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The F1 3D Printer gives individuals and businesses the power to prototype from home

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I’ve been pretty vocal about how 3D printing is the key to surviving the pandemic. Whether it’s instantly printing face-shields, prototyping respirators, or just relying less on overseas prototyping companies to supply you with prototypes, 3D-printers can help you ideate, test, and produce your designs faster… and it’s only a matter of time before they become an integral part of studios, schools, hospitals, and businesses. Norston Fontaine, the man behind Stacker’s F1 3D Printer agrees too.

Fontaine’s dedicated his life to perfecting his craft and designing 3D printing machines that are consumer-friendly, yet state-of-the-art. The F1 3D printer is just remarkably versatile in the number of filaments and materials it can handle, as well as incredibly accurate too, with a build quality that Fontaine prides himself in. Take a look at some of the F1’s prints and you’ll be surprised at the immaculate surface quality and detail, and the very visible lack of stringing, or blemishes caused by over-extrusion. The F1 3D printer comes with Stacker’s special hot ends fitted with Vanadium-alloy-coated nozzles that are guaranteed to last a lifetime. The F1’s hot ends are easily replaceable too, allowing you to effectively choose between different nozzle sizes as well as making maintenance easier. The hot ends use a direct-drive extrusion system that helps it achieve perfectly consistent prints every time, and a temperature-monitoring sensor immediately pauses the job if it detects any overheating – a feature that’s extremely useful during long print-cycles. The entire F1 is designed and manufactured in the USA, all the way from the controller-board and the firmware, to the actual printer frame itself that comes fitted with special vibration dampeners to increase the printer’s overall accuracy.

The F1 is just one part of Stacker’s innovation in 3D printing. The other part is what Fontaine likes to call his secret sauce – dry filament printing. Atmospheric moisture (even in small amounts) can end up having an effect on filaments by changing how they melt, extrude, and set. The F-BOX (which can be universally added to any existing 3D printer) is a special dehumidifying container that holds the filament reel. It comes with an industrial-grade desiccating agent that helps absorb atmospheric moisture to keep the filament as dry as possible. The desiccants change color when they’ve absorbed all the moisture they can hold – and once they begin turning from their bright orange to a dull green, they can simply be recharged by being popped in a food dehydrator or microwave (allowing you to use them infinitely). The F-BOX increases the potential of your filament, and can be mounted on or connected to any existing printer to give you better results. If you’re the kind to buy filaments in bulk, the Stacker team even offers the F-PAC, a large cartridge of desiccant that can be stored along with your filaments, keeping humidity away to increase their shelf-life.

With the F1, Fontaine hopes our futures will be more self-reliant when it comes to quick prototyping and fabrication. The F1 is an incredibly advanced printer that’s been calibrated and tested over time to produce consistent results, but at the same time, it’s just as easy to use as any consumer-grade 3D printer. The F1 even took a stab at the Autodesk/Kickstarter FDM print test and the results are impressive, to say the least. Along with the F-BOX and the F-PAC, Stacker’s F1 3D printer brings an entire prototyping station into your home. It was designed to accelerate the movement towards relying less on external sources and embracing the ability to ideate, prototype, and produce right from the comfort of your own workspace.

Designers: Norston Fontaine & Team Stacker

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STACKER F1 3D Printer – The Essential Office Machine

Built for every type of business, school, or organization, the F1 is a true industrial grade printer, so this means it’s perfect for work groups big and small. It’s also ideal for print farms and maker spaces. The F1 is a high performance printer with advanced safety features. This means it’s safe enough for hospitals, research labs, schools, offices, and of course, your home.

Why the F1? Safety, Print Quality & Reliability

Safety – Many users run their printers unattended. That’s why they built a printer with unmatched safety features.

Advanced thermal runaway protection. What’s thermal runaway? Basically, it’s when your hot end keeps heating up and won’t shut down until you cut the power. This can happen if your controller board fails, the temp sensor fails, the temp sensor gets dislodged from the heater block, or your firmware freezes and fails to reset.

Most printers on the market today only rely on firmware to protect against thermal runaway. Software is not good enough. To make matters worse a lot of cheap printers didn’t even enable these basic software protections, even though they are built into the firmware. In the vast majority of cases firmware protection works well at protecting you. However, no firmware is going to protect you if it crashes or if you experience a controller board or temp sensor failure.

The F1 solution. That’s why the F1 incorporates redundant specialty electronic power cut-off circuits. These specialty circuits are completely independent from the firmware or other software controls. In other words, a bad transistor or crashed firmware is not going to prevent the specialty safety circuit from doing its job. The F1 also uses two temp sensors for added security. That’s right, two temp inputs, and each input is run through its own specialty circuit. If the circuit reads a temp higher than 325 C it will cut the power to your hot end. Please see the illustration below.

Better temp sensors, mounted better. The F1 uses PT100 temperature sensors made from Platinum, so they are extremely reliable. Furthermore, we designed our hot end to specifically prevent the temp sensors from dislodging during use. First, we use TWO temp sensors to add redundancy, as mentioned above. Second, we use multiple fastening points to retain the sensors. Third, our temp sensors are potted into metal cartridges, which allows us to attach them more securely. Finally, we engineered the cable management of the hot end wires to further prevent the sensors from coming loose.

Special hot end heat break and heat sink. We also use a special Bi-Metallic heat break sourced from Slice Engineering to keep the heat in the heater block instead of migrating upward into the rest of the hot end assembly. Not only does this improve the printing process, it makes the hot end safer overall. Finally, we designed our own heat sink to bleed off any excess heat that rises from the heat break.

