Since July 2019, the internationally renowned Canadian Cirque du Soleil has been the only resident show in Asia since “X the Land of Fantasy” and “X Fantasy Land” were staged at the Xintiandi Sun Theater in Hangzhou. It has continued to receive rave reviews and received enthusiastic responses. !This article will decipher the part of the Guangzhou Xingyou United Cirque du Soleil dance team3D printingTechnical application details!
“X Fantasy Realm” is a visual feast that has the most creative staff, the highest production cost, and the largest lineup among all Cirque du Soleil performances. No matter from the stage design to the overall set construction, the cleverly switched sets, large stereo projection and other special effects combinations make the whole scene illusory and ethereal like a fairyland. With the superb artistic expression of the performers, it can be called the pinnacle of global circus performances.
And the core prop of this stage is this 420-square-meter “forest”, where shocking performance effects and superb scrolls are slowly unfolding on this forest. In the manufacture and construction of stage sets, the challenge faced by the Canadian set set team is that in the past, stage props were basically statically displayed without any contact with the actors. This type of application is either cost-saving SLA or other additive and subtractive technologies. Just complete the construction of the props model. There are not too many requirements for materials, but the soul of Cirque du Soleil is the acrobatic performance in motion. The actors and the props interact and rub or even collide. This requires the props to have excellent material properties and production splicing. Skill!
Cirque du Soleil professional acrobats are interspersed in the props and scenes. At the same time, they need the “forest branches” to be durable and light, which is convenient for the set personnel to carry and assemble to quickly transform the performance scene. the most important is,3D printingThe stage props must be able to withstand the collision and friction with the performer, and at the same time need enough tension and toughness to face the rapid impact, so that the actors can3D printingAccomplish the acrobatic performance in the props. The challenge to the quality of the props has turned into the technical requirements for molding materials and larger molding sizes to reduce splicing.
Regarding the selection of suppliers of stage beauty and props, Cirque du Soleil commissioned three service providers of different technical types to respond to the project, with the delivery of the longest 3.7-meter “branch” as the basis for technical evaluation. Guangzhou Xingyou Technology ( The test sample provided by Xingyou Manufacturing Co., Ltd. unanimously passed the unanimous approval of the Canadian seven-member technical evaluation team and was determined to be the only supplier of stage and props for the entire theater!
Guangzhou Xingyou Technology has focused on 3D printing solutions for 12 years, meeting customers’ needs for the entire process of “from design verification to on-demand manufacturing”. It owns the largest Stratasys print manufacturing delivery center in the Asia-Pacific region, equipped with more than 50 Stratasys industrial-grade 3D printers.
In order to restore the designer’s original design as much as possible when building, Xingyou Technology decided to use Stratasys Fortus 900mc to print to achieve stage props and reduce stitching. The root of “Forest” is sturdy, using Stratasys’ high-stiffness FDM Nylon 12cf (nylon 12 plus 35% filament carbon fiber) material for printing, with a molding length of 990mm. This composite material completely replaces aluminum alloy materials, which is light and strong. , Suitable for high-performance parts that are resistant to abrasion, impact and light weight.
The “forest branches” in the upper middle part need to be strong and flexible at the same time. The shape is excellent and the PC-ABS thermoplastic material with excellent toughness and impact strength of Stratasys is used to print to meet the characteristics of this part.
The demand for the top branches is that there is a demand for hard materials, and at the same time, sufficient light weight must be guaranteed. While the excellent shape uses Stratasys ABS-M30 material to meet the demand, the internal structure is optimized into a honeycomb shape through mechanical analysis and counterweight settings. The model, through sparse internal weight reduction, has greatly reduced 15% compared to the weight requirements required by the Canadian technical team, and greatly improved the software simulation weight and stress distribution of the entire tree branch!
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