Prusa opens Mideast 3D printing farm

The Czech company Prusa Research started out in 2012 as a one-man shop run by hobbyist, maker, and inventor Josef Prusa. Since then, Prusa has become one of the best-known people in the 3D printing industry.

Today, the company operates 600 3D printers at its print farm in Prague. They churn out plastic parts 24/7.

Recently, according to a blog Prusa wrote, the company opened an automated 3D print farm in Dubai. It incorporates 34 CoreXY Original Prusa 3D printers, internally developed farm management software, and automatic collecting and delivery systems.

To make the print farm space-efficient, Prusa wrote, “we decided to use a cube-shaped frame so the entire farm is similar to a computer server rack with hot-swapping capabilities. When a printer needs to be serviced, you just slide it out and put a new one in its place.”

He added that the company has long wanted to automate its printing operation, but there hasn’t been an opportunity to do so. This changed about three years ago. Prusa Research was asked to represent Czechia at Dubai’s EXPO 2020—provided that it had something “next-gen” to show.

“It was the right opportunity to dive headfirst into our plans for our new 3D printing farm,” wrote Prusa. “We started assembling a new team, and the work kicked off. Now, we can finally show the result.”

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