Glow force 3d printer

Meet Glowforge | Glowforge

Great news! You can use your Glowforge from a Mac, PC, tablet, and smartphone, using our simple, powerful, and free web interface. To prepare your project, you can choose to use any software that saves a PDF (Adobe Illustrator, Inkscape, CorelDraw, Adobe Photoshop, GIMP, Autodesk 360, and Sketchup and more) Glowforge can print JPG, PNG, SVG, PDF, and other file formats. To print a file, just drag-and-drop it directly on our app, and then adjust the preview to your liking.

Your Glowforge is yours to use, free of charge! The Glowforge cloud service gives you unlimited monthly prints, including all the features you see in our video. And don’t worry, there’s no paid subscription required.

Believe it or not - most of our customers tell us it takes them less than 30 minutes to get their printer out of the box, plug it in, set it up, and finish their first print!

Glowforge uses a beam of light the width of a human hair to cut and engrave with incredible accuracy within a thousandth of an inch. Further, your Glowforge can engrave images in stunning high-resolution - comparable to what you see on your phone or computer screen now. You can learn more, here.

Glowforge opens up a world of materials. While traditional 3D printers are confined to layers of plastic, Glowforge is completely different. Delve into hundreds of beautiful materials like leather, acrylic, hardwood, fabric - even chocolate! Glowforge can cut wood, fabric, leather, paper, Plexiglas (acrylic), Delrin (acetal), mylar, rubber, Corian, foods, and more. Glowforge can also engrave all of the above plus glass, coated metal, marble, anodized aluminum, titanium, some phones, tablets, and laptops, and more laser safe materials. For a by-the-minute update on what folks are printing: check out #glowforge on Instagram.

No matter which Glowforge you choose, you’ll be able to use materials measuring 12 x 20. 4” The Glowforge Pro has a Passthrough slot which accommodates material up to 20.4” wide, 1/4" thick, and as long as you want. Want to work with a thicker material? Simply remove the stainless steel crumb tray in the bottom of your Glowforge and print with materials up to 2” thick.

The Glowforge has a compact 3’ x 2’ footprint and fits well in any craft space, workshop, or family area.

Whichever Glowforge model you choose, you can be sure your Glowforge will be easy to set up and use, and will allow you to work with hundreds of materials. It comes will free printing software, everything you need to get started, and a free supply of premium materials to get you started. But there are some differences between our three models.

Not sure which model is right for you?

The Glowforge Basic is our introductory model, perfect for moderate home use.
The Glowforge Plus is a great solution for people who want to print frequently and quickly.
The Glowforge Pro is our most powerful and capable model, ideal for a small business, or when more than one person will be using it.

Here are a few more details to help you decide:

Speed (Pro is fastest): The Glowforge Pro top engraving speed is 3x as fast as the Glowforge Basic, and cutting is 1.2x as fast. The Glowforge Plus top engraving speed is 2x as fast as the Glowforge Basic.
Warranty (Plus and Pro have 12 months): The Glowforge Basic has 6 months of warranty coverage, while the Plus and Pro offer a double warranty of a full 12 months warranty.
Material Size (Pro has Passthrough): All Glowforge printers can accommodate materials measuring up to 18” deep, 20.4” wide, and 2” tall. The maximum printable area is about 11 x 19.5”. The Glowforge Pro allows you to make enormous oversized prints. The Pro Passthrough slot in the front and back allows for materials that are 20” wide, up to ¼” thick, and as long as you want. That means you can create huge, dramatic products like furniture. To use the passthrough, you print the first 10 inches (25.4 cm), then slide the material through the slot, and repeat.
Laser Class: The Plus and Basic models are a Class 1 laser (like a DVD player). The Passthrough slot makes the Pro model a Class 4 laser which requires the person using it to have laser safety training (included with your purchase). You should not use the Pro in public or around kids without installing Pro Shields, which are included with your purchase.
Temperatures (Pro prints up to 81°F (27°C)): The Pro is designed for printing all day in temperatures up to 81°F (27°C). The Basic and Plus will pause periodically to cool if used continually in warm temperatures; they’re designed for environments up to 75°F (24°C).

Technology. The Glowforge Plus has an upgraded linear system to support faster motor speeds. The Glowforge Pro adds a solid state cooling unit and an upgraded 45 watt laser for the fastest possible prints.

