GZero expands FFF 3D printing capabilities to second location
GZero opens another location in West Chester, Ohio, to optimize the production of fiber-reinforced 3D printed parts for service bureau customers.
GZero Additive (Elsmere, Ky., U.S.), a producer of large, industrial-grade fused filament fabrication (FFF) 3D printers, announces its expansion to a second location in West Chester Township, Ohio. Founded in January 2022, GZero is a service bureau that makes parts out of a variety of thermoplastics on its machines. It also provides design and engineering services to help service bureau customers optimize their products.
GZero builds systems are offered with build volumes of 415 × 355 × 542 millimeters (16.3 × 13.9 × 21.3 inches) or 415 × 355 × 1042 millimeters (16.3 × 13.9 × 41.0 inches) which can be fitted with single or dual high-volume extruders. Its 3D printers use chopped fiber reinforced materials. According to the company, it can provide prototype or production parts at a fraction of the price of other companies.
Moreover, GZero Additive says it has developed a process that creates low-cost, reusable, 3D printed tooling for wet layup and vacuum resin infusion. In addition to reusable tooling, GZero has also developed a lost-PLA process that enables a mold to be dissolved from a wet layup or vacuum resin infusion part after curing.
The company’s new West Chester Township facility has twice the floor space. Additionally, it was able to lay out the machine assembly and part production departments to optimize production capabilities.
“The new facility is laid out to produce 10 times the number of printers,” says co-founder Michael Parks.
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