Double 11! ELEGOO Helps LCD Stereo 3D Printer Break Down

In April this year, He, the famous UP owner of Station B, uploaded a video to introduce to netizens that among all kinds of digital products he has experienced over the years, 3D printer is his favorite one; However, it is one thing to like one code after another, and another thing to see whether it is practical or not. He thinks that the current 3D printer is difficult and useless for ordinary consumers. So, is that really the case?

Double 11! ELEGOO Helps LCD Stereo 3D Printer Break Down

In fact, it cannot be denied that many 3D printers on the market have some shortcomings that are criticized all the time. First, they are too expensive to afford; Either it is cheap, but the quality is worrying. The key to 3D printers is to print things that are fine and realistic, but the printing accuracy and speed of cheap printers are not good, which greatly reduces the user experience. The stability of some printers is not good enough, and the assembly is cumbersome, which makes people worry. It is not difficult to understand that some 3D printers on the market will persuade many ordinary users to leave.

But objectively, we have to admit that the technology of 3D printer is developing continuously. In fact, from the video of He, we can see that he mainly uses the relatively traditional FDM 3D printer. Now, the LCD light curing 3D printer is emerging in the market, and this kind of 3D printer may be expected to change the existing impression of 3D printers for enthusiasts like He.

UV curing 3D printing develops rapidly and strongly

3D printing originated in the United States. Charles Hull initially developed the UV curing technology in 1986 and established 3DSystems. Since then, after decades of development, the technology has been improved, and the sales of 3D printing related products and services have also been rising. In 2020, the scale of the world 3D printing market will be about 15.4 billion dollars, and that of China will be about 4.4 billion dollars. It is estimated that the size of the world 3D printing market is expected to reach 34.9 billion dollars in 2023.

2015-2023E Global and Chinese 3D printing market scale Source: Intelligent Research Consulting

First of all, let's understand SLA, which is called Stereolithography in full. SLA laser rapid prototyping uses a laser of specific wavelength and intensity to focus on the surface of the photo curing material, solidify it, and complete the drawing operation of one layer. Then the lift table moves the height of one layer in the vertical direction, and then solidifies another layer. This is a way to stack layers to form a 3D solid. According to the customer's sketch, CAD data or 3D data, it is converted to STL format for reprocessing. According to 3D data drawings, liquid resin is usually injected into each layer to solidify it. When one layer is processed, a cross section of the part is generated, and the solidified layer is covered with another layer of liquid resin. Then a second layer of scanning is performed. The second solidified layer is firmly bonded to the previous solidified layer. This layer by layer superposition can be made into a three-dimensional workpiece prototype in a short time. Later LCD and DLP are basically innovative technologies based on this prototype. Compared with SLA technology, LCD has changed from the original laser irradiation point to the irradiation surface, which can speed up the irradiation area in unit time, thus reducing the printing time. LCD technology is much more advanced than SLA technology.

Obvious advantages of light curing 3D printer

In FDM 3D printers, the printer resolution is a factor in nozzle size and extruder motion (X/Y axis) accuracy. The accuracy and finish of the print model are also affected by other factors: because the adhesive force between layers is low, and the weight of the upper layer may squeeze the lower layer, some problems may occur (such as warping, layer misalignment, layer displacement, and lower edge shrinkage), which will affect the accuracy and surface smoothness.

The principle of the LCD light curing 3D printer is to use the LCD imaging principle of the LCD screen. The image signal is provided by the computer program, and the selective transparent area appears on the LCD screen. Under the irradiation of the ultraviolet light source, the ultraviolet light passing through the LCD screen constitutes the ultraviolet image area, the irradiated liquid resin becomes solid, and the opaque part of the LCD screen blocks the ultraviolet light. After the curing of each layer is completed, the worktable will increase the thickness of a layer along the Z axis by a predetermined increment, and the final finished product will be formed layer by layer. LCD light curing 3D printer can produce objects of higher resolution than FDM printer, with higher precision and much smoother surface finish. In fact, in order to complete more precise details, it is the primary reason to choose an LCD light curing 3D printer.

Compared with FDM 3D printer, the price of LCD light curing 3D printer is higher, and the price of industrial light curing 3D printer is generally several hundred thousand yuan. Resin 3D printers are generally used by professional 3D printing service companies. They use UV curing 3D printers to provide high-precision model making for each industry. However, LCD light curing 3D printers for the consumer market are becoming popular, and their acceptable price and excellent quality are attracting the attention of 3D enthusiasts and ordinary users.

Nowadays, the main application fields of LCD light curing 3D printers cover games, design, IP, consumption and other industries, and they are also the favorite of different types of users such as studios, STEAM, and hand-operated products. Because the LCD light curing 3D printer has fast printing speed, high printing accuracy and superior quality. It is precisely because of the many advantages of the LCD light curing 3D printer that this type of machine is expected to break the circle and become the representative of the household desktop high-precision printer, and penetrate into more fields, especially to occupy the market share of the traditional FDM 3D printer and the desktop consumer 3D printing market.

Who is the king of the consumer 3D printing blue ocean market?

According to the relevant data report in 2021, the top 5 companies in China's 3D printing equipment market share are Liantai, Stratasys, EOS, GE and 3D Systems, with the market share of no more than 20%. The industry concentration is not high. The head companies have consumer products except 3DSystems, and the rest are industrial. Combined with the consumer market share (especially civil consumption), there is no absolute market share brand in the industry.

Rivalry in domestic consumer 3D printing market

Perhaps the domestic consumer 3D printing market is highly competitive, and the overall market space is large enough to imagine. As a well-known UV curing brand abroad, ELEGOO also officially entered the domestic market this year, especially during the Double 11 Festival.

ELEGOO is the first brand of global consumer grade UV curing 3D printing

When it comes to light curing, you can't get around ELEGOO. Why? In a word, ELEGOO is a divine presence in the overseas UV curing 3D printer market. ELEGOO is the world's first consumer grade UV curable 3D printing brand. You can understand it as the "big frontier" in the field of UV curable printers. According to the data, ELEGOO's LCD light curing printers ranked first in terms of shipping volume, sales volume of photosensitive resin consumables and product rating. The Q3 product was launched in 19 years, and the total revenue would exceed 700 million in 2021. Such a brilliant achievement has to be appreciated.