M O N I T O R I N G P R I N T S W I T H C O M P U T E R V I S I O N

@ A U T H E N T I S E

K A R L A L O P E Z

• co-founder @ AUTHENTISE

• product management background

• grew up on an injection moulding shop

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D I S T R I B U T E D M A N U FA C T U R I N G

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I N T E L L E C T U A L P R O P E R T Y ?

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D I S T R I B U T E D M A N U FA C T U R I N G

• IP

• Quality assurance

• Liability

• …

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D E S K T O P P R I N T E R ST O D A Y

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PAT E N T S E X P I R I N G

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• CHEAPER

• BETTER

• FASTER

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P I E R R E D E L I S L E

• Quebec, Canada

• Custom musical equipment

• Bass wire on a guitar fixed with 3D printed ends

M I D 2 M AT T E R

• San Leandro, CA

• FDM printer farm

• Can cast anything

M I N D - 2 - M AT T E R . C O M

L O W V O L U M E M A N U FA C T U R I N G

T Y P E A M A C H I N E S

J E R R Y L A P O R E

• Alexandria, VA

• Personalized Roofs wraps for Mini Cooper

• Grill wraps for Jeeps

• Jeep Web Shade Balls

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N O A H H O R N B E R G E R

• Howell, MI

E T S Y. C O M / S H O P / M E S H C L O U D

P R I N T M E N E E R

• Rotterdam, Netherlands

• "3D print only" product company

• First page on Easy

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R E A L I T Y C H E C K

H O T M E S S 3 D . C O M / A B O U T- 3 D - P R I N T I N G

– E V E R Y P R I N T E R O W N E R O N E A R T H

“The longer it takes to print, the more chances are that a failure happens at some point in the

process...”

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– A U T O D E S K S V P J E F F K O W A L S K I

“Why are so many 3D printers transparent? So you can watch your print fail.”

P W C R E P O R T F U T U R E O F 3 D P 2 0 1 4

Major challenges the industry must overcome:

1. The Speed Problem

2. The Material Problem

3. The Finished Product Problem

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3 D P R I N T S T O R E

T H E 3 D P R I N T I N G S T O R E . C O M

- Denver, CO

- 10 printers on HQ

- 15 on network

- Print in ABS/PLA, NYLON, powder based full-color, resin… 

- Average 50-100 hrs of printing. 

H O W D O W E G E T T H I S S TA R T E D ?

H O W C A N W E M A K E I T S M A R T E R ?

D R I V I N G P R I N T E R S F R O M T H E C L O U D

H O W C A N W E G E T M O R E F E E B A C K ?

S T O P ?

C O M P U T E R V I S I O N

LESS downtime

LESS material loss

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S O M U C H T O D O !

- Thermal cameras

- Track the nozzle

- Multiple cameras, different angles

- Multiple controlled light sources

- Audio

- Bed level detection

D ATA ! D ATA ! D ATA !

D ATA ! N O M N O M N O M

C L O S E T H E L O O P !

M A K E 3 D P R I N T I N G G R E AT !

K A R L A @ A U T H E N T I S E . C O M

Thank you!