CandyFab

The only thing which comes into contact with the media is heated air, which is turned on and off by the software synchronously with the motion of the positioning head.

Special attention has been paid to the selection of all materials coming into contact with the sugar bed or with the hot air stream to make it possible to fabricate food-grade pieces if desired.

There is an effort to encourage further work on improving the technology in the following areas: In addition, the inventors Windell Oskay and Lenore Edman of candyfab.org have organized teams to explore applications, gastronomy, and post processing.

Several large pieces of sculpture have been produced using the CandyFab, including one of a mathematical object designed by sculptor Bathsheba Grossman.

This and other pieces were shown by inventors Windell Oskay and Lenore Edman of candyfab.org at the Bay Area Maker Faire 2007.

Midpoint in printing a toroidal coil sculpture on the CandyFab 4000, an experimental rapid prototyping machine that can use granulated sugar as the printing medium.
Completed toroidal coil sculpture, along with a model of a wood screw and a small dodecahedron. Each of these objects was fabricated out of pure sugar.
CandyFab 5000 machine at the 2008 Maker Faire event