{"id":1923,"date":"2020-08-26T14:07:37","date_gmt":"2020-08-26T12:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chemets.si\/the-largest-3d-printer-printed-an-one-off-geometric-ball\/"},"modified":"2020-11-02T13:43:24","modified_gmt":"2020-11-02T12:43:24","slug":"the-largest-3d-printer-printed-an-one-off-geometric-ball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chemets.si\/en\/blog\/the-largest-3d-printer-printed-an-one-off-geometric-ball\/","title":{"rendered":"The largest 3D printer printed an one-off \u2018geometric ball\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1923\" class=\"elementor elementor-1923 elementor-1382\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1e04ea3a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1e04ea3a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1aec4041\" data-id=\"1aec4041\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-432c5382 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"432c5382\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.8.1 - 13-11-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<h2>A one-off \u2018geometric ball\u2019 created by the largest 3D printer in the world for casting metals<\/h2>\n<h3>Voxeljet created a 4 metre high aluminium sculpture with their VX4000 3D printer.<\/h3>\n<p>The ball is almost four metres high and has a complex and intertwined geometric shape: The \u2018geometric ball\u2019 is a one-off work of art, which from June 2018 onwards has decorated the roundabout at the entrance of the industrial zone of Friedberg (Bavaria).<\/p>\n<p>Voxeljet, producer of industrial 3D printers, with the VX4000, one of its largest printers, printed sand moulds and cores for the metal ball in an impressive size, 3.2&#215;3 &amp; 5&#215;4 metres. It is made up of eight triple knots, six quadruple knots and 24 connecting handles. The complex construction, as such, forms a geometrically never-ending mesh-like object.<\/p>\n<p>The design was made by Bathsheb, an American artist, who used CAD software to design the modern art piece.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f1176e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1f1176e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.8.1 - 13-11-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"668\" src=\"https:\/\/chemets.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/csm_Schlingenball_schweissen_voxeljet_web_9ba0862398.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"3d natisnjena \u017eoga s tiskalnikom voxeljet\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chemets.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/csm_Schlingenball_schweissen_voxeljet_web_9ba0862398.jpg 800w, https:\/\/chemets.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/csm_Schlingenball_schweissen_voxeljet_web_9ba0862398-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chemets.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/csm_Schlingenball_schweissen_voxeljet_web_9ba0862398-768x641.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39e7f67f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"39e7f67f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>An impressive work of art step-by-step<\/h2>\n<p>The making of the ball took place in three steps.<\/p>\n<p>In the first stage, the artist\u2019s CAD model was used for a digital tracing of the models and cores, so as to be suitable for sand casting.<\/p>\n<p>In the second stage, 3D printing the upper and lower models followed as well as the cores out of foundry sand and furan resin, which are used in the casting of metals.<\/p>\n<p>The entire printing took approximately 58 hours. After printing, the moulds and cores were cleaned of excess sand, so that they would be suitable for the casting of aluminium.<\/p>\n<p>In the third stage, delivery of it went to the foundry Kunstgie\u00dferei Kollinger GmbH in Elchingen close to Ulm, where the individual parts were assembled in such a way that, on the basis of gravitational casting, the alloy 226 (AlSi9Cu3) was poured into the ball, which now decorates the roundabout close to the Voxeljet Ag headquarters.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the study done on the case via this link:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.voxeljet.com\/industries\/foundries\/the-sling-ball-unique-artwork-with-3d-printing\/?fbclid=IwAR25BaEmd27UnFgA5HO4-NT3qOXVOBgi5iqMW2CoYfAAfB6m-VS7L1A2DR0\"> https:\/\/goo.gl\/eLRMxJ<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47c70a3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"47c70a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"659\" src=\"https:\/\/chemets.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/csm_Schlingenball_gestrahlt_voxeljet_web_9851c11144.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"kon\u010dni izdelek 3d krogla\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chemets.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/csm_Schlingenball_gestrahlt_voxeljet_web_9851c11144.jpg 800w, https:\/\/chemets.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/csm_Schlingenball_gestrahlt_voxeljet_web_9851c11144-300x247.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chemets.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/csm_Schlingenball_gestrahlt_voxeljet_web_9851c11144-768x633.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-278e8e95 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"278e8e95\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.8.1 - 13-11-2022 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">For more about the use of 3D technologies and materials in the field of architecture and the building industry, click on the button below. <\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-587d052e elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"587d052e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/chemets.si\/panoge\/arhitektura-in-gradbenistvo\/\" class=\"elementor-button-link elementor-button elementor-size-sm\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">See more<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A one-off \u2018geometric ball\u2019 created by the largest 3D printer in the world for casting metals Voxeljet created a 4 metre high aluminium sculpture with their VX4000 3D printer. 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