MTC installs HP’s latest 3D printer

The Coventry-based centre has added the new HP Jet Fusion 4200 to its extensive additive manufacturing armoury, which has been supplied by Europac 3D.

The printer will be housed in the MTC’s National Centre for Additive Manufacturing, which recently agreed a partnership to be the benchmarking centre for the European Space Agency.

HP’s new kit will transform 3D printing as it claims it can deliver components up to 10 times faster than current processes, improve print quality and do so at half the cost.

To showcase the speed, accuracy and quality of the printer, the MTC and Europac 3D staged an open day on 13 July.

Says Chris Ryall, operations manager of additive manufacturing at the MTC: “It’s evident that the new HP Jet Fusion machines are set to revolutionise the 3D printing marketplace and bring real benefits to users. By housing one of the printers here at the National Centre we are able to open the use of it to industry, allowing them to explore and test the latest technologies and see what benefits 3D printing may be able to offer their operations.”

Europac 3D managing director John Beckett added: “We could think of no better place to install the first machine than at the MTC, as it is at the forefront of manufacturing technology and provides an ideal location for organisations to see the machines and examine how they can be applied to reduce costs or improve production speeds.”