The filament drive and hot end mount uses UL approved flame retardant materials for an extra level of safety. The hot end heat sink and heat break were designed to bleed off the heat before it can rise and damage the other components on the print head.

Insulated and guarded heater block. The stainless steel guard around the heater block helps reduce severe burning. It still gets very hot, so be careful!

All connectors are genuine MOLEX brand, not some cheap offshore knockoff found on many 3D printers. Moreover, we selected connectors that are rated to carry at least double the circuits required amperage. If that wasn’t enough, we only use glow wire rated connector housings. This means that if you take a hot iron (the glow wire) and pushed it into the connector, the connector would just melt instead of burning up.

Special Z rod guards protect your hair and fingers from getting pinched or wrapped up. Each Z Axis lead screw gets its own guard. This also keeps the lead screws cleaner and reduces maintenance.

Advanced firmware. The F1 uses a modular firmware by Repetier that includes the standard thermal runaway protections found in other firmwares, but it also includes a watchdog system that helps identify firmware crashes. If a crash is detected it resets the printer to rectify the situation.

F1 Print Quality

How do you achieve best-in-class print quality? You do it by getting rid of resonance, zero crossing moire patterns, ringing, z wobble, thermal banding, and other artifacts that show up in your prints. This requires engineering, proper selection of components, and lot’s of testing.

Engineering. We started by making the F1 frame and gantry system as strong and rigid as we could. The frame is then perfectly squared during assembly, and will stay that way for the life of the printer (unless you drop it off your desk onto a concrete floor!). Next, we engineered a simple but effective chassis dampening system using visco-elastic polymer because it has a very high dampening coefficient. It combines shock absorption, good memory, vibration isolation and vibration damping characteristics. Cheap rubber feet would have saved us a lot of money, but that’s not what the F1 is about.

Next, we designed the best filament drive and hot end we could. Our filament drive uses our special filament drive gears and gear reduction design for increased power and precision. The drive gears are hardened steel and the reduction gears are stainless steel, not plastic. The F1 hot end is all metal and carbon fiber ready. The key to making a high performance hot end that works with a large spectrum of filament types is to use a heat break that has the highest temp gradient you can find.

Accuracy: 3D printing is about more than just creating “perfect” and pretty looking prints. Best-in-class print quality is also about parts that are accurate, and fit together. Parts that have sharp corners and no over extrusion.

The F1’s firmware incorporates a hot end pressure balancing feature that reduces the extruder movement precisely as needed before the hot end reaches any portion of the part that slows down. This allows the pressure inside the hot end to release and do the extruding instead of the filament drive. It’s clever and it works great. In fact, the F1 doesn’t require any slicer tricks, like coasting or wiping (combing).

Here is an example of the quality you can expect from your new F1.

Reliability: Better by design. We all know that hot ends jam for a variety of reasons. The cause is usually wet filament, improper retract settings, bad temp settings, poor quality filament (bad diameter tolerance or debris in the filament) and bad hot end engineering. Oh, leaving the hot end idle at full temp for a few hours is another great way to jam your hot end! If you’re like us you’re not perfect, that’s why the F1 hot end can be changed in seconds. This makes it fast and easy to change nozzles too.

Premium Components: Lets take a close look at the 600 watt power supply built by Artesyn. The price of this key component is over $250. The power supply incorporates PFC (power factor correction) which ensures that input voltage and current waveforms are as sinusoidal as possible. Besides, PFC is required by international regulations. Cheap power supplies don’t use PFC and are not as reliable. The F1 3D Printers’ power supply carries a 2 year warranty and should run for many years under normal use.

STACKER F1 Features

– T-Slot Accessory Rail: Use the upper rail to mount your tool caddy, webcam, filament spool holders, etc
– Zero Maintenance V-Slot Wheels: ultra smooth, no noise linear motion
– Quad-Gear Filament Drive: powerful and flex filament ready
– Quick Change Hot Ends: swap nozzle sizes fast, all metal, 310C max temp
– Hardened Steel Nozzle: a must for abrasive filaments, made by Slice Engineering
– Dual Heater Blocks: faster and more even heat distribution for more even extrusion
– Redundant Electrical Cut-Off Circuits: These special circuits guard against thermal run-away of the hot end, the most critical part in any 3d printers. Provides: an extra safeguard beyond the standard firmware protections (firmware alone is not enough!), a must for safer printing, uses dual PT100 temp sensors for even more reliability
– Ultra Flat Print Bed: with auto bed leveling,a flat bed is key for proper fitting parts, bed leveling is, and should only be, for adjusting first layer heights to the particular bed surface
– Print Bed: Cast aluminum precision ground, with a 300 watt silicone mat heater and “Level Once” bed levelers.
– Carry Handle and LED Light Bar: comfortable grip and looks cool
– Customizable Front Logo Plate: print your own in the color you like
– Dual Z Screw Guards: keeps hands and hair safe
– 600 Watt Industrial Grade PSU: PFC type for EU regulations, smoothes out A/C pulses, more efficient, quiet, safe, reliable. Artesyn model LCM600Q-N
– Stacker Designed 32bit Electronics: faster printing, smoother and quieter operation, advanced safety features built-in
– Wire free controller box: eliminates the potential for shorted wires and reduces heat and complexity
– Genuine Molex Brand Glow Wire Electrical Connectors: Safest connectors on the market, oversized to easily handle the current loads.
– Motor Drivers: ultra quiet type for smooth operation
– High Resolution Stepper Motors: 2X more precision over standard motors
– Ultra-Rigid Frame and Ganty: superior prints at a faster pace
– Flexplate System with BuildTak PC and PEI Bed Surfaces: optional nylon surface also available
– Visco-elastic Dampening System: reduces noise and vibration, better print quality, won’t mar your table top
– Repetier Firmware: our custom version uses advanced motion planning and pressure balancing hot end controls to prevent over extrusion
– Repetier Server Software (requires dedicated pc, linux embedded device, or Pi): the best way to control your printer from any web enabled device, webcam option, time lapse, and a host of other amazing features, enterprise ready, NO WIFI for increased security (you can add WIFI with a Pi, we strongly recommend ethernet)
– Slicing software: One licence for Simplify3D, powerful and highly accurate slicing, multiple process feature, fantastic multi material print capabilities and the industry standard for generating support structures that break away cleanly.
– 285 x 285 x 285 mm Print Size: big prints from compact desk-sized printer
– Compact Frame: fits on your desk
– Filament Spool Location: Multiple mounts available for front, top, rear mounting
– F-BOX Compatible: Mounts in multiple locations
– Made in the USA

