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ProX SLS 6100 3D Printer

The production-ready ProX® SLS 6100 features automated material handling and advanced 3D Sprint® software to deliver tough, high-resolution end-use parts and functional prototyping.

Production-Grade Materials

Produce tough, durable parts from a range of DuraForm® ProX production-grade nylon materials that have been optimized, validated and tested to ensure quality, with uniform 3D mechanical properties. The ProX SLS 6100 brings versatility to your applications, whether for functional prototyping or direct 3D production. Choose from industrial-grade, tough, impact and fatigue-resistant nylon 11 materials or strong, medical-grade, or flame-retardant capable nylon 12 thermoplastics, or filled nylons for advanced properties in terms of stiffness, temperature resistance, strength and surface finish.

ProX SLS 6100 Material Quality Control system

Unmatched Part Quality at High Throughput:

With faster build times than other SLS printers in its price point, high performance nesting and high density capability for a 25% larger build volume capacity, the ProX SLS 6100 delivers production quality parts in a fast and efficient process.

  • Best surface finish
  • Highest resolution and edge definition
  • High accuracy and repeatability
  • Uniform part properties

Predictive support through advanced 3D printing software increases uptime and SLS efficiency

Maximize Your Production with 3D Connect:

3D Connect™ Service provides a secure cloud-based connection to 3D Systems service for preventative support to enable better service, improved uptime and production assurance for your system. With 3D Connect Service, your system will automatically send alerts to 3D Systems' service team for immediate assistance in resolving printer-defined conditions or exceptions, solve problems remotely, pre-order parts, and schedule on-site services as required.

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Applications

  • Impact and temperature resistant durable parts
  • Covers, housings, enclosures
  • Jigs and fixtures
  • Reduced weight production parts
  • Knobs, handles and other dashboard/interior parts
  • Parts with snap fits and living hinges
  • Machinery components
  • Complex duct work

Benefits

  • Manufacture strong end-use parts and functional prototypes faster
  • Easily print any design without using supports or post-processing
  • Integrated solution with expert application support
  • Full automation of material handling frees valuable resource
  • Streamline your workflow with automated production tools
  • Lower cost of ownership with high throughput and material efficiency
  • Smoothest surface finish, highest resolution and edge definition of any SLS system

Tech Specs

  • Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) technology
  • Max build envelope capacity (W x D x H): 15 x 13 x 18 in (381 x 330 x 460 mm)
  • Broad range of production-grade nylon 11, nylon 12 and reinforced materials
  • Consistent mechanical properties
  • High production speed for its class of 2. 7 l per hour
  • Streamlined production control, including 3D Sprint™ integrated additive manufacturing software, fully automated powder handling and optional 3D Connect capability
  • Automated 3D part nesting
  • Maximized build volume and density
  • Setting the New Standard in 3D Printing

    Bring increased productivity and quality to your SLS production process with this exclusive additive manufacturing software with tools for file preparation, automatic 3D nesting, quality checks for pre-build verification, and efficient build planning,

  • A new level of management in 3D production

    3D Connect Service provides a secure cloud-based connection to 3D Systems service teams for proactive and preventative support, enabling better service to improve uptime and deliver production assurance for your system.

  • 3D printing with plastics offers many choices for engineering grade materials, elastomers and composites. Do you need flexibility? Strength? Bio-compatibility? More?

  • 3D print with plastics to build almost anything - used for prototyping, manufacturing, anatomical models and more. Select a plastic material and 3D technology to deliver the characteristics you need.

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The W50 3D printer from BCN3D is the larger of the two Epsilon Series. It offers a powerful professional 3D printing solution, delivering large-scale parts with industrial-grade materials. It includes features such as a passive heated chamber, full enclosure, and humidity-controlled environment. The Epsilon Series is powered by an Independent Dual Extruder (IDEX) system, delivering exceptionally strong functional parts with quality and precision.

