hindered by the limitations of previous technologies.”
We will have more on this technology with an interview from Mike himself as RAPID kicks off, stay tuned for more.