Print Bed Surfaces

Genuine BuildTak brand flex plate and sheets.

The filament drive because is so strong, and so light. It integrates the following components into a single 3D printed production part.

– adjustable print head mounting bracket
– filament out sensor bracket
– fan mount bracket
– ABL sensor mount
– blower mount bracket
– hot end attachment bracket
– wire and cable management
– filament guide tube mount
– belt guard

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This $300 3D Printer makes it easier to create designs than to buy them online

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There was a time when you needed to have a highly specialized skill set to operate a camera. Today cameras on phones can be used by toddlers. The same sort of goes for cars. Today an AI can do the same thing a licensed driver can. Objects are getting easier to use, for the sake of being adopted by more consumers, and the 3D printer is no exception. You’d need manuals, experience, and technical prowess to use a 3D printer 10 years ago. Today, Creality’s CR-6 SE printer takes literally 5 minutes to assemble, and less than 2 minutes to use. How does it do that? The same way a smartphone camera or an AI-driven car does – by handling the heavy-lifting and leaving the easy tasks to you.

Convenience is by far the most important function of the Creality CR-6 SE. While most 3D printers need reading through manuals and require basic maintenance activities before and after each print, the CR-6 SE just simply works out of the box. The printer’s self-leveling tech means you never need to manually calibrate your baseplate and nozzle before each print – if you didn’t understand a word of what I just said, the CR-6 SE was sort of designed for you. Its easy-to-assemble form factor is as simple as building a 5-piece LEGO house. Once put together and plugged in, the printer’s bilingual setup and its 4.3-inch HD touchscreen help you use it in just minutes. Feed the sliced design in, either online or via an SD card, and the printer gets to work. Its patent-pending self-leveling technology calibrates the print-bed to perfection, resulting in faster, better quality prints every time; while its innovation-driven structure and nozzle-design work effortlessly while dissipating heat and requiring no periodic maintenance. The cherry on the cake? A silent chipset that allows the printer to run without that droning whirr that most printers make while executing a job.

For the more technically sound, the CR-6 SE lives up to Creality’s legacy of producing some of the finest 3D printers at affordable prices. With an early bird price of just $319, the CR-6 SE may be the most budget-friendly self-calibrating printer. To top things off, it comes with a heated baseplate too, allowing you to print in a variety of filaments, and you can even stash all your printing and prying tools into the machine’s built-in tool drawer. The CR-6 SE comes with a print-area of 235*235*250mm, with a resolution of ±0.1mm… it handles STL, OBJ, and AMF formats, and even comes with power-resume, allowing prints to temporarily halt during a power outage, and resume once the power’s back.

With the CR-6 SE, Creality makes an ambitious attempt to cater both to power users as well as novices. Designed to be less than half the price of your average 3D modeling or rendering software, the CR-6 SE brings the ultimate tool for creation and prototyping to your desk. Why render a design when you could just fabricate it? Or conversely, why buy a product when you could just print it in a matter of hours??

Designers: Michael Tang, Louis Tang & Alan Xu

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Creality CR-6 SE – Leveling-free DIY 3D Printer Kit

The CR-6 SE  is a simple and robust aluminum-built modular 3D printer that features an intelligent leveling-free system for superior accuracy and advanced 3D printing features, in an easy-to-use printer that is also affordable.

The printer scored a total of 26.5 out of 30 points on the Autodesk Kickstarter test.

Main Features

No complications. No special skills required. No confusion. You can easily assemble it in only 5 minutes and then all you need to do is plug it in and switch it on. The CR-6 SE 3D Printer starts working and delivering amazing results—whether you’re a pro or a newbie—in almost no time.

Ground-breaking true leveling-free technology. For the most part, accurate 3D printing is the result of a leveled bed. That’s usually a challenging goal, though, because most 3D printers will present nozzle clogging, poor adhesion, and generally unleveled-related issues that compromise the quality of prints. The CR-6 SE offers precisely the opposite. Featuring an innovative true Leveling-Free Technology, this is a 3D Printer that lets you always rely on highly accurate results.

Customizable and easy to keep modular nozzle. Never see your creativity and productivity affected by nozzle-related replacement issues. The CR-6 SE is designed with a modular nozzle that means you can customize it. From the heat block to the nozzle tip, among other parts, this is a Modular 3D Printer that’s easy to keep.

