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How much does your 3D printing service cost?

The cost of your 3D printed parts depends on factors such as part volume, part complexity, choice of material, which 3D printing technology is used, and if any post processing is required. For more details on these cost factors, see our article on the cost of 3d printing. To check the cost of your 3D printed part, simply upload a CAD (.STL) file and select your material and 3D printing technology to receive a quote within seconds.

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How do I select the right 3D printing process for my prints?

You can select the right 3D printing process by examining which materials suit your need and what your use case is.

By material: if you already know which material you would like to use, selecting a 3D printing process is relatively easy, as many materials are technology specific.
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How can I reduce the cost of my 3D prints?

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Once these have been decided, an easy way to further cut costs is to reduce the amount of material used. This can be done by decreasing the size of your model, hollowing it out, and eliminating the need for support structures.

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Production of 3D printers in Europe.

And so, in April of this year, we were thrown by a wave in the Spanish town of Navarre, where I personally saw the European level of assembly of 3D printers at factory bq , which I wanted to share with you, not forgetting the “cherry” at the end of the story.

The town where the factory of the company bq is located, producing Witbox printers, as usual for Europe (and I have been to many factories in Europe and China), is very small and expectedly romantic:

In the morning after arrival to the city - we went to the factory ourselves, the meeting was somewhat chaotic, because on the same day, more distributors from Italy and Colombia arrived at bq.
It was all the more interesting for me to see the production through the eyes of a person for whose arrival there was no time to prepare (by building the Potemkin villages according to a custom known in Russia).

What can I say, after the Chinese cold, poorly lit workshops with girls wrapping themselves in warm clothes with belongings on the desktops, the European assembly is always like oil for the soul.
Immediately striking: Space and Cleanliness

We were taken step by step through the entire production, allowing us to take general photographs without zooming in.
Below are the most interesting of them, in my humble opinion, with a few comments:

At the first stage in production, tables with guides are assembled, fixed inside the platform, and then the control electronics are fixed.
Under each printer, there is CHECK list , in which the assemblers mark the operations performed, and the intermediate testers check the operability or lack of it at a certain stage (these are white sheets inside each Witbox printer in the photo):

External electronics - installed by blue collar guys on this line. they also test this electronics:

In the next room we found FANUC Robodrill - in fact a large 3D printer, but in a non-additive manufacturing format.
Seeing it, the engineer of our company, who came to study, trembled and began to excitedly whisper in my ear that “this thing is worth more than anything that is here,” which made me worry for no apparent reason.

Our question: "What is it used for?" was shown to us on a stack of these spare parts stacked side by side.
This is a snap-box for the electronic filling of the printer, the Spaniards in bq grind it on their own:

Then followed the phrase that made me think:
“We used to print these boards on our own Witbox 3D printers, but with an increase in production it became absolutely unjustified in terms of time costs”

Guys from Russia, manufacturers of 3D printers, often boasted to me that many of the spare parts for their "gadgets" are produced on their own printers.
It can be concluded that the number of units produced is hardly large in these specific cases and can indirectly indicate a small amount of accumulated production experience.

Next to FANUC is the Laser Cutting Plotter , which makes the outer bright panels for the future printer.
Maybe I called it wrong, but for me, an office rat, such large machines, before my eyes turning huge sheets into beautifully shaped, ready-to-install external panels with a logo on board, always make a fascinating impression.

Even before the panels are installed, each printer is started to print a calibration pattern (below you will see a number of these printing Witboxes).
If the test is successful, the printer goes to packaging. At the same time, the model printed on this particular printer MUST be put into the box.
Doesn't pass the test - they make an additional adjustment to the victorious one.

Here I trembled again and for a long time fascinated looked at the bluish backlight of the print area, appreciating with peripheral vision an elegant solution for laying PLA plastic without the flip over the top, which is standard for most devices of this kind:

Printers that have passed the print test are equipped with external panels (yellow, black or white):

to play around” to our engineer, who became very close to like-minded Spanish engineers during the short time of our visit):

I liked EVERYTHING on the final packaging.

1. Double box - beautiful inner and outer shipping:

The guys from bq said that the printer in this package can withstand a fall from a height of 1 meter:

- Reel PLA - plastic (two for Witbox printer with two extruders)
— 4GB SD - card

— Additional HOT END — extruder nozzle (I almost burst into tears when I saw it, and girlishly framed the photo as a token of sincere gratitude for such attention to customers):

- Instructions and warranty card for 2 years operation

shipments to Madrid, main warehouse bq

after the mandatory palletization procedure:

In the morning - this (printed on a Witbox 3D printer, as evidenced by the inscription on the board) forklift

… will load them onto a truck bound for sunny Madrid, so that the “swallows” will then fly around the world…

Koda. Curtain.

Cherry

Why is the actual post placed in the hub Open Source ?

At the end of our trip we asked the Europeans:

Why are you, an absolutely successful IT company, second in the market in Spain in sales of smartphones and tablets, investing in the production of 3D printers?
Why are you so actively sharing information with us, investing your time, effort and money, including in the Russian market?
Are you not afraid that the #Chinese will come and eat you? Aren't you afraid that manufacturers in Russia will be able to knock out all Europeans and Americans from the 3D printer market?
Are you confident in the long term of your strategy?

