New additive manufacturing technology – designed and manufactured in the UK – was launched at TCT 3Sixty earlier this month.LANDR, which spun out of fast-growing RYSE 3D, is looking to unlock engineering-grade technology and materials for SMEs, disruptors and entrepreneurs with the arrival of LANDR 500.

Featuring a 500x500x500mm build volume, the large-format FDM printer gives users the scope to build larger and more complex parts suited to rapid prototyping and volume production for end-use in the automotive, aerospace, healthcare and consumer sectors.

The machine is the brainchild of Mitchell Barnes, who recognised the need for a cost-effective 3D printer that delivered high power and flexible capability. At £11,398.80 including VAT, LANDR says its nearest competitor is 10 times the cost, three times the weight and twice the size, making it difficult to fit into shop-floor operations.Nearly £200,000 of pre-orders are already in the pipeline and LANDR used the TCT 3Sixty event to give potential customers the opportunity to register their interest.

“I was frustrated with what I was seeing in the marketplace, especially the lack of options that were within financial reach,” says Barnes.“Like most difficult things I encounter in life, there’s no choice but to take them head-on and develop innovative solutions from scratch.

Over the course of the next 12 months, the team has designed, tested and built LANDR 500, a 3D printer that will support a wide range of engineering-grade materials.”

He adds: “We are successfully using 10 printers at our sister business RYSE 3D. With 30,000+ hours of use so far, there’s no better testing ground than a company supplying parts to 18 of the world’s hypercars.”

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