Better heat dissipation with unique caved heat sink.

Photoelectric filament sensor and flexible fixator

A dependable extruder. With its compact and reliable extruder, you know that a smoother extrusion and an easier filament feed will ultimately generate faster, quieter and smoother prints.

Cut the noise. 3D printers shouldn’t be annoying in the noise they make, which is why they added a Silent Chipset to the CR-6 SE. Its latest Trinamic driver helps to ensure that voltage control, fast movement and printing in silence are a given.

A hotbed for a hot result. The CR-6 SE 3D Printer comes with a carborundum glass hotbed platform that is flatter than aluminum and which offers a stellar thermal performance that ensures quick heating up, strong adhesion and prints that are easy to remove.

Strong, stable, and stylish. This work station has a beautiful design that compliments any desktop you use it on. Meanwhile, self-designed profiles and stepper motor cover prevent from filament scraps and dust. The CR-6 SE also comes with a well-arranged ribbon cable that ensures safety issues are never a concern.

Reduced Vibrations. This unique printer is designed with a wider foundation and equipped with dual Z-axises matched with an adjustable timing belt that translates into reduced unwanted motion and improved refined results. So the stability of the machine and its performance is simply impressive.

A 3D printer you can carry. Weighing only 9.2kg and with manageable dimensions (442*462*540mm), the CR-6 SE is a 3D Printer that you can carry. In fact, it features a convenient removable handle that makes it easy to carry whenever you need to.

Photoelectric Filament Sensor. These are the three magic words that basically mean that your CR-6 SE will keep your printing performance running smartly and smoothly. If the machine suddenly runs out of filament or if it simply breaks, the printer’s photoelectric filament sensor will instantly pick up that disruption and will stop the machine. As soon as the new filament feeds in, the CR-6 SE will resume its operation without making you lose your work.

Intuitive user experience. The CR-6 SE 3D Printer features a 4.3in HD Color LCD Touch Screen that allows you to easily and intuitively operate the device.

Review video by Naomi.

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Comgrow Creality Ender 3 Pro 3D Printer Review 2019

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In this article, let us take a detailed look at the Comgrow Creality Ender 3 Pro 3D Printer, one of the most budget-friendly (under $300) and best 3D printers that you can order right away, without having to spend a lot of money.

if you were looking for the best gift you could give to your child or even to your best friend, you couldn’t go wrong with a 3D printer. Modern 3D printers can do a lot of things including creating custom art, assisting in medical and architectural projects, and build advanced products.

However, they also serve the purpose of helping children and adults alike to build their own toys and objects at home. For instance, it is now common for home-based artisans to use 3D printers to create jewelry, artisanal cups and glasses, and toys for kids.

Before we jump to our extended Comgrow Creality Ender 3 Pro Review, let us take a look at what a 3D printer really is.

What is a 3D printer and how does it work?

3D printing helps you to turn a photo or image layer into a 3D object. The more layers your 2D image has, the more complex your 3D object is going to be. There are printers which can create complex objects that have thousands of layers. “Layer” is a concept that you might be familiar with if you have ever used an image-editing tool such as Photoshop or CorelDraw. 2D designs you create on your computer can be printed into real objects using a 3D printer. Imagine how much science and design you can teach to your kids, and how cool you will appear as a parent to them!

Even if you are buying this for an adult you love, they are going to find practical uses for their 3D printer. Think in terms of creating jewelry, household objects or just about anything that they may need. For a 3D printer to print objects, you will, however, have to purchase filament sold on spools. They are available in many colors and actual objects are created out of this filament by the 3D printer. In this article, we shall review Comgrow Creality Ender 3. While purchasing a Comgrow Creality Ender 3, you may need to purchase the filament required to print objects.

Which 3D printer should you buy?

One of the most popular 3D printers today is the Comgrow Creality Ender 3 Pro 3D Printer. Comgrow Creality Ender 3 Pro 3D Printer comes with a removable build surface plate giving your printer all-round protection. This printer also ensures that the temperature is always consistent across the build surface. The most impressive feature of this printer is that you can remove the printed object easily once the model cools down.

Many 3D printer users complain that their project failed because there was a power outage. Thanks to a safe power supply feature, you can rest assured that even after multiple instances of power outages, your printer will resume printing and building your object without any hitch.

What’s inside the box?

The 3D printer is easy to set up and the kit is partially assembled already. This means, you just need to put in a little extra effort to get your 3D printer up and running. Science students, engineering graduates and budding hobbyists will find this printer very useful too. Here is what you get with the printer when you order it off Amazon.

  • Comgrow Creality Ender 3 Pro 3D Printer
  • A warranty period of 12 months, so that you can always get replacements if you find something is not working up to your expectations
  • Lifetime technical assistance
  • 24/7 professional customer service

Who is this 3D printer for?

This high-precision printer ensures that both kids and adults can try out science and STEM projects, design and art projects, etc. in the convenience of their own homes. Research shows that children learn better when they carry out science projects physically, rather than learning via theory. This 3D printer might just be what your child needs to fare better in his/her school exams! If you are buying this printer for an adult friend of yours, they are going to love it just as much, as it will help them to kick start a new hobby project.

Verdict: This fully open source printer allows you to make changes to its software as well and is a great gift for those involved in STEM projects, just as it is for kids.