Glowforge - the 3D laser printer

The Glowforge Pro is the ultimate option for home, business, or school. It prints truly enormous objects like furniture with the exclusive Pro Passthrough, allowing you to use infinitely long materials. Upgraded solid-state cooling allows nonstop printing all day long. The powerful 45 watt laser cuts up to 20% faster, and the top engraving speed is up to three times as fast as the Glowforge Basic. Class 4 laser product; place near a window for ventilation.

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The Glowforge Pro is quick to set up, easy to use, and work with dozens of different materials.

Simple setup in under 30 minutes

Works with hundreds of materials

Live camera preview of your work

Free web-based software

Autofocus and 3D engraving

Compatible with your Mac, PC, tablet, or phone

Safe for home and school

Plus, you'll receive everything you need to make your first print in minutes.

What's in the Box

Your Glowforge Pro, Plus, or Basic 3D Laser Printer
The Glowforge laser head with macro camera and autofocus
Power cord
Magnetic lens replacement tool
Steel crumb tray
Exhaust hose
Ring clamps for hose connection
Pro Shields (Pro only)

Proofgrade Starter Pack

To ensure you can start printing immediately with your Glowforge, we'll include a starter pack of our coveted Proofgrade™ materials. It will include $150 worth of products such as:

Draftboard
Plywood
Hardwood
Acrylic
Leather

These materials are sourced, encoded, and lab-tested for perfect printing every time and are specially formulated for the Glowforge 3D laser printer.

	Pro	Plus	Basic
Comprehensive warranty	12 mo	12 mo	6 mo
Laser tube power	45W	40W	40W
Upgraded hardware for improved speed
Cut speed	120%
Enhanced cooling for all-day use
Giant-size prints with Passthrough Slot
Price	$6,995	$4,995	$3,995

Material Capability

19. 5” by ∞

Software

Drag-and-drop with live camera preview
Works with Mac, PC, iPhone, Android, and more
JPG, PNG, SVG, PDF, and more

Hardware

Dual cameras: wide angle & macro
Custom 45W (Pro) laser
Precise to 1/1000th of an inch
Full autofocus

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Lasers like your Glowforge require ventilation. All Glowforge printers come with a 4" (10 cm) diameter hose which allows you to use your Glowforge near a window.

Our Air Filter upgrade lets you put your Glowforge anywhere. It sits on the ground near your Glowforge printer and cleans the air, allowing you to operate it anywhere in your home, school, or office!

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Review of photopolymer 3D printer XYZ Nobel Superfine

Hello everyone, 3DTool is with you! Recently, we have focused on reviews of photopolymer 3D printers from Photocentric and undeservedly bypassed solutions from the Dutch manufacturer XYZ , known to a wide range of buyers for its line of FDM 3D printers DaVinci . But not a single filament, as the paraphrased catchphrase says. In the company's model range, there are quite a few photopolymer solutions that work both on technology SLA and DLP technology. And today we will consider one of these machines - XYZ NOBEL SUPERFINE , working on technology DLP .

Features

Let's start with the features. Nobel XYZ SuperFine DLP classic 3D printer. The photopolymer is illuminated not by a LCD screen, but by an ultraviolet LED, the optical system of which is clearly visible in this photo:

Complete set

As usual, we will continue with the complete set. Complete with the printer, in addition to the original packaging, you can also find:

Quick start guide.
Quick Start Guide.
Power supply unit and cable.
USB cable.
Spatula.
USB stick.
Tube for resin bottle.
Resin container.
Latex gloves.
The trial photopolymer itself and its cap.

Not the richest package, especially for 3D printer for quite a lot of money. However, let's leave it on the conscience of the manufacturer, perhaps the printer will be able to surprise us with something else.

Appearance

As we can see, externally, Nobel does not really stand out from its classmates in photopolymer technology 3D printing . Powerful and heavy base with control interface, center of gravity shifted down and a large protective cap made of red translucent glass. By the way, as on the Photocentric reviewed by us in the last article, the glass is simply removed upwards. However, such a manipulation can no longer lead to illumination of the polymer, since Nobel Superfine - works on a more understandable 405 wavelength for a wide range of users.

Working area

Obviously, the small size of the working platform is compensated by the quality of the printer's print. However, the Nobel Superfine is mainly designed to work with jewelry, stencils and matrices, and therefore this size should be enough for most typical jewelry. 64 by 40 and by 120 millimeters in height will allow you to combine products on the platform and, if necessary, place them diagonally. Fortunately, the height of the region is sufficient.

Of course, such dimensions will not be enough for more serious tasks, but each technique has its own purpose. So here. Print quality comes at a cost.

