Hangprinter
Release status: working
| Description | A RepRap using walls and ceiling as its frame
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The Hangprinter is an original RepRap design created by Torbjørn Ludvigsen (user:tobben) that is installed in a given space using the room itself as the frame. The design can also fit in a frame or under a table if one so desires. The printer has an effector that is suspended from the ceiling and moves using stationary motors with pulleys and very stiff line.
Advantages Over Traditional Designs
- Low part count.
- Huge build volume (especially height) (MegaRap).
- Space efficient. When printer is idle, it retracts itself up to the ceiling, leaving the whole room, including all desktop area, free to be used for other things.
Drawbacks Compared To Traditional Designs
- Reliability. Nothing unsolvable, but fewer engineering hours have been put into the details of this design compared to traditional ones.
- Takes up much space while printing.
Further reading
- See hangprinter.org for up to date links and information. -tobben
- https://hangprinter.org/resources/ has a list of some of the people who have built a Hangprinter.
- B&TRap
- Is Hangprinter a kind of Delta ?
