FOC Explores 3D Paper Printing

We've written a few times about the amazing paper 3D printer from MCOR, which uses common A4 paper as it's build material. Now we see it being used by a professional design firm: Freedom Of Creation.

They've been experimenting with the device and produced the iPhone cover shown above. As you can see, they slipped in a stack of rainbow-colored paper into the MCOR's input hopper, resulting the multicoloured iPhone cover. With paper printing, the object can be colored before it's even made!

Some comments from FOC on this technology:

What is intriguing about printing in paper is that the process itself is fairly simple, its about stacking layers of paper and removing what you don’t need.

It’s the greenest and most low-cost technology for 3D printing, therefore Freedom Of Creations’ Imagineering department is researching possible applications ranging from collection products to scale models and promotional material for clients.

It sounds like they'll be making good use of the technology in coming months. Can we have that in green?

Via Freedom Of Creation

Comments

[Hannah]

So this is just many layers of paper instead of poly-jet material being used to make the 3d objects? This looks very cool, but I don't understand how it is environmentally more cognizant than what other http://www.objet.com/3D-Printer/Alaris30/" rel="nofollow">3d printers do if it is only utilizing pieces of a sheet of paper..

[jaques]

That's so nice ! I work at paper shredding services fort lauderdale and i would hate to shred such a piece of paper, although it's recycling what we are doing here. Cheers.

[Jim]

Now days just about anything can be shredded or recycled. If you try to recycle one of these covers, contact your local recycler to make sure they will take it.