Mechanics and electronics

A fairly well-made table console bracket provides good rigidity (it is impossible to bend by hand) and contains a driving drive, classic for such printers, in the form of a trapezoidal screw on a stepper motor. The carriage itself runs on 2m Taiwanese 9 rail guides0003 TBI Motion . Below is a removable cuvette with the material. By the way, the film on it also changes. On the left side of the console bracket is a cunningly shaped end switch. It is difficult to say why it is of such a shape, but apparently it allows you to determine the force of pressing.

On the left in the corner there is a niche for a jar of photopolymer. The Nobel is also equipped with a pumping system and a RFID tag on the material can, allowing the printer to determine what it has to work with and how much resin is left.

Below is the cuvette sensor. In this case, optical.

Control systems and connectors

Connectors on the body XYZ Nobel Superfine - just nothing. On the front there is a USB slot for connecting a UBS-flash card , or a cable for diagnostics. On the back wall there is a printer on / off button and a power connector. The printer has a built-in module Wi-Fi and connection via ethernet is missing.

Let's take a closer look at the display interface.

Main menu

In addition to the joystick control with smart LED backlight, the front panel has an OK key in the middle of the joystick and a home key at the top right.

When the power is turned on, the printer will say hello and exit to the main menu.

Menu Utilities

The menu utilities contains the functions of refilling the polymer in the cuvette, moving the platform (up and down), and the function of cleaning the cuvette from the photopolymer.

Menu Settings

does not consume excess electricity)

If you move the cursor a little lower, more options will be found. The first is language switching - unfortunately, Russian is not yet available. Next is Name Change. If desired, we can change the name of the device displayed on the network.

Menu INFO

Next, there will be menu INFO . It contains diagnostic functions - Resin Status and Sensor Status , as well as a section System Version , displaying data on the device's firmware assembly.

If desired, we can read the RFID material bottle tag and see how much material it is designed for and how much is left.

Sensor Status allows reading the printer status according to the following scheme:

C: 1 - cover (top cover) closed; C: 0 - cover not closed

Z-T: 1 - platform on top; Z-T: 0 - platform lowered

Z-B: 1 - platform in a ditch; Z-B: 0 - platform up

T: 1 - pump on T: 0 - pump off

PRINT FROM USB menu

By default, the printer saves jobs to internal memory and must be run from there. Through this menu, we can run tasks directly from the flash card.

ON. and Features

XYZ Nobel Superfine is compatible with the standard XYZ 3D printer software XYZware . Quite ascetic at first glance, the interface has all the necessary features. We can import new or export old 3D model , save the job and send it to print.

After loading 3D model , other menus and options will be available to us. like "forming supports" , "moving" , "scaling" , "rotation" and "deleting" . As you can see, when loading P.O. automatically built the necessary structures under the body of the model. We can also change them manually.

After clicking on "PRINT" , a window will appear with the choice of material and additional options. For example - the quality of the layer. By the way, Nobel Superfine has the maximum quality and minimum layer thickness - 25 micron . What is a kind of standard for photopolymer 3D printers at the moment.

Features and examples of printing

XYZ would not be by themselves if they did not provide additional equipment for their line of photopolymer 3D printers . And it is here. The company offers to buy a special ultraviolet curing chamber, which we partially considered in our review dedicated to 3D printer Photocentric Liquid Crystal Pro.

Here is a brief specification of the camera:

Unlike some other UV curing chambers that use mercury lamps, the XYZprinting UV curing chamber uses UV LEDs. The service life of such diodes can be up to 10,000 hours. And the process itself is more even.

The chamber is also equipped with a door open sensor. When the door is opened, the lighting process will be stopped. At the top, through the ventilation grill, you can see a rather massive radiator for the LED cooling system.

Using the user-friendly interface on the front panel, you can set the intensity of the glow, the off timer and follow the progress of the LED indication. Also, on this panel there are buttons for turning the camera on / off and starting / interrupting the illumination process.

Print examples

All print examples are made from XYZ Castable Resin with a layer thickness of 25 - 50 microns and cured in a UV chamber for 30 - 40 minutes. This material is mainly used to create matrices and waxes in jewelry and dentistry. The degree of burning out of this material is minimal.

