[rp-ml] MCor Technologies and the ArKe

[Terry Wohlers]

Helisys was first and Kira Corp. was second, so Mcor marks the third. 
Kira is still in business, but its paper lamination system disappeared 
years ago.

Terry

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Terry Wohlers
Principal Consultant & President
Wohlers Associates, Inc.


------ Original Message ------
From: "Sean Wise" <sean at repliforminc.com>
To: "Rapid Prototyping Mailing List" <rp-ml at rp-ml.org>
Sent: 6/10/2019 4:13:30 AM
Subject: Re: [rp-ml] MCor Technologies and the ArKe

>It may be telling that this is the second time a prominent paper based 
>technology for 3D printing has come and gone.  (LOM was the first/)  
>Paper does not stand up well to the environment.  At one point I 
>experimented with sealing MCor parts and they just won’t hold their 
>shape.
>
>
>
>Sean Wise
>
>From: Jonathan Chertok <chertok22 at gmail.com>
>Sent: Sunday, June 9, 2019 4:50 PM
>To: Rapid Prototyping Mailing List <rp-ml at rp-ml.org>
>Subject: Re: [rp-ml] MCor Technologies and the ArKe
>
>
>
>+1. i’d really love to see how they come out too!!
>
>Sent from my iPhone
>
>
>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://us.imdb.com/Name?Stewart+Dickson>
>>
>>http://www.ifp.uiuc.edu/~sdickson
>>
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