How the technology works
From Digital Design to Distributed Production.
Six stages, from a digital request to a physical object in the hands of a printer owner. Select a stage. The status says whether that stage has been tested, is still being built, or is planned.
In development
01 — A digital manufacturing request is created.
Someone describes the object to be made, and the software opens a job. A test request has been created in the laboratory software. HOLK TECH does not publish customers, order volumes or countries.
Concept illustration of an engineering component. Not a screenshot of a private production screen.
Tested in the laboratory
02 — Software analyzes the requirements and prepares production data.
The model is prepared with OrcaSlicer for the X1 Carbon profile used in the test. The laboratory preparation that was transferred used PLA Basic, a 0.4 mm nozzle and a Textured PEI plate. A result that does not match the requested settings is discarded. Not every geometry has been qualified.
Concept illustration of preparation. Not a screenshot from the laboratory software.
In development
03 — Available manufacturing capacity is identified.
The tested capacity is the laboratory X1 Carbon, addressed through the software and the Connect design. Identifying a pool of independent printers in different places is the purpose of the architecture. Those other places on the map are illustrative. A worldwide production network is not in operation.
Concept illustration of several printers. Not a HOLK TECH facility and not an operating network.
Partly tested
04 — The selected printer receives an authorized production job.
Authorization is separate from file delivery. The laboratory file was transferred to the X1 Carbon and the checksum matched. The start command was not sent. Being paired, or being online, is not itself permission to print.
Reference photograph of a Bambu Lab X1 Carbon by Benlisquare, CC BY-SA 4.0, scaled for the web. Not the HOLK TECH workshop.
In development
05 — Production is monitored through connected systems.
The Connect service defines fresh heartbeats and printer reports, and it treats a stale report as offline. Watching a print from start to finish has not been verified, because a platform-started print has not been run. No private console is shown here.
Licensed photograph of a printer at work by Shixart1985, CC BY 2.0, scaled for the web. Not a HOLK TECH telemetry screen.
Planned
06 — The finished object is completed and handled by the printer owner.
The physical part remains with the person who owns the printer. Completion confirmation and any later handover are planned. HOLK TECH does not operate a delivery network, and no finished production run is claimed.
Concept illustration of a finished part. Completion and handover are planned, not an operating delivery service.