How to use it and where to get answers

You might find it a little difficult to set up the printer initially. However, other printers sold by competitors tend to be even more complex, and you may not get the expert customer care that you get with Comgrow Creality Ender 3 Pro 3D Printer. As this printer costs less than $300, it is a great investment to make before you decide to purchase something more advanced. In fact, you may not need a more advanced printer as Comgrow Creality Ender 3 Pro meets all customer expectations and basic STEM and science projects.

The print quality is outstanding too, and you can always get help on ender3 subreddit. This community is the place to get expert advice from other users. However, you can also call up the company’s technical support team for addressing any issues that you may face either during printing or while setting up the gadget. If you find the manual complex to understand, you can always watch the YouTube video and set it up. Make sure that you do not hurry up during the setting up process. It is not just about assembling a printer, but building it, which means you need to devote some time to get the printer up and running the way you want it to.

What does it look like?

The 3D printer looks stylish and is black in color. It weighs 17.64 pounds and might need a little effort to move around once it has been set up. Aluminum material ensures that the 3D printer is durable and long-lasting. Most importantly, the hotbed of the printer reaches 110 degree Celsius in just five minutes. If you are worried about waking up the neighborhood with your DIY projects, fret not. the printer comes with a V-slot that has POM wheels so that you can move around the printer noiselessly.

Buy the Comgrow Creality Ender 3 Pro 3D Printer for Self-healing

As you can see, a 3D printer is a great gift choice for both adults and children. Children can use 3D printers to create toys, complete science and STEM projects, and have fun along the way. Adults can use 3D printers to create household objects, artisanal products, and creative projects. One of the coolest 3D printers less than $300 is Comgrow Creality Ender 3 Pro 3D Printer.

The Comgrow Creality Ender 3 Pro is beeing currently sold under $300 (check the latest price here), it fares better than other printers that are similarly priced because of its removable build surface plate and safe power supply. Additional features include the ability to resume printing function even after power outages, a kit that is already semi-assembled, and friendly and supportive customer care. Last but not the least, Comgrow Creality Ender 3 Pro 3D Printer can easily be moved around the house and is noiseless, allowing you to complete your DIY projects in peace. Bottom line this is one of the best 3d printers out there.

As they say, there is nothing more important for mental health than cultivating a hobby. Designing objects and creating them in real life can prove to be a healing experience whether you are a child or an adult, and this printer will help ensure that you march towards healing and learning one object at a time.

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NASA backs demo that will 3D-print spacecraft parts in orbit

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NASA is expanding its efforts to bring 3D printing to space. The agency has given Made In Space a $73.3 million contract to demonstrate the ability to 3D-print spacecraft parts in orbit using Archinaut One (shown above), a robotic manufacturing ship...

3D Pioneers Formlabs need an Industrial Designer

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A spin-off from the ever-innovative MIT Media Labs, Formlabs has been working on bringing 3D printing technology to the masses since 2011. To reinvent an industry, you have to build the best team. Formlabs is expanding access to digital fabrication, so anyone can make anything. Formlabs is the professional 3D printer of choice for engineers, designers, manufacturers, and decision makers around the globe. Formlabs products include the Form 3 and Form 3L, powered by Low Force Stereolithography (LFS)™ 3D printing, Form 2 SLA 3D printer, Form Wash and Form Cure post-processing solutions, Fuse 1 SLS 3D printer, and Form Cell manufacturing solution. Formlabs also develops its own suite of high-performance materials that continue to push the boundaries for 3D printing, as well as best-in-class 3D printing software. Join Formlabs if you want to bring ground-breaking professional tools to designers, engineers, and artists around the world.

The Opportunity

The Industrial Design team enables accessible and productive experiences for our users and communicates the values of the brand through beautiful, functional products. As part of our team, you’ll collaborate with an interdisciplinary team of designers, engineers, and scientists to make a significant impact on a rapidly-emerging class of products. If you are passionate about delivering great user experiences and have the skills to contribute, we want you to join our team as an Industrial Designer.

Responsibilities

Design new products from idea to production:

-Contribute to product vision
-Develop concepts, with clear and compelling visual communication
-Prototype continuously, from quick mockups to refined cosmetic models
-Test designs with users, translate results back into the design process
-Create robust CAD in Solidworks to communicate design intent
-Collaborate with engineering and suppliers to create manufacturable solutions
-Report to the Industrial Design team manager

Education and Experience Required

-Degree in Industrial Design
-Skill in 3D modeling, Solidworks preferred
-Skill in 2D and 3D design visualization tools, including Keyshot and Adobe CC
-Strong sketching skills
-Experience solving complex problems through design
-A developed sense of aesthetics and care for details
-Comfortable creating prototypes using a variety of methods
-Experience working with engineering and manufacturability constraints
-1-3 years of experience preferred

Other Perks

-Flexible Vacation
-Premium coverage for medical, dental, and vision plans
-Paid parental leave
-Fully stocked kitchens and catered lunches three days a week
-Commuter benefits
-Unlimited 3D prints

How to Apply

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. Even if you don’t check every box, but see yourself contributing, please apply. Help us build an inclusive community that will change the face of 3D printing

Location

Somerville, MA

Apply Now!

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PocketMaker is literally a palm-sized, low-cost 3D printer!