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Industrial 3D printers for metal printing using electron beam melting technology EBM

Technology of additive 3D printing with metal powder by electron beam melting (EBM – Electron Beam Melting)

Industrial 3D printers for printing metals using electron beam melting (sintering) are designed for the production of ready-to-use metal products (parts). At the same time, the printed parts can have an arbitrary shape, internal cavities, various filling factors (porosity), arched design, parts in parts made in a bionic design to reduce weight and increase the strength of products.

In world practice, industrial EBM 3D printers are often used for the production of osteoimplants (artificial bone implants) according to the individual dimensions and geometry of the patient's bones, taken using computed tomography. And there are a number of good reasons for this. Titanium and stainless steel alloys are used to construct osteoimplants. Unlike SLM 3D printers, where the sintering energy is generated using a laser, electron beam printers can use metal powders of a coarser (larger) fraction, for example, 75-120 microns.

For use inside the human body, the surface roughness of the osteoimplant is not critical and can even provide better fusion with the rest of the body tissues and germination with mesh and arch structures of artificial bones. Larger fractions of metal powders have a lower cost, which reduces the cost of the production process.

Also, 3D printers that print metals using electron beam melting have a higher speed of building a product. The printing itself takes place at a high temperature in the chamber, including metal powder. This makes it possible to obtain finished products with a high degree of sintering (fusion) without the need for additional heat treatment in vacuum furnaces, as in printing using SLM technology.

In the products themselves, there are no residual thermal stresses that contribute to the formation of cracks and subsequent destruction during the loaded operation of the products.

What is the additive 3D technology of electron beam melting EBM?

A removable build platform is firmly attached to the piston of the elevator system of the 3D printer. A vacuum is created in the sealed chamber of the 3D printer, which is necessary for the free movement of electrons. By the way, the principle of operation of a cathode-beam printer strongly resembles the operation of the kinescopes of the first televisions.

The scattered electron beam heats up the removable platform and chamber. The moving carriage applies and levels the first layer of metal powder onto the platform. The scattered beam of electrons, if necessary, produces additional heating of the powder layer. Then the beam is focused to a point and at a high scanning speed, in accordance with the program, begins to fuse the metal powder. Electrons are emitted by a tungsten cathode heated to the glow temperature. They are accelerated by a high voltage of 60 kV applied to the anode, which is the build platform and the powder chamber.

The primary anode serves to improve the focusing of the electron beam. The focusing coil compresses the beam, while the scanning coil deviates it along the X and Y axes. Focused to a point with a diameter of 0.2 mm, an electron beam with a power of up to 3 kW easily fuses even an increased layer of metal powder. Scanning by a magnetic field of a beam of electrons flying at the speed of light is absolutely inertialess, in contrast to a scanning system with mirrors and lasers. It allows you to move the electron beam at a tremendous speed up to 10 km / s and fuse metal powder in a multi-beam way at 100 points simultaneously!

Which accordingly affects the increase in printer productivity, which is at least two to four times higher than the productivity of similar metal laser printers. It should be understood that the energy saturation of electron beam 3D printers of EBM technology is many times higher than the energy of existing models of laser 3D printers using SLM technology. Although inferior to them in the accuracy of the additive construction of products.

After the first layer of metal powder has been melted, the piston moves down by a construction step (about 0.2 mm), the carriage applies and levels the next layer of powder, and the next cycle of zone electron beam melting takes place.

To level the inaccuracy of the platform on which the product is printed, and to level the horizontal surface, at the beginning of the additive printing process, legs - stands are printed. The requirements for their strength and quality are low, so they are printed with a low degree of volume filling. It should be noted that when printing, a large amount of heat is released in the product, so heating with a scanning beam is done only when necessary. In general, the preheating temperature of the powder surface can vary in the range of 500 - 1000°C depending on the material of the powder.

At the end of the production of the finished product, the piston moves up, with the help of a special industrial vacuum cleaner and brush, unused metal powder is collected.

Attention! It is possible to open the vacuum chamber and let oxygenated air into it only after the chamber has cooled down. Metal powders are extremely flammable and ignite instantly in air, especially when heated to high temperatures.

Attention! Work on cleaning unused powder is carried out in a respirator to prevent damage to the respiratory organs by fine metal powder.

After the chamber has cooled down and the unused powder is completely removed, the build platform with the finished product welded to it is unscrewed from the piston. Then, using a tungsten string on an electroerosive machine, the part is cut off from the platform. It is further machined to remove the remnants of the legs. If necessary, sandblasting is performed to reduce the surface roughness of the product.