For an all-in-one 3D printing solution, customers can opt for a Smart Cabinet Bundle. The Epsilon W50, together with the Smart Cabinet (SC) filament storage system, work seamlessly together to help boost your printer's performance and keep your materials in optimal condition for a superior 3D printing experience.

  • Print Volume: 420 x 300 x 400 mm
  • Printer Size: 690 mm (W) x 530 mm (D) x 900 mm* (H) (27.2” x 20.9” x 35.4”)
  • Precision Z axis: 1.0 microns
  • Precision XY axis: 1.25 microns
  • Max. extruder temperature: 300ºC
  • Operating temperature: 15 ºC - 30 ºC
  • Max. bed temperature: 120 ºC
  • Nozzle diameters: 0.4 mm (default) / 0.6 mm / 0.8 mm / 1.0 mm / Hotend X: 0.6 mm
  • 5 printing modes: Single, Duplication, Mirror, Multimaterial, Soluble Supports

BCN3D Smart Cabinet (SC)

$3,995.00

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The Smart Cabinet (SC) completes the Epsilon ecosystem, offering seamless integration with your BCN3D Epsilon printers and maximizing their uptime. Its filament humidity control boosts your printers’ performance, keeping your materials in optimal condition, and its uninterruptible power supply protects your work at all times, avoiding the risk of losing your print job due to power outages.

FEATURES

  • Optimal for all materials
  • Low Energy consumption: 12 W Avg / 100 W Max
  • 10 storage slots for small filament spools (4 for big spools)
  • Prints while in dry storage
  • Humidity-controlled environment, dries without heat
  • No consumable parts

SPECIFICATIONS

  • Cabinet Size: 690 x 530 x 950 mm
  • Weight: 85 kg
  • Output: 230V / 120V / 100V
  • Data connection: USB connection (Type-A to Type-B cable)
  • Sensors: Internal and external humidity sensor
  • Filament diameter: 2. 85 mm

Epsilon W50 3D Printer with Smart Cabinet (SC)

$11,495.00

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Save $500 when you bundle an Epsilon W50 3D printer with a Smart Cabinet Filament Management System from BCN3D. The Smart Cabinet (SC) completes the Epsilon ecosystem, offering seamless integration with Epsilon W50 while maximizing its uptime. Its filament humidity control boosts your printers’ performance, keeping your materials in optimal condition. In addition, its uninterruptible power supply protects your work at all times, avoiding the risk of losing your print job due to power outages.

The BCN3D Smart Cabinet is equipped with sturdy caster wheels that allow the 3D printing workstation to be moved smoothly within any environment including manufacturing, universities, or even a garage. The Smart Cabinet is also stocked with a sliding drawer to keep all the necessary 3D printing tools in one convenient location.  This is the complete solution for professional 3D printing production.
 

WorkCenter 500

$250,000.00

Now Available! – Starting at $250k USD, we have designed this extra large-scale 3D printer to provide affordability – without sacrificing quality or throughput. It uses a Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) system and is currently the only machine in the large format category to provide the option of pellet or filament extruder(s) – or both!

  • Print Volume: 1,400 mm x 2,800 mm x 700mm (2.7 m3 of print volume)
  • Extruder Standard Type: Spool and Pellet
  • Throughput Range: 1 kg/hr up to 6.8 kg/hr (15 lb/hr)

Please see our brochure for more information on the WorkCenter 500!

Introducing the WorkCell — Our large format 3D printer with heated enclosure!

Coming Soon – With a print volume of more than 1 cubic meter, the WorkCell’s heated enclosure will enable users to go beyond polymers that are typically printed in an open ambient environment, including commodity plastics, engineered plastics, and high performance plastics.

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While there are already a great many printers for printing with molten plastic, until recently there were practically no amateur printers printing with photopolymers. The main advantage of such printers is high resolution, smooth surface of the product, which practically does not require additional processing. The price tag of professional printers goes off scale for tens of thousands of dollars. But now printers have begun to appear in the budget category.

