Aleph Objects
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| Company type | Private company |
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| Industry | 3D printing, Manufacturing |
| Headquarters | Loveland, Colorado , United States |
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| Products | 3D printing hardware |
| Website | www.alephobjects.com |
Aleph Objects, Inc. is a small manufacturing company based in Colorado. Their business model focuses around the development of Open-source hardware for 3D printing with full support for Free and open-source software.
LulzBot
The company is most well known for its LulzBot 3D printer product line, which although using some extruded aluminum railing and other mass-production components still remains true to RepRap principles by having many components 3-D printable.[2]
Due to its fully open source hardware and open source software design, the LulzBot has received "Respects Your Freedom" certification from the Free Software Foundation.[3] In addition, the Lulzbot printers are often used in open-source tool chains on open source projects. For example, Superior Enzymes used a LulzBot TAZ in fabricating an open source photometer for nitrate testing.[4] Similarly, Lulzbot 3-d printers are used in projects to create low-cost prosthetic hands.[5]
Due in a large part to relative ease of maintenance and use, Lulzbot printers are one of several desktop 3-D printers have been recommended for libraries by reviewers.[6]
In its 2014 Ultimate Guide to 3D Printing special issue, Make Magazine the Lulzbot TAZ was awarded for having the "best documentation" of all the hobbyist-grade 3D printers that were tested.[7] The TAZ 5 is also rated higher than any other 3D printer on 3D Forged's list of best 3D printers.[8] On June 15, 2014, a film crew from the Canadian-produced television show How It's Made visited the company's headquarters in Loveland, Colorado. There, they filmed a segment featuring LulzBot TAZ 4 3D printer, which aired in an episode of How It's Made on The Discovery Channel in 2015[9][10]
On May 17, 2016, LulzBot released the TAZ 6, which featured such upgrades over the TAZ 5 as, automated-bed leveling, automated nozzle cleaning, and an enclosed power supply, as well as improved firmware, support for new filament materials, a better heat sink, and more. In 3DForged.com's review of the TAZ 6, Brent Hale called the TAZ 6 "the best overall 3D printer I have ever used."[11]
Other products
Aleph Object's business is focused around their line of 3D printers, as such, they also sell plastic filament, printer accessories, and replacement parts.
See also
References
- ^ a b c "The Minds Behind the Machines". AlephObjects.com. Aleph Objects, Inc. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
- ^ Pîrjan, A., & Petroşanu, D. M. (2013). The impact of 3d printing technology on the society and economy. Journal of Information Systems & Operations Management, 7(2), 360-370.
- ^ Gay, Joshua (29 Apr 2013). "Aleph Objects". fsf.org. Free Software Foundation, Inc. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
- ^ Wittbrodt BT, Squires DA, Walbeck J, Campbell E, Campbell WH, Pearce JM. (2015) Open-Source Photometric System for Enzymatic Nitrate Quantification. PLoS ONE 10(8): e0134989. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0134989
- ^ Zisimatos, A. G., Liarokapis, M. V., Mavrogiannis, C. I., Kontoudis, G. P., & Kyriakopoulos, K. J. How to Create Affordable, Modular, Light-Weight, Underactuated, Compliant Robot Hands. PDF
- ^ Griffey, J. (2014). 3-D Printers for Libraries. Library Technology Reports, 50(5), 1.
- ^ "MAKE's 3D Printer Testing Results". makezine.com. Maker Media, Inc. 8 November 2013. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
- ^ "The Best 3D Printers for 2016 | 3D Forged". 3D Forged. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
- ^ Krassenstein, Brian (13 July 2014). "Aleph Objects' LulzBot 3D Printers to be Featured on 'How It's Made' TV Show". 3dprint.com. 3DPrint.com. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
- ^ "Aleph Objects' Aleph Objects' LulzBot 3D Printers Featured on How It's Made". lulzbot.com. Aleph Objects, Inc. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
- ^ "LulzBot Taz 6 Review | 3D Forged". 3D Forged. 2016-05-17. Retrieved 2016-05-18.
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