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Determined to make 3D printing accessible to all, the PocketMaker was created to be an incredibly competitive, low-cost, value-for-money printer to beat all other printers. Unlike most 3D printers that occupy a good 4-9 sq.ft. of space, the PocketMaker literally occupies the same amount of space as your palm and fingers, and comes with a detachable/replaceable printer head/extruder that you can easily swap when you find the nozzle getting blocked. The PocketMaker comes with plastic rails, not only bringing down the cost, but the weight too, and while plastic-to-plastic movement isn’t as smooth as a metal-on-metal gear/rail system, the PocketMaker’s small size makes up for it, giving you a tiny, low-cost printer that is capable of generating 8*8*8cm prints with no hassle. The PocketMaker works with PLA filament, allowing its baseplate to remain plain (unlike ABS printers that need a heated plate), truly working to create a proper, easy-to-use printer that’s low on space and cost, but high on possibilities!

The PocketMaker is a winner of the A’ Design Award for the year 2019.

Designers: Lang Qiyue and Yang Tian

This one single desktop device can 3D Print, laser engrave, and CNC machine.

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Practically every prototyping tool you’d ever need exists within the realm of the Snapmaker 2.0. In its second, more expansive, open, and fine-tuned iteration, the guys at Snapmaker have put together an absolute prototyping powerhouse that literally takes up not more than a square that measures 3×3 feet. The modular device can be built to run as a 3D Printer, a Laser Engraver/Cutter, and even a 3 or even 4 Axis CNC Machine. The Snapmaker 2.0 isn’t a product as much as it’s an eco-system… a set of opportunities. An ability to practically fabricate anything you want!

At the heart of the Snapmaker is its complete metal construction and modular nature. Metal allows you to have near-perfect tolerances, it can take heat, and it’s the choice for any product that’s as heavy duty as a fabricating system. Snapmaker’s metal construction ensures its ability to perform to precision, while its modular nature gives it the ability to do any sort of fabrication you’d need. Designed to be faster, smarter, and even larger, the Snapmaker 2.0 can handle bigger projects than its previous iteration, and can deliver quality faster. Snapmaker 2.0’s modular build allows you to put together the product you need. Within a couple of minutes, you can assemble a fully-functional 3D printer that can also do laser engraving or CNC carving, just by interchanging heads and adding extra elements like a spool (for the 3D printing filament), or a vice (for CNC machining).

Snapmaker’s software guides you through the whole (incredibly simple) process. It provides a host of features that make it easy for a consumer (with relatively no skill or understanding of software) to operate it. The touchscreen interface on the Snapmaker 2.0 can alert you when the filament runs out during 3D printing (and even pause the build till you change it), while CNC carving, Snapmaker 2.0 allows any consumer to easily switch between drill bits (a task that earlier required a CNC expert), and the laser engraving module comes with a camera built into it that captures your product and lets you preview what your laser art would look like on the product, right in Snapmaker’s interface. The entire device even comes with an auto-resume feature that allows you to continue working from where you left off if there’s ever a power cut. Snapmaker can automatically recognize which tool head (3D printing, laser, or CNC) that is attaching to the machine and shows the relevant control panel on the touchscreen. The workflow and UI is simple and intuitive.

This ability to use pro-tools with just simple know-how makes the Snapmaker 2.0 an absolute game changer, giving you the power to fabricate prototypes, and even make your own products, toys, and craft materials in your own home. Perfect for freelance industrial designers, engineers, artists, craftspeople, and even in office setups like studios, teams, or start-ups, the Snapmaker 2.0 is a pretty powerful tool to put your ideas to the test. Its modular setup lets you build exactly the fabricating tool you need, allowing you to expand it, add an enclosure, or even modules like an IP Camera or an emergency kill-switch. Designed to empower you to build your ideas, the Snapmaker 2.0 brings seriously capable and powerful professional tools to anyone with a creative inkling. Go ahead! You can literally build your own production line in your home!

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The Snapmaker 2.0 is a modular 3-in-1 3D printers that unlock your full creative potential, from 3D printing to laser engraving, cutting, and CNC carving. Snapmaker 2.0 is smarter, faster, larger, and more powerful than ever before. It is a new generation of 3-in-1 3D printers that comes with everything you need!

3D Printing

Snapmaker 2.0 modular 3-in-1 3D printers are ideal for beginners who are just getting started, hobbyists who prefer more customized options, as well as engineers and designers who want to print large objects or accurate parts with outstanding print quality.

Laser Engraving & Cutting

Traditional 3D printers can only 3D print. Your Snapmaker 2.0 is completely different. With interchangeable modules, Snapmaker’s functionality can be changed quickly and effciently, just like changing lenses on a camera. Now you can make many kinds of beautiful and artistic creations using laser engraving and cutting.

CNC Carving

You can even use Snapmaker 2.0 as a CNC router to create precision 2.5D and 3D objects. It has faster working speed and a much larger workspace than the original model. It is the perfect machine to extend your interest to CNC carving.

3D Printing Samples

Snapmaker 2.0 allows you to print almost anything for your creative projects: from common applications to objects with specific mechanical properties, such as toughness, durability, and flexibility. Snapmaker 2.0 can do it all!

Laser Engraving & Cutting Samples

A wide variety of materials you find in daily life are laser engravable or cuttable, including paper, plywood, leather, acrylic, cardboard, paper, fabric, and even food like cookies and coconuts!

CNC Carving Samples

CNC carving is ideal for precisely carving or cutting hard materials. With Snapmaker 2.0, you won’t be limited with the options of plastic or soft materials, and you’ll be able to use the following materials for your creative projects: hardwood, PCB, acrylic, POM, carbon fiber sheet, and many more materials.