MiiCraft

Miniature printer based on DLP pico projector. The photo above shows that the device includes two parts - a printer and a fixative (provides additional illumination of the printed model, although this can be done just in the sun) While blue and transparent polymers are available, others are being developed.

Projector resolution : 854 x 480
Printable area : 43mm x 27mm x 180mm (XYZ)
Product size : 20.5cm (W) x 20.8cm (L) x 3.5cm30012 Resolution : 56 microns in XY, 100 microns in Z
Print speed : 2-3 cm per hour
Price of resin : $250 per kilo ($0.25 per cubic cm) 90 micraft. com
Printer Price : $2000
Project Status : By mid-June of this year (2012) it is planned to complete the construction of samples and start a fundraising campaign for production on the site indiegogo.com.



B9Creator

Projector resolution : 1024 x 768
6-100µm Z (software selectable)
printable area at 100 micron precision: 102 mm x 76 mm x 203 mm (XYZ)
printable area at 50 micron precision: 51 mm x 38 mm x 203 mm ( XYZ)
Product size : 79 cm x 47 cm x 30. 5 cm
Print speed : 12~20mm per hour
resin price : $99($132 for international orders) per kilo ($0.10 per cc)
printer price (complete assembly kit plus 1kg of resin): $2375 ($2675 for international orders)
Project website : b9creator.com
Youtube channel : user:B9Creations
Project status : Kickstarter is collecting money until June 12th. The entire amount has already been collected - $ 232,750 (it was necessary $ 50k).
Prices shown are current on Kickstarter. What will happen after is unknown. So hurry, there's still 10 days left. The current plan is to complete production and delivery by the end of August. After that, drawings and software will be released to open source.


Veloso 3D

At the moment, funding has failed, perhaps another attempt will be made.

Printer from Singapore. It prints with high quality, a lot of positive reviews, the price is much lower than commercial ones. But, apparently, the price per whale was not low enough, or a high bar was ordered to finance the project. As a result, the funding failed, despite raising $45k of the $300k required on the first day.

Print area : 150 X 112 X 200 (XYZ)
Resolution : 100 microns in XY, 15 to 100 in Z. Accuracy can be further improved by reducing the print area.
Price of a complete set of (everything needed for construction, software, plus 1 kg of polymer): $4000 (there were cheaper options for incomplete kits)
Price of polymer : up to $150 per kilo ($0.15 per cubic cm) veloso3d
Project status : Indiegogo.com fundraiser failed.



My previous related posts:

A quick tour of 3D printing techniques
New budget 3D printer
First 3D printing event in the Netherlands
3D printing event: 9 006 (end) June MiiCraft started fundraising. You have 44 days until July 20 to participate and get an interesting high quality printer.

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Creating real objects from digital models seemed to be something unattainable, from the world of fantasy. However, technological progress is moving forward. One of the significant results of its rapid development was 3D printers - devices for three-dimensional modeling. Until recently, installations cost “like a Boeing wing”, and only in the last decade has 3D printing become available to all consumers. The demand for printers has increased due to the development of modern domestic and foreign models of economy class with an intuitive interface.

Explore the possibilities of additive technologies. This is a good way for printer owners to expand their horizons, and for entrepreneurs to see promising areas in small business.

Contents:

    2. 3D Printer Features
  2. Using 3D printers at home
  3. In the space industry
  4. Aviation
  5. Architecture
  6. Weapon
  7. Clothes
  8. Art
  9. Medicine
  • Surgical planning
  • Manufacture of prostheses
  • Bioprint
  • Dentistry
  • Food
  • Characters
  • Home robots
  • Musical instruments
  • Shoes
  • Medicines
  • Automotive
  • Customization and molding

    132 Furniture
  • Jewelry
  • Construction
  • Education
  • Total

    • 3D printer features

    Three-dimensional printers are equipment for printing a physical object based on its digital 3D model. The operation of most devices is based on the layer-by-layer deposition of the material or the gradual solidification of the photopolymer resin. As "consumables" they use all kinds of plastic, metal powder, building mixtures, glass powder and other raw materials.

