Founded by Ian Yang, light-producer Gantri is a hotbed for innovation. They’re well-known for 3D-printing their products using sustainable materials—corn-derived bioplastics included—and offer designers the opportunity to submit original designs, producers insight into how to self-manage most of their supply chain, and material engineers plenty of competition.

 

They’ve done all of this on outsourced printers, but they company is now spearheading a project to bring their own 3D printer to life.

 

Today, they announce its arrival: Dancer, “the world’s first commercial multi- gantry cylindrical 3D printer.” (In this instance, a gantry is the supportive frame structure for the printer.) “Gantri’s mission is to empower designers to create by using advanced technologies,” Gantri CTO Christianna Taylor tells us. “Our goal is to push for the adoption of digital manufacturing as a viable alternative to today’s industrial manufacturing system in producing high-quality, consumer-grade products. Dancer is the first 3D printer […]

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