Origin and its open additive manufacturing platform

Origin is a young Californian startup founded in 2015 that successfully raised $ 10 million to develop its approach called Open Additive Production. This is a new manufacturing method based on open materials, expandable software and modular hardware, with the aim of meeting the demand for better quality materials and the customisation required by the manufacturing partners who wish to do so. In simple terms a mass production 3D printing technology. The US startup has taken the opportunity to announce a new partnership with BASF.

In the additive manufacturing sector, there may be closed solutions with materials only available from the manufacturer of the machine in question. This can be blocking some users who want to go further in their application cases; At the moment, we can see that the demand for more technical materials is growing. To meet this challenge, Start has created its platform, an open ecosystem that offers new custom-made materials.

Origin is today working with a light-curing printing technology. Available materials include high resilience elastomers, heat resistant polymers, and biocompatible formulations. Its broad network of partners allows the platform to expand its range of materials. In addition, Origin specifies that its system offers a high printing speed but above all a more efficient post-processing; it takes 2 to 3 minutes in a steep bath and then exposure to light for 5 to 10 minutes at additional wavelengths.