    There are several types of printing technologies that differ in the principle of operation, the properties of materials, the software used:

    • powder melting or sintering;
    • photopolymerization;
    • extrusion;
    • laser stereolithography;
    • lamination.

    Using printers, you can create models of any shape and complexity of execution. 3D printing allows you to reduce the cost of manufactured products and speed up the production process.

    Use of 3D printers at home

    3D modeling technology has been used for various purposes in everyday life. It is easy to print a hook for the hallway, a case for a smartphone, a tablet, a toy for a child at home on a printer. To do this, you need to perform a number of tasks:

    • make a digital model of the object on a computer or download a ready-made template;
    • divide the workpiece into many transverse layers using special software;
    • start the device for printing - layer-by-layer build-up of the product.

    The printer will become an assistant in the house. Let's be clear: we are surrounded by numerous plastic parts that often fail or get lost. It’s not at all by the way that the handle of the washing machine may break, the blender gear will fall apart, or some fragile button will crack. Using a 3D printer to recreate a broken polymer element is not a problem, but an exciting creative process.

    Devices for 3D modeling allow you to print household items or decor in any room in the house:

    • for the kitchen - towel hooks, napkin holders, a shelf for spices, kitchen utensils;
    • in the bathroom - soap dishes, shelves for shampoos, shower gels;
    • in the bedroom - shades for lighting fixtures;
    • in the office - organizers, pencil holders;
    • in the living room - vases, figurines, photo frames, flower pots and much more.

    If you wish, you can organize "your own business" from home. Using a printer to produce original Christmas and children's toys, souvenirs, bags for phones, tablets for sale is a profitable idea.

    In the space industry

    Three-dimensional modeling is a promising technology in the aerospace industry. And it is already actively used. Manufacturer SpaceX announced the Dragon v2 spacecraft, its engine is assembled using printed parts.

    3D printing is also used in space. In 2016, NASA sent an industrial printer to the ISS that can operate in a vacuum. With it, astronauts will be able to print the desired item or part, thereby reducing the time to wait for delivery from Earth.

    Aviation

    Additive technologies have found a place in the aviation industry. Boeing and Lockheed Martin Corporation of America have developed laser-sintered engine parts, load-bearing components and ventilation systems.

    Architectural

    The ability to create virtual and then printed three-dimensional models is a breakthrough in the field of architecture and design. With the help of printers, it is easy to make a model of a future building for accurate visualization of its features, presentation to investors or buyers. Layouts have been used in architecture for a long time, but it is printing that leads to the acceleration and simplification of project development.

    Weapon

    Three-dimensional technologies are not always used for good. Weapon printing is a prime example of this. Even budget printers can print a functional plastic gun. From one shot, it will collapse, but even a single pull of the trigger can cost a person his life.

    However, it is believed that people should be able to self-defense. So, employees of Defense Distributed posted 3D models of the Liberator pistol online. They also manufacture spare parts for the Kalashnikov assault rifle and the AR-15 rifle. With them, it is possible to assemble weapons using a printer and available consumables.

    Clothing

    Polyamide powders are suitable materials for clothing and underwear. Nylon printed items have an unusual shape, they combine high strength with elasticity.

    New York-based design lab Continuum Fashion presented printed clothing at a fashion show. The announced models are non-experimental and can be purchased from the Shapeways website.

    Art

    Create a wax replica of Donatello's David or Venus de Milo - why not? If desired, copies of famous wax sculptures can be purchased, but they will be expensive, and they are not sold everywhere. A 3D printer will help out art lovers: load a digital model into the device, select the material for printing and start making a replica. A three-dimensional image of the original can be obtained from a regular photo with its subsequent conversion to 3D. Or use a handheld 3D scanner with the ability to capture overall products.

