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 resins 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 fairly easy to use for experience users on all open SLA, DLP [...]
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Hazard Glow is the first 3D-Printing material in our Creative resin portfolio. It is the first ever glow in the dark resin available for 3D-printing. In the FDM printing community, plenty of glow in the dark PLA or ABS filaments are present. With the availability of a 3D-printing glow resin, high detailed glow parts and [...]
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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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Phrozen3D entered the resin 3D-printing market with resin based LCD / MSLA printers in 2016. Initially they launched a couple 3D-printers in the >$1000 range all based on LCD technology. They have been one of the first companies to develop a bigger LCD platform, next to the more expensive Structo3D Dental 3D-printer. Since 2020, Phrozen [...]
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Whilst the 3D-printing market grows rapidly, the demand for better 3D-printing materials grows with it. This leads to the development of a wide variety of materials. All new types of resins are finding their way into the market for specific applications. Earlier we wrote an article about the Strongest and Toughest materials available. One of [...]
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