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Raplas will exhibit at Formnext 2026 in Frankfurt and sponsor the Formnext Defence Summit on 17 November. On its main stand it shows the PR400i fitted with the MDK+, an upgrade for its SLA range that opens the system to alternative resins.
Richard Wooldridge, CEO of Raplas Technologies, writes that most disappointing industrial additive manufacturing results come from weak process control rather than weak technology. He names three levers: matching the machine to the application, putting repeatability ahead of speed, and controlling the whole workflow. The piece also promotes the company's own SmartBuild software and PR series printers.