The answer of Mario and Antonio from bq threw me into complete confusion:

We are NOT afraid of the Chinese.
The exact scheme of the WitBox 3D printer with all the spare parts is posted on our website:

Download, do it yourself.

We are deeply convinced that this data should be available so that the entire engineering community can hot-start the printer to the ideal, and the culture of production, its level, believe us, is extremely difficult to repeat.
There is nothing to fear here.

In this connection - to the inquisitive inhabitants of Habr SURVEY :

3D printing in the fashion industry: a new dimension

We are witnessing what many call the third industrial revolution: 3D printing, or additive technologies, can push back us from the era of mass production and lead to a new reality of customizable individual production. A good example is fashion. In the recent past, "fashion houses" were more like multidisciplinary research institutes. To create a collection of clothes, in addition to an expert sense of style, you need knowledge in anatomy, advanced sewing machines, appropriate fabrics and accessories, accessories, shoes, people (cutters, seamstresses, models and many others). Through trial and error, an art object is created, rarely successful, but always laborious. 3D printing is a toolless manufacturing method that allows physical objects to be produced from a 3D model, usually in layers. The term is also used generically as a synonym for rapid prototyping. The scope of the technology is endless: from tools and toys to robots and mechanical parts. There is no limit to what a 3D printer can create.

Alexander Kornveits, expert in the field of additive technologies, founder and CEO of Tsvetnoy Mir

Fashionable futuristic design requires innovative production technologies, here 3D printing comes to the rescue. A wide variety of fashion accessories including bracelets, rings, brooches, necklaces and pendants can now be easily 3D printed. Let's take a closer look at how this technology can be used in the fashion world...

Custom Design

One of the unique aspects of 3D printing is the ability for designers to create custom shapes and sizes that would be impossible to produce with traditional methods.

Photopolymer 3D printing allows designers to produce products in small batches. Fashion designers can now create bold, one-of-a-kind pieces. In addition to time, technology can significantly reduce costs.

Accessories

The range of fashion accessories depends more on the imagination of the creator than on the possibilities of your wallet. All this can be easily printed using a conventional photopolymer 3D printer. Need a flower ring? No problem! 3D printing can do this and more. What else can be produced in this way?

Brooches

Brooches are intricate pieces of jewelry that highlight your personality. Business women especially like to use them to decorate and complement their business suits. For example, Madeleine Albright, the first female US Secretary of State, over the years of her career has created a new diplomatic language, full of metaphors and secret meanings. Through jewelry, she expressed her mood, intentions or the situation at the negotiations, and political scientists and journalists vied with each other to interpret the images on the left lapel of her jacket. 3D printing can be used to produce a custom brooch that can complement the look, and perhaps say something to the “initiates”.

Rings

3D printing can be used to make a prototype ring before making it into the final version of precious metals and stones. This will allow the designer to easily and quickly make adjustments, ensuring the ring fits perfectly and matches the client's expectations and end result. Important factors are saving time, money and, of course, a significant reduction in the likelihood of errors in the final product.

If earlier only professional 3D printers costing from $50,000 were suitable for the jewelry industry, now with the introduction of inexpensive mono LCD displays with 4K resolution, such printing is available to any jewelers and designers. The purchase budget fell below $500.

Bracelets

Similarly, intricately designed bracelets can be created using photopolymer or wax 3D printers. It can be an exclusive version, one of a kind, which, if necessary, can be mass-produced. Technology allows you to think more broadly and not be afraid to experiment with expensive precious metals and stones. After all, modern consumables allow you to create prototypes with a high level of reliability.

Clothes and shoes

Shoes, dresses and other fashion items can also be 3D printed. This allows you to create ready-made items for wear, as well as improve the design of the model before launching into mass production. Shoes with geometrically complex 3D designs often find their way into the fashion mainstream.

And for more mundane purposes, there are sneaker soles. For example, Adidas makes them from a mixture of polymer resin with polyurethane added and prints in a lattice structure that promotes proper load distribution.

Adidas claims the Futurecraft 4D shoes are incredibly comfortable, with unparalleled ergonomics and wear resistance.

Simultaneously with shoes, there are numerous experiments on the use of 3D printing to create designer outfits and especially dresses.

One of the first 3D printed dresses was presented by American model and singer Dita Von Teese in March 2013 in New York. Couturiers Michael Schmidt and Francis Bitonti teamed up with 3D printing service Shapeways to print it using additive manufacturing technology. It consisted of 17 nylon parts, which were painted black and encrusted with 13,000 Swarovski stones.

In 2019, a whole series of such models was presented at the famous MetGala charity ball in New York. In the photo - American celebrities in outfits with 3D printed elements. Everyone was especially struck by the dress in the form of a rose petal (in the center), in which the British model Jordan Dunn appeared at the ceremony.

It, like the entire collection, was created by fashion designer Zac Posen in collaboration with GE engineers and 3D printers and made a splash on the red carpet of the event.

It is too early to talk about the widespread introduction of 3D printing in the fashion industry, but it is already clear that this process will continue.

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