    Medicine

    Three-dimensional modeling is used in various medical areas.

    Surgical Planning

    Careful preparation is the key to a successful operation. With the help of scanners, an image of the necessary area of ​​the body is obtained, a copy is printed from the virtual model. It makes it easier for surgeons to simulate an operation: try out different scenarios, perform instrument testing, and calculate timing.

    Manufacture of prostheses

    3D printers are used in prosthetics. They allow you to create prostheses that correspond to the anatomical features of the patient. Swedish manufacturer Arcam is developing devices for electron beam melting. Their task is the execution of solid metal structures, including titanium ones. They are used in prosthetics to replace joints, bones or limbs.

    Bioprint

    Engineers are developing organic imitators that are similar in properties and structure to natural tissues. Printing vessels, muscles or whole organs - all this has become possible. The matter has not yet reached the transplantation of printed organs, but work is underway. In parallel, methods are being developed to restore damaged bones and cartilage. In medicine, “3D biopens” have found application, with which living cells are applied to injured tissues for their healing.

    Dentistry

    Dental braces made of plastic, crowns, dentures, jaw implants - all this can be quickly and profitably produced on a 3D printer. Align Technology engineers have developed a technique in which the oral cavity is scanned and the subsequent manufacture of individual prostheses. Here, liquid resin polymerization technology is used, it provides a high degree of accuracy of finished structures.

    Food

    Print minced meat, sugar syrup, melted chocolate - fiction? Not at all! Food printers have ceased to be the prerogative of fairy tales and science fiction films. They are able to produce food of unusual shape.

    British company Cadbury uses 3D printers to make molding stencils and candy prototypes that require a complex production line. Italian Barilla uses machines for making pasta, German Biozoon Food Innovations uses dishes for the elderly.

    A popular food production device is the Foodini. The printer works with any pasty raw material. Its disadvantage is poor temperature processing of food, but it may soon be eliminated.

    Characters

    Creating a collection of movie characters, comics, games, figurines of famous personalities has become possible with 3D printers. Want a small replica of the giant robot, Hulk, Iron Man? They can even be printed on a compact desktop printer. Collecting a collection of favorite characters is available to everyone.

    Domestic robots

    Arduino, a low-cost board company, has allowed users to design various electronic devices. Many have taken the idea into service for the equipment of the "smart home" system. All you need to do is print the case, install the servo, board and get your home robot.

    To help people who do not understand soldering or programming, specialists from the Massachusetts Institute are developing a project to automate the construction of robots. According to the plan, you will need to set the functions of the future device, choose a design - the system itself will send the necessary details for printing.

    Musical instruments

    Printers can print drums, guitars, flutes, violins. Yes, professional musicians may doubt their quality, since valuable pieces are designed for years, and they serve for decades. The printed tool will not be able to become a worthy alternative. But no one says that it should be all plastic. The printer can be used to print individual parts, such as the neck or soundboard. Due to three-dimensional machines, it will be possible to make tools that are unusual in shape and design.

    Shoes

    Printers can print sandals, boots, shoes, slates or individual parts of shoes: insoles, heels, soles. Nylon or other flexible materials (Ninjaflex, FilaFlex) are suitable for this. The advantages of printed shoes are conformity to the anatomical features of the foot, comfort, wear resistance. A nice bonus is the possibility of producing products that are unique in appearance with openwork heels that wrap flowers around a thin hairpin.

    Printed footwear has already become the hero of fashion shows, but the time is not far off when it will become available to the mass consumer.

    Medicines

    3D printing has proven promising in the pharmaceutical industry for printing drugs. Her virtues:

    • up to 50% better product retention than standard production;
    • exact dosage of the substance;
    • reduction of drug manufacturing time;
    • the ability to produce drugs according to an individual prescription.

    Organization Organovo is working with new technologies. Engineers use a gel material to precisely connect the components. 3D printers are not suitable for the serial launch of medicines. But they have found use in the manufacture of medicines for individual prescriptions.