High Resolution

Built with high-precision parts and an overall upgraded design, Snapmaker 2.0 is able to consistently print, engrave, cut, and carve objects in high resolution. The repeatability of the machine is 0.005 mm, and the homing repeatability is 0.01mm.

Modular 3D Printer

Imagine a 3D printer that you can upgrade and customize. Snapmaker is more than just a series of machines. It’s a system of powerful modules and add-ons for creative people like you. You can enjoy a lot of new features simply by getting the new modules or new kits.

Large Workspace

Snapmaker 2.0 has three models: A150, A250 and A350. You can make large prototypes, or multiple smaller objects in one go. A350 provides the largest build volume, measuring 320 x 350 x 330 mm.

Add Ons

As an innovative Snapmaker owner, you can further enhance your creativity with a wide variety of add-ons to personalize your Snapmaker 2.0. For greater level of applications, we’ll have Enclosures, Lights, a Handwheel, an Emergency Stop Button and a Camera available for preorder soon!

Powerful Controller

Snapmaker 2.0 can support various tool heads, add-ons, multiple linear modules, and more features using simply one controller. A big reason we are able to do this is that we innovatively adopt the CAN (Controlled Area Network) bus expansion solution which was widely used in car automation. Rather than adding more ports and make a bigger control board with tangled cables, we’ve upgraded our controller to expand your creativity by providing universal ports, multiport adapters, and a CAN Hub for adding additional CAN-bus ports.

Future Expansion

The Snapmaker 2.0 is modular. It allows for one machine to fulfil many roles which reduces space and cost. Snapmaker A150, A250 and A350 can be transformed into even more powerful machines with the upcoming Snapmaker Rotary Module, High Power Laser Module, 700W Spindle Module, and longer linear modules!

All-metal

All the Snapmaker models are built to last. For Snapmaker 2.0, we pushed the boundaries of all-metal construction even further. All modules and major components are made of high strength metal. For example, both the controller board and power adapter use aluminum alloys housings for better heat dissipation; the original POM rollers are upgraded to steel rollers to deliver a higher load-bearing capacity and rigidity.

Well-made

The aerospace-grade aluminum alloys are made into precision, reliable parts of Snapmaker modules after a series of processing steps. Each manufacturing process is strictly controlled, and every part is meticulously made. Snapmaker 2.0 not only looks premium, but also consistently delivers high performance.

High-precision

Snapmaker 2.0 allows the high-precision computer-controlled tools to be readily accessible for every desk. Integrating only the finest quality components, it has high accuracy and repeatability, which allows it to 3D print, engrave and cut objects in high resolution.

Easy-to-use 3-in-1 Software

Our 3-in-1 software, Snapmakerjs, is tailor-made for your Snapmaker machines. One single and powerful software for all your tasks.

WiFi Connectivity

With the Wi-Fi feature and the USB port, you can connect your Snapmaker 2.0 to any configuration for your convenience. You can upload designs via Wi-Fi or USB flash drive and print with the touch of a button. In addition, you can update the firmware over Wi-Fi directly.

Smart Touchscreen

Snapmaker 2.0 comes with a smart touchscreen that simplifies the workflow of your daily projects, letting you manage the most-used tasks directly from the touchscreen. Similarly to a smartphone, this 5-inch (720 x 1280 pixels) movable touchscreen is equipped with a Quad Core A7 CPU @1.1GHz, running under Android OS. providing a smooth and fast interface.

Power-loss Recovery

You don’t have to worry about power outages anymore. Snapmaker 2.0 can automatically detect power-loss, and then resumes exactly where it left off. You can recover any project and get perfect printing/engraving/cutting/carving results all the time.

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3D Printing Highlights – Auto Leveling

Bed leveling is a tricky process, especially for a large heated bed and inexperienced users. To make bed leveling easier, we added an auto-leveling function. An induction sensor can probe the bed in a grid and apply mesh-based compensation that ensures you print on a level bed every time, all without the user having to go through complicated process.

Filament Runout Recovery

Equipped with a filament runout sensor, those who are looking to print a large object can now print without fear. This will prevent unfinished prints and “air printing”. Once it realizes that the filament has run out, the touchscreen will notify you to load a new filament and allow you to resume printing immediately.

Upgraded Cooling System

With Snapmaker 2.0, you can print objects with deep overhangs and get a more smooth finished surface! Cooling is just as important as heating when it comes to FDM 3D printing. For the Snapmaker 2.0, the cooling system is re-designed to cool the print in the most efficient way.

Flexible Platform

Removing a print is now easier than ever. Just lift the plate and flex it, no matter the size or shape of your print. As the heated bed uses a magnetic design, you can easily remove and put back the print sheet, or change it with the laser cutting work table or CNC carving in one minute.

Laser Highlights – Built-in Camera

The built-in camera allows you to preview your design with whatever material you use. You can edit your design and precisely position it exactly where you want it to be. What you see is what you get!

Draw, Cut and Capture

Laser cutting can be as easy as drawing. The Snapmaker 2.0 can recognize and transform your drawing into a vector image for laser engraving or cutting. Furthermore, you can edit the converted vector image directly in the Snapmaker software to fit into all your creative projects!

Faster Engraving

Faster is better. We added the Line (Normal Quality) mode to provide you a fast engraving option for grayscale images. This feature can save you hours when engraving big grayscale images. The quality is still very good compared to the original Dot (High Quality) mode.

Aluminum Grid Table

The Aluminum Grid Table is specially designed to prevent damage to the bed by defocusing the laser beam during cutting. It is removable and super firm.

