A quiet announcement from Roboze may be more significant than it appears.
The Italian company manufactures high-temperature 3D printers for industry. The niche they specialize in is replacing metal parts with polymer parts. This is enabled by strong engineering materials, such as ULTEM or PEEK, which can be printed at high temperatures in their equipment. Their equipment usually features large build volumes as well, making it possible to produce larger functional parts.
Their most recent announcement described a renewal of an agreement with the Visa Cash App RB Formula One Team. This F1 team has been experimenting with 3D-printed high-performance parts for their cars for the past few years.
F1 is a fascinating application of 3D printing, as the technology fits very well: low volumes of unusual parts are routinely produced. Several F1 teams make use of 3D printing to produce strong and lightweight parts to improve their team’s performance.
Visa Cash App RB Formula One Team CEO Peter Bayer explained:
“We are thrilled to announce the renewal of our partnership with Roboze. The integration of Roboze’s technology has transformed our approach to producing critical components, enabling us to achieve an optimal balance between efficiency and performance. At VCARB, we are constantly pushing the boundaries of innovation, and working with Roboze allows us to continue integrating cutting-edge materials and precision engineering into our development process.”
Why is this interesting? Isn’t this just another sale? It is a sale, to be sure, but this is a decision by a customer that was experimenting with the technology. They could have easily decided not to renew had their experiments not worked out as planned.
But they did renew, suggesting they are receiving good value from their Roboze experiment and wished to keep it going.
At Fabbaloo, we see plenty of press releases announcing a new “trial” by a prominent customer. It’s rare that you see a renewal of this type.
Often trials end silently, and it’s only discovered much later that things didn’t work out, and the technology was discontinued by the customer.
That’s definitely not the case here, as it seems that VCARB is continuing on with Roboze technology.
Via Roboze
