RS Components (RS), the trading brand of world leading Electrocomponents plc (LSE:ECM), a global distributor for engineers, has begun to distribute a range of 3D printing and 3D scanning technologies from one of the largest additive manufacturing technologies producers, 3D Systems. The design and manufacturing products now distributed by RS include the company’s desktop 3D printer range, 3D printing materials as well as cloud sourced on-demand custom parts.
The range of 3D Systems products now stocked by RS in South East Asia and P.R.China include the second-generation Cube desktop 3D printer, CubeX 3D printer and the Sense three dimensional scanner. 3D System’s third gen Cube 3 and CubePro 3D printers are also available from RS by pre-order, for delivery from July 2014.
The Cube 3 and CubePro offer multiple colours and multiple materials in a single print and have high resolution settings of 70-micron layers. The printers score on the connectivity front with on-the-go printing via a smartphone app to be released by 3D Systems when the printers begin shipment.
Electrocomponents plc has operations in thirty-two countries across the world, and offers around half a million products through the internet, catalogues and trade counters. The company’s products are sourced from some two and a half thousand suppliers, and include electrical, semiconductors, electromechanical, automation and control, test and measurement, tools and consumables.
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