[rp-ml] MCor Technologies and the ArKe

[Terry Wohlers]

Good point, Jan. The AM industry has seen many casualties of lamination 
systems.

Cheers,

Terry


------ Original Message ------
From: "Jan Andrzejewski" <taikojan at gmail.com>
To: "Rapid Prototyping Mailing List" <rp-ml at rp-ml.org>
Sent: 6/11/2019 12:53:48 PM
Subject: Re: [rp-ml] MCor Technologies and the ArKe

>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://us.imdb.com/Name?Stewart+Dickson>
>>>>
>>>>http://www.ifp.uiuc.edu/~sdickson
>>>>
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