CNC Highlights – ER11 COLLET

Snapmaker 2.0 features a fully upgraded CNC module. Using the standard ER11 Collet, it guarantees a better concentricity that allows for faster CNC carving speed and larger step down, which saves your time significantly. It also supports over one hundred carving and cutting bits. The diameters of the bits range from 0.5mm (0.020 inches) to 6.35mm (0.250 inches).

Wasteboard and Clamping Kits

Each Snapmaker 2.0 comes with an MDF wasteboard. It’s removable and it can protect the bed from damage as well as providing a smooth and leveled surface for precise CNC carving. Furthermore, you can use the provided aluminum clamping kits to hold down the materials more easily and more reliably.

Dust Resistance

Snapmaker 2.0’s linear module has been upgraded for easy maintenance. The leadscrew, driver chip and precision parts are completely enclosed in the aluminum alloys housings. It eliminates the problem of dirt accumulation, resulting in better durability.

Specifications

How Snapmaker 2.0 is made

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Autodesk and Kickstarter designed a 3D file to help you test 3D printers

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Kickstarter and Autodesk are arguably the two biggest companies heavily invested in the 3D printing industry. Autodesk is a pioneer in the 3D CAD modeling world, developing software that a majority of designers, architects, and engineers use to prototype and manufacture their products. Kickstarter, a community of creators, relies on 3D printing too as makers turn to rapid prototyping to manufacture quick samples of their products/concepts for testing. Kickstarter has also accelerated the 3D printing movement by providing a crowdfunding platform for a multitude of 3D Printer manufacturing startups.

The two companies have joined forces to develop a 3D file that tests the quality of FDM (fused deposition modeling, or 3D printers that extrude melted plastic) 3D printers. The open-source project helps you inspect the quality of your printer (and even your plastic reel) by putting it through rigorous testing. The 3D file lets you look at various aspects of the printing process, from its ability to build bridges, to print overhangs, to print dimensionally accurate models, or models that don’t warp, and even test extruder features like flow control. The all-inclusive model (available for download below) lets you measure the accuracy and finesse of your printer, which is heaven-sent for creators who would go on to print critical prototypes, and for 3D printer manufacturers, who can measure the quality of their printers before launching a campaign to retail them. The test even lets you sort the good printers from the bad, so you aren’t stuck with an expensive metal box that prints warped, disproportionate, or stringy 3D models!

Designers: Autodesk & Kickstarter.

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You can literally 3D print with your smartphone!

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The ONO is a $99 3D printer, but its price tag isn’t what makes it remarkable. It’s the fact that it’s a resin-based 3D printer that uses your smartphone to print complex 3D forms!

The tiny printer comes with a vertically lifting platform, a resin bath, and a dedicated space for a smartphone. Just select a 3D file on the Ono app and place the smartphone in its dedicated space below the resin bath and the ONO printer and smartphone work in conjunction to create complex, yet beautiful 3D prints. The ONO uses resin based printing tech, that relies on a bath filled with a special photosensitive liquid resin that cures with light. The light comes from the smartphone screen, which displays cross-sections of the 3D file in black and white, while the resin cures against the platform. Working frame by frame, layer by layer, the smartphone flashes images that cure the resin in the desired shape of the 3D file you wanted to print. Just simply pull the model off the vertical platform and rinse in a bowl of water and voila! Your print is ready!

The ONO is great for small projects and prototypes. Given that it works using a smartphone screen, the ONO printer’s printing framework is roughly the size of your smartphone screen, so any 3D model bigger than that isn’t quite possible on the ONO, but its compelling price tag is what makes it really attractive. Besides, it uses liquid resins to print files, which results in incredibly smooth and glossy surfaces and lesser wastage of materials!

Designers: Filippo Moroni & Pietro Gabriele.

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Let’s Do³ Something

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Designed to cater to the needs of both professionals and non-professionals, do³ takes personal and desktop manufacturing to a whole new level! Contained within the sandblasted plexiglass cover, that protects the user from debris, is a 3-in-1 manufacturing center to help bring ideas to life.

The user can take advantage of the filament 3D Printer, Laser Cutter and CNC Milling Machine that do³ offers. Its fully modular designs also allow for system upgrades or enlarging of the system, as each project varies in size and complexity.

do³’s advanced capabilities may appear daunting to some users, but thanks to its intuitive design and clear interface, they are guided through the manufacturing process. To assist them further there is a sensor array that is integrated into the 3D printer’s extruder nozzle that monitors the object’s geometry. This allows it to detect irregularities and makes the user aware of the possible issues before continuing. This could easily become a designer’s best friend!

Designer: Louis Berger

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do³ is fully modular. This means that it is possible to change, upgrade, or enlarge the system, to fit the needs of individual projects.

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You can use do³ not only as a filament 3D printer but also as a laser cutter or a CNC milling machine.

The sandblasted plexiglass cover holds the lower assembly, protects from debris and dust and is used as the main visual interface while do³ is working. A small in the x-Axis embedded projector displays the GUI on the cover.

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The 3D printing extruder nozzle features a sensor array that keeps an eye on the object’s geometry.

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Some movable parts need lubrication from time to time. All motors have easy to spot lubrication holes.

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do³ building blocks are specifically made material packs for all possible build platform sizes and work volumes.

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do³ can be used by professional and non-professional users alike. You can interact with do³ utilizing CAD/CAM tools or start making things without any additional software knowledge using the do³ app.