Today’s blog post will show you how easy it is to produce high-quality metal 3D prints on your desktop FDM printer. We’ll be looking at a revolutionary metal filament from BASF, which comes in both 316L and 17-4 stainless steel in 1.75mm and 2.85mm filament widths. We will discuss some design considerations for printing with metal and the process of turning your green parts into fully sintered metal prints. Cura is a free FDM slicing [...]
Meet the Ultimaker S7 3D printer your gateway to the entire UltiMaker platform. UltiMaker took everything their users loved about the award-wining S5 and made it even better, so it can be trusted to do its job while you do yours. Easy printing. Easy breathing. The integrated air manager filters out 95% of UFP's while also keeping the build chamber carefully regulated. Not only does this increase peace of mind about air quality, but also boosts [...]
Come join Cimquest, BASF, UltiMaker & DSH Technologies for an educational seminar on Metal Additive Manufacturing! Thursday, February 16, 2023, 8:30 AM – 12:30 PM EST Cimquest headquarters 3434 Rt 22West Suite 130 Branchburg, NJ This seminar will focus on how it’s possible to get into metal 3D printing with an accessible cost of ownership. It begins with an introduction of the Ultrafuse® 316L & 17-4 PH metal filaments developed by BASF for use with [...]
3D print functional steel parts on your Ultimaker Ultimaker and BASF Forward AM are proud to announce that the Metal Expansion Kit is now available from our network of resellers – meaning it is now possible to print functional steel parts on your Ultimaker S5, at a fraction of the cost of other metal production methods. At the Ultimaker Showcase event back in April, we unveiled two new solutions that together deliver a breakthrough for [...]
From now until the end of October 2022 Ultimaker is running special promotions on their spools of filament. The more you spend, the more you save . . . Spend: Receive: $2,500 Purchase HW + 6 spools of filament and get 50% off the filament. $5,000 Purchase HW + 12 spools of filament and get 50% off the filament $10,000 Purchase HW + 30 spools of filament and get 50% off the filament. $20,000 [...]
Reprinted from Fabbaloo Metal parts made on an Ultimaker S5 3D printer [Source: Ultimaker] Ultimaker announced the “Ultimaker Metal Expansion Kit”, which enables metal 3D printing on their S5 model. Metal 3D printing is usually a rather costly affair, involving specialized equipment, metal powder, complex HVAC environments, expensive post-processing equipment, sophisticated thermal simulation software, and a squad of engineers. As a result, it can be extraordinarily expensive to undertake and is applicable to [...]
MakerBot and Ultimaker, two leaders in desktop 3D printing, announced that they have come to a business combination agreement that will accelerate the adoption of additive manufacturing by providing a comprehensive desktop 3D printing ecosystem of hardware, software, and materials. The new entity will be backed by existing investors, NPM Capital and Stratasys (Nasdaq: SSYS), and will benefit from a planned cash investment of $62.4 million to fuel innovation and expansion into new markets. The [...]
a reprint from https://www.fabbaloo.com/news/ultimaker-announces-pva-removal-station Ultimaker CTO Miguel Calvo introduces the new PVA Removal Station [Source: Ultimaker] In an unusual online announcement, Ultimaker revealed an upcoming cleaning station. The company now bills itself as the “number one maker of professional 3D printers”, and they’re likely correct on that count. They’ve fully transformed from the hobbyist background from their launch, some ten years ago. Now the company markets equipment for professionals in various industries and [...]
