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#3Dstartup: dp polar develops AM system with continuously rotating platform
Based in Germany, our startup for June is dp polar! The company has developed the first industrial 3D printer with a rotating printing build plate. Instead of having a print head that moves to deposit the material layer by layer,…
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Based in Germany, our startup for June is dp polar! The company has developed the first industrial 3D printer with a rotating printing build plate. Instead of having a print head that moves to deposit the material layer by layer, the build plate rotates around it, offering greater productivity and above all, high repeatability. Called AMpolar® i2, the machine is also capable of combining several materials at the same time, thus multiplying the possibilities and final properties of the end part. We met with Florian Löbermann, Managing Director of dp polar, to learn more about this automated industrial production system and the future developments of the start-up.
3DN: Can you introduce dp polar and its link with 3D printing?
At dp polar, we have developed the world’s first AM system with a continuously rotating print platform – Made in Germany. Our patented system combines unparalleled productivity with high precision and thus paves the way from rapid prototyping to industrial series production. We are convinced that just having a productive printing system is not enough. The current lack of material properties is definitely hampering the adoption of 3D printing for industrial applications. Therefore, we are partnering with leading chemicals companies to develop materials for our AM system that can deliver large quantities of high-performance parts.
The dp polar team
3DN: How and when was the company launched?
dp polar was founded in 2014 by a successful serial entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience in digital printing for the pharmaceutical packaging industry. While digital printing is now mainstream for industrial production in the graphical industry, 3D printing is still mainly used for rapid prototyping applications or small production batches, because existing technologies lack productivity, cannot be easily automated, are not scalable and ultimately do not deliver the cost-per part required for large scale industrial production. This motivated us to develop a technology platform addressing all these issues and thus paving the way from rapid prototyping to automated industrial series production.
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