Hi all
Following on from the news that the FDM machines have at last broken the $20K barrier, I was wondering if these new machines are going to get any cheaper to run. Speaking from my own experience at my University in Dublin, Ireland, we have a FDM machine which is used for student projects and some postgrad research. The initial outlay of the machine was high (€40K) some years ago, but the biggest surprise was the cost in spent cartridges, €10K a year would not be uncommon. This is a very high annual expense for any university.
Maybe there is a new machine on the horizon that will have a truly cheap running cost?
thanks
Liam MacGinley
Dublin
Ireland
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Received on Thu Jan 19 21:47:24 2006
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