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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波兰Pirx3D因无法实现全彩FDM 3D打印而停产

Pirx3D关闭因无法创建全彩色FDM 3D打印机
全彩色3D打印在FDM技术是圣杯的3D打印机制造商在全球各地。许多人都尝试过;不幸的是，没有一个当宣布他们在这个问题上开始工作取得任何超过成名象征分钟。我们都听说了臭名昭著的botObjects，谁试图说服3D打印社区，他们是有能力的3D打印全彩色自己的机器上，而呈现出的模型，看起来像是从一些3D建模软件渲染。当他们的3D打印机最终进入市场，事实证明，它可以在短短的几个颜色单独打印。 botObjects彻底失败了，但不知何故，在2015年一月一家波兰公司是试图建立一个全彩色FDM 3D打印机，Pirx3D被收购的三维系统最终幸存下来骂名，并没有这样的运气。今年五月，该公司暂停了生产运营，目前仅集中销往最新的3D打印机提供的保修服务。

Pirx3D打波兰的3D印刷市场在2013年的秋天用很便宜的，但可靠的3D打印机简单地称为零PIRx。它由木头制成，当时售价低于$ 700元。在当时，这是波兰市场上最廉价的组装3D打印机，它吸引了数百家客户的极大兴趣。

但Pirx3D有更高的野心。该公司从来不想被看作是低成本的3D打印机的创造者，但伟大的创新者。不久，他们获得了大的，可靠的投资者，谁帮助他们专注于研发。首先，Pirx3D展示了他们的设备的完全新的，更大和钢版，称为零PIRx之一。但是，这只是意味着是什么来的味道 - 的第一FDM3D打印机是应该的3D打印全彩色。

他们的技术细节从未被公布，但是从我所知，这是完全不同的工艺比使用botObjects之一。 Pirx3D获得很多关注3D打印世界各地的传媒，但仅此而已发生过关于全彩三维打印。不过，该公司确保市民，一切都在正确的道路上，并且进展不断。

突然之间，在2015年5月，我意外地了解到，Pirx3D完全停止生产的3D打印机，并且将只为自己已售出，标准的3D打印机履行保修服务。伟大的大冒险称为全彩FDM 3D打印停止了大幅提升。

我联系了公司CEO彼得·Lipert更多细节，他告诉我，他们决定退出，因为他们无法按时完成预期的目标。而且，即使他们已与农行数据大分销协议（最大的IT分销商在欧洲的一个），他们放弃制造业务，不想只不过是数百人之间只是另一种的RepRap制造商。我们一致认为，我不会在那个时候公布的信息，给予公司一定的时间组织起来，在涉及他们的新生活。现在，我已经得到许可，并有告知世界了解它的悲伤特权。

Pirx3D是致命的比赛的FDM 3D打印圣杯的另一个牺牲品。全彩色印刷FDM听起来惊人，但到了今天，没有人做到了这一点，并且迟早，他们经常在他们的尝试都失败草草收场。任何人，除了3D Systems公司将不得不面对这一挑战的勇气？他们会生存下去呢？我们希望如此......

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