    Automotive

    Many car mechanisms can be printed. In the world there are already examples of the use of components made on printers. "Formula 1" distinguished itself, it involved printed parts in fireballs. The American Local Motors announced a car at all, the body of which is made only from printed parts.

    So far, the mass production of spare parts for printers is not economically feasible - it is expensive.

    Customization and molding

    Adding decorative elements to finished products is an original way to update and transform them. Wicker lampshades for sconces, an unusual frame for a bicycle, a car with author's tuning will attract attention, because there are no analogues of our own production.

    Furniture

    No, we're not just talking about toy items. 3D printers make it possible to produce furniture that is difficult to distinguish from "traditional" products. This result can be achieved through the use of special plastic with the addition of micro-sawdust. For example, Laywoo-D3 has a woody smell.

    You can print anything: tables, stools, shelves, chairs, bedside tables. Products are easy to machine, they can be coated with paint, varnished.

    There are examples of metal furniture creation in the world. Dutch designer Joris Laarman designed a machine for 3D printing without the use of a laser and vacuum chambers. 3D machines are used to paint with metal through the air - a great option for getting interesting furniture with an elegant wicker design.

    Jewelry industry

    3D printing helps to reduce and speed up the production of jewelry at the expense of cheap consumables. With printers, jewelers can redesign jewelry and quickly produce prototypes.

    Advantages of 3D technology:

    • simplification of the launch of jewelry production;
    • obtaining high-quality jewelry: even, smooth, with high detail;
    • profitability - elimination of the risks of waste of precious metals.

    The use of 3D printing is relevant for many brands, including Cityscape Rings, Lace, Radian, Ross Lovegrove and others.

    Construction

    3D printing of buildings has become achievable. For the construction of structures, a mixture is taken, including cement, filler, plasticizer and other additives. The construction composition is squeezed out of the extruder nozzle in layers, repeating the computer model. 3D printers simplify and speed up the construction of structures, lead to a reduction in waste and manual labor costs.

    There is no ideal machine for 3D construction in the world yet, but developments are underway. The Chinese organization Winsun has released a large-sized apparatus (60x100x400cm) for the production of floors, walls with the necessary holes and niches for utilities. Its minus is immobility (the finished building will need to be moved to another place).

    Scientists from Spain, on the other hand, are designing small robotic systems. Their principle of operation is based on fastening to finished building elements and erecting the following parts. Time will tell which of the construction devices will be more preferable.

    Education

    3D printers are available not only for large companies and leading research centers. Prices for economy models start from several thousand, which makes them popular in the field of education. They are purchased for the equipment of schools, secondary special and higher educational institutions.

    Advantages of 3D printing in education:

    1. Visual teaching of the sciences. The teacher will be able to show the section of the engine, human bones or a three-dimensional model of hydrogen - all this will be a good motivation for learning.
    2. Development of students' imagination and creativity. 3D modeling develops spatial thinking, helps to visualize the fruits of the imagination.

    Summing up

    3D printers are the most amazing technology of recent times. Initially, it was available for researchers, scientists, and now an inexpensive machine can be bought for entertainment. With it, it is possible to create various products and objects, design objects, develop an unusual design for everyday things. In production, the scope of use of devices is amazing: with their help you can print everything from food to architectural structures. Probably, such machines will soon become familiar appliances, like a vacuum cleaner, a refrigerator or a TV.

    However, the widespread use of such equipment in production is still not so rosy. 3D modeling has inherent disadvantages that make mass production unprofitable. Not all installations connect different types of plastic, many of them cannot work with different shades and temperatures. Such opportunities are inherent in expensive machines. With their use, the cost of a printed product will be several tens of times higher than the cost of a conventional item. 3D printing is more efficient to use for the production of unique products, where the accuracy of detailing is important.

    Even with the elimination of all the shortcomings, mass 3D printing does not augur well. Demand for manufactured goods will decrease tenfold, the economy will collapse.

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