[rp-ml] MCor Technologies and the ArKe

[Jan Andrzejewski]

JP System 5 (adhesive paper LOM) did not last long and if other LOM
materials are included then Solidimension PVC LOM (Graphtec XD700, then
Solido SD300 Pro then 3D Systems version InVision LD) can be added to the
list.

On Mon, 10 Jun 2019 at 13:13, Terry Wohlers <tw at wohlersassociates.com>
wrote:

> 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
>
> *******
> Terry Wohlers
> Principal Consultant & President
> Wohlers Associates, Inc.
> <http://wohlersassociates.com/>
>
>
> ------ 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://www.ifp.uiuc.edu/~sdickson
>
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