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# Maintenance-Free 3D Printers
The 'SafFire' 3D Printer and Laser Engraver Creates Seamless Items

By Michael Hemsworth | Published 2016-11-29 | Tech
Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/printer-and-laser
References: [geeky-gadgets](http://www.geeky-gadgets.com/saffire-desktop-3d-printer-and-laser-engraver-28-11-2016/) & [kickstarter](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1467754733/saffire-galvo-based-sla-3d-printer-and-laser-engra)

The 'SafFire' 3D printer and laser engraver is capable of producing [high-quality prints at an accelerated rate](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/eryone-thinker-x400) without the associated maintenance that's required with other printer units. The printer features a modular top-down tool capability that allows for unparalleled printing quality that will enable [exceptionally detailed items](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/precise-3d-printer) to be produced. What's more, the [laser engraving tool](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/aipowered-portable-laser-engraver) will help to create sharply defined items.

The 'SafFire' 3D printer and laser engraver also features a quick manufacturing design that's capable of creating small items in mere minutes. Naturally, this varies depending on the scale and detail of the job at hand.

The 'SafFire' 3D printer can be used for a wide array of different jobs and projects to create items to one's exact specifications.

## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter)

- Score: 2.5/10
- Popularity: 34% | Activity: 33% | Freshness: 8%
- Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women
- Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X
- Top markets: North America

## Categories

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## Key Themes

### What's Driving This Trend

- **Maintenance-free 3D Printing:** Disruptive innovation opportunity to develop other 3D printing technologies that require less maintenance and produce high-quality prints.
- **Modular Top-down Tool Capability:** Disruptive innovation opportunity to integrate modular top-down tool capability in other manufacturing tools for unparalleled printing quality.
- **Quick Manufacturing Design:** Disruptive innovation opportunity to develop other manufacturing tools that are capable of creating small items quickly and accurately.

### Who This Affects Most

- **3D Printing:** Companies in the 3D printing industry can utilize the maintenance-free and modular top-down tool capability of the SafFire printer as a model for future innovation.
- **Manufacturing:** The quick manufacturing design of the SafFire printer can inspire disruptive innovation opportunities within the manufacturing industry to develop other tools capable of creating small items in mere minutes.
- **Laser Engraving:** The SafFire printer's laser engraving tool can spur disruptive innovation within the laser engraving industry, as companies may seek to develop similar sharp and finely detailed items.

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