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Pricing of medical models with FDM technology According to the researchers: “The used 3D printer was uPrint SE Plus (Stratasys Inc, US) with Catalyst EX 4.4 (Stratasys Inc, US) software. The selected layer resolution was 0.2540 mm and model infill was set to ‘sparse’ with high density. Auto orientation was applied for the skull and […]
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Prusa3D is well known in the FDM market, manufacturing FDM printers and filaments in its facility in Czech Republic. It was founded in 2012 by Josef Prusa, focused on open-source 3D-printing technology. During the years after founding, Prusa became one of the market leaders in consumer FDM 3D-printing. Just in 2018, Prusa Research has acquired [...]
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Everyone owning a 3D-printing must have heard about Lithophanes by now. 3D-printed images that will turn into beautiful pictures when placing in front of a lamp or light. From the earlier days, FDM 3D-printer owners could only benefit from this amazing form of art. Since the desktop SLA / MSLA printers are getting more affordable, [...]
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Elegoo is manufacturing and developing resin-based 3D-printers since 2017. With the release of the Elegoo Mars it was competing for the entry-level resin 3D-printing market with competitors like Anycubic, Phrozen3D, and many others. After the first appearance of LCD based resin printers by Wanhao and Anycubic, pricing was set around $550 for a 2K RGB [...]
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Over the past years a wide range of water-washable resins were introduced to the market to make resin printing more consumer friendly. But what are the advantages of these water-washable resins and how do they compare to other resins? Post-processing of 3D-printed resin parts One of the biggest disadvantages of resin 3D-printing is the post-processing. [...]
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One of the downsides many people experience with resin 3D-printing, is the bad odor of some of the resins and cleaning agents. In order to avoid this smell in their working area, many people get creative and build their own fume hood, just like the picture below. The question is, can this be avoided? Source: [...]
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Liqcreate Composite-X is one of the stiffest and strongest material available in the market. With a flexural modulus over 9000 MPa and a flexural strength of 150 – 170 MPa it is superior to almost all photopolymer resins currently available. Liqcreate Composite-X is easy to use on all open SLA, DLP and MSLA 3D-printers in [...]
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Liqcreate Hazard Glow is the first ever glow in the dark resin for SLA and DLP technologies in a range of 385 – 405nm. This material is optimized in having the highest possible glow-effect while remaining processable in DLP, MSLA and SLA 3D-printers. Parts 3D-printed with Liqcreate Hazard Glow can be activated with almost every [...]
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Formlabs was founded in September 2011 to develop the first affordable desktop SLA 3D printer. Its record breaking $2.95 million kickstarter campaign was the kick-off of the first affordable resin 3D-printer. Later in September 2015, Formlabs announced the Form 2 3D-printer. This printer was upgraded with a larger build volume, heated resin vat and wiper. [...]
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