[rp-ml] MCor Technologies and the ArKe
Jonathan Chertok
chertok22 at gmail.com
Sun Jun 9 23:50:27 EEST 2019
+1. i’d really love to see how they come out too!!
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> On Jun 9, 2019, at 3:03 PM, Stewart Dickson <mathartspd at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello, List,
>
> There has been no chatter on the RP-ML about the rumored demise of MCor Technologies,
> maker of the ArKe.
>
> There are two articles in the mainstream press that I know of:
> https://www.independent.ie/business/irish/receiver-for-3d-printing-firm-mcor-37962017.html
> Receiver for 3D printing firm Mcor by Gavin McLoughlin
> Independent Business Irish March 29 2019 2:30 AM
> https://www.fabbaloo.com/blog/2019/5/30/the-end-of-mcor-technologies
> The End Of Mcor Technologies? by Kerry Stevenson
> Fabbaloo 30 May 2019
>
> I am personally very disappointed to hear this news. And apparently, the founders, the
> MacCormacks just stepped down from leadership positions at MCor this January.
>
> Some of you might remember that I used to supply exotic STL files to the R-P vendors for you
> to show off your building skills at the trade shows.
>
> In 1999, when the Z-Corp Spectrum was announced, I jumped right in creating VRML files in
> color, some of which wound up at the trade shows as well.
>
> I actually got to run a Spectrum 500 around 2008-2009 and got to learn all of its color rendition
> quirks. There are many.
>
> By comparison with the Z-Corp Spectrum, the MCor ArKe's color reproduction looks
> spectacular -- and least, "It looked alright in the pictures" (--Lorde)
>
> I began corresponding with my local MCor ArKe reseller, Andy Grayson at RAPID SCAN 3D at
> the end of January. I haven't made it very far, presumably due to this receivership business.
>
> Here's what I have gathered from my correspondence with Andy Grayson at RAPID SCAN 3D
> and from the above articles. Apparently there were at least demonstration machines which had
> been sent to the resellers. But, by this time I contacted Andy Grayson at RAPID SCAN 3D, they
> no longer had theirs and were waiting for a new one.
>
> It looks as though the MacCormacks had taken MCor from the demonstration stage up to the point of actually going into production and full-blown commercial sales, but investment funding to get past that point had stalled.
>
> I think that is a pity. I really had plans to design objects for this machine specifically.
>
> Are there any users out there who still have MCor ArKes running?
>
> I would really like to see how my designs come out on them.
>
> Thanks and cheers,
>
> -Stewart Dickson, http://us.imdb.com/Name?Stewart+Dickson
> http://www.ifp.uiuc.edu/~sdickson
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