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UMass Amherst Opens Large-Scale MakerBot Innovation Center

By Sudarshana Banerjee

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UMass Amherst is teaming up with MakerBot to deploy a large-scale 3D printing Innovation Center in New England, the first ever at a university library, according to the 3D printing company.

The innovation center includes 50 Replicator 3D printers, 35 Replicator Desktop 3D Printers, five Replicator Z18 3D Printers, five Replicator 2X Experimental Desktop 3D Printers and five Replicator Mini Compact 3D Printers), as well as desktop 3D scanners, and software that links the printers together.

[Image courtesy: UMass Amherst]

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