Formlabs has launched two new 3D printing resins and a large-format curing station.
The desktop stereolithography chief says the pair of supplies – Robust 1000 Resin and Robust 2000 Resin – rival the properties of thermoplastics and convey the capabilities of 3D printing ‘considerably nearer to being a producing technique for end-use half manufacturing.’
Every of Formlabs’ Robust Resin supplies, together with the prevailing Robust 1500 Resin, are named after their tensile modulus, and are stated to face as much as harsh environments, affect, and repeated put on. They every promise elements with a darkish, matte floor end and crisp particulars when printed on a Kind 4 3D printer.
Formlabs describes every materials as follows:
- Robust 1000 Resin: The hardest and most ductile materials within the new Robust household, rivaling HDPE.
- Robust 1500 Resin: A balanced mix of stiffness and compliance, rivaling polypropylene.
- Robust 2000 Resin: The strongest and stiffest, rivaling ABS.
“Formlabs’ purpose has at all times been to ship any half on the push of a button,” Formlabs co-founder and CEO Max Lobovsky stated. “However that mission depends upon extra than simply pace and ease. We’d like elements which are as robust and resilient because the merchandise we depend on day by day. With the brand new Robust Resin Household, SLA printing now delivers the power and sturdiness of the world’s most trusted thermoplastics.”
The corporate has additionally introduced its newest curing unit, designed for compatibility with its bigger Kind 4L techniques. The Kind Treatment L V2 is alleged to post-cure most elements in beneath 60 seconds.
Finishing the additive manufacturing trinity – {hardware}, supplies and software program – Formlabs has additionally launched updates to its PreForm 3.54 software program. The brand new options – together with Helps V2, measuring instruments, CAD meeting import enhancements, improved construct packing instruments, and UX enhancements – are designed to streamline workflows for its Kind Collection and Fuse Collection 3D printers.