Additional heat treatment of parts in most cases is not required. The product is ready for use immediately after printing. And this also affects the cost reduction of additive metal printing on electron beam 3D printers. It should be noted that in the cost of additive 3D printing with metal powder using SLM laser technology, the depreciation of a 3D printer is up to 70% of the cost of the finished product. And the contribution to the cost of a rather expensive, at first glance, metal powder is in second or third place.

Electron beam 3D printers, having higher productivity, make a much smaller contribution from printer depreciation to the cost of the finished product and, accordingly, reduce its cost.

EBM200 industrial cathode beam 3D metal printer technical parameters

3D printer settings	Meaning
Maximum build size	200x200x240 mm
Product construction accuracy	(Standard - Ti6Al4V) ± 0. 2 mm
Maximum electron beam power	3 kW
Accelerating anode voltage (on powder)	60 kV
Accelerating anode current	0-50mA
Hot cathode type	Tungsten filament
Minimum Beam Spot Diameter	0.2 mm
Maximum Beam Scanning Speed	> 10 km/s
Multipath melting	Up to 100 points
Ultimate vacuum	<10 ^-2 Pa
Helium partial pressure	0. 05-1.0Pa
Powder heating	Scattered Beam Scanning
Powder surface temperature	500-1000℃
3D printer cooling system	Chiller using distilled water
Monitoring the build process	Through the glass of the vacuum chamber
CAD Interface	STL file format
Software	Meta Build v1.2, for PC
Printer size	2100x1000x2300 mm
Printer weight	2000 kg
Source of power	3 phase, 380 V, 36 A, 8 kW

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3D printer kit

Industrial 3D printer of EBM technology.
Chiller, for the 3D printer cooling system with distilled water.
Vacuum drying chamber for metal powder.
Industrial vacuum cleaner.

Optional:

Pneumohydraulic machine (sandblaster).
Machine for electroerosive cutting.
Air conditioner and dehumidifier.

EC Metal 3D Printing Room Requirements:

Maintaining a stable temperature and humidity regime.
Maintaining a stable temperature and humidity regime.
Temperature 20-26 degrees.
Humidity less than 40% non-condensing.
To do this, the room for 3D metal printing should be equipped with an air conditioner and a dehumidifier.

Types of metal powders for additive 3D printing by electron beam method

Titanium and titanium-based alloys.
Aluminum alloys.
Heat resistant steel alloys.
Cobalt and chromium alloys.
Stainless steel 316L.
Copper alloys and many others.

Applications for 3D metal cathode beam printers:

aerospace,
medical,
military,
industrial area.

Electron Beam Additive 3D Printing (EBM) Benefits:

High performance EBM 3D printers compared to SLM technology.
Low cost of products.
Uses less expensive metal powder in larger sizes.
Possibility of recycling of metal powder after its screening and vacuum drying.
The electron beam is controlled by magnetic fields.
Expensive optical mirrors and germanium or diamond lenses are missing.
Inertialess electron beam control gives the highest scanning speed.
Beam scattering allows heating metal powder without the use of additional heaters and obtaining a high density of products.
It is successfully used for the production of orthopedic bone implants (osteoimplants) made of titanium, made porous and arched, promoting osseointegration - fusion of bone tissues with an implant (implant).
Allows you to print products from two different materials with a gradual composition change gradient along the Z axis.
Allows you to create heat-resistant nozzles and blades for gas turbines, including jet engines. In addition, it is used to create load-bearing titanium elements of an aircraft wing.
Used to create elements of rocket engines: combustion chambers and nozzles with resistance to temperatures above 3000°C. Where high pressure and temperature require the use of refractory and durable materials such as titanium.
Not limited by the geometric complexity of the manufactured parts without the need for subsequent assembly or welding.
Ability to print internal cavities and parts in parts.

Disadvantages of electron beam additive 3D technology (EBM):

Relatively small build chamber.
Increased roughness, printed products.
During the operation of a 3D printer, X-ray bremsstrahlung occurs, from which it is necessary to protect both equipment and maintenance personnel.
Respiratory protection of service personnel from fine metal powder is required.
Tendency to ignite metal powders of titanium and steel.

China is the world's first economy and the world's largest manufacturer of 3D printers.

The quality of Chinese 3D printers often exceeds American and German counterparts due to mass production and application. At the request of the customer, American lasers and German scanners, Japanese servomotors, and Taiwanese controllers are used in 3D printers. Industrial 3D printers and software are updated and improved every 2 weeks. Hundreds of prototyping centers operate throughout China to provide quality prototypes and finished products to China's most powerful industry in the world.