FORMLABS PREFORM INSTALL
Out of the box, you just need to open the hood, install the included print platform, resin tank (which is directly under the print platform) and resin cartridge the printer is now complete. This hood is attached to the printer, but you can easily open it up to access the inside. Like most SLA 3D printers, it has a large see-through orange plastic hood on top that keeps its resin tank from the the outside world during a print job. The Form 2 comes mostly preassembled and looks like a rectangle box standing upward.
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Windows 7 or later, Mac OS X 10.7 or later As more and more layers are being created, the build platform slowly - very slowly - moves upward, finally pulling the entire object out of the tank as the print process is finished.ġ3.5 × 13 × 20.5 inches (35 × 33 × 52 cm)ĮN 60825-1:2007 certified Class 1, 405nm, 250mW violet laserĥ.7 × 5.7 × 6.9 inches (145 × 145 × 175 mm)Ġ.001, 0.002, 0.004, 0.008 inches (25, 50, 100, 200 microns) As more resin is exposed to the laser light, the pattern is created and joins the layer above. (For this reason, SLA is sometimes called the laser 3D-printing technology.) Exposed to the laser light, the resin cures, solidifies and sticks to the platform. More specifically, as the print platform lowers itself into the resin glass tank, an ultraviolet laser light, from underneath the see-through tank, shines on it.
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With SLA, however, the printer's print platform dips itself into a container full of liquid resin and slowly pulls up a solid 3D object, upside down. With FFF, the printer builds an object layer by layer from the bottom up on the print platform, similarly to icing a cake or using caulking. This technology is completely different from another popular 3D printing technique, called fused filament fabrication (FFF). Though it's a big step up from the first, the XYZPrinting Nobel 1.0, it shares the same 3D printing technology called stereolithography (SLA).
The FormLabs Form 2 is the second SLA 3D printer I've worked with. Josh Miller/CNET Stereolithography 3D printing technology (All SLA prints need to be cleaned before use.) What's more, it includes a Finish Kit that comes in handy when cleaning the printed objects. It was also flexible - supporting USB, wired network and Wi-Fi - and easy to use with a large, helpful touchscreen. In return, the printer worked well in my tests and was consistently reliable. Read more: The best 3D printers in 2019 for beginners and budget creators This means it uses more material compared with the more popular and affordable fused filament fabrication (FFF) 3D printers. In addition, as a stereolithography (SLA) printer, the Form 2 can only print solid forms with no ability to hollow out the thick parts of prints. (Formlabs will ship to Australia from its international store, where the Form 2 costs the equivalent of AU$5,740.) On top of that, the print material, a liquid called resin, starts at $149 per one-liter cartridge (about 1kg or 2 pounds) and isn't cheap. At $3,500 or £2,449, this is quite an investment. The Formlabs Form 2 is a prime example of an all-around good 3D printer.
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