FDM/FFF

Stratasys 450mc

The Stratasys Fortus 450MC is one of our high-end FDM machines which also provides capabilities with engineering specific materials.

This machine has a wide range of engineering thermoplastics available, allowing us to print high strength and high temperature end-use plastics.

Process	Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM)
Build size (mm)	406 x 355 x 406 (max)
Layer height (mm)	0.127 - 0.330 (material-dependent)
Accuracy (mm)	±0.127 (nozzle-dependent)
Slicing Software	Grabcad Print
Material	ASA

Markforged X7

ProtoSpace has 2 Markforged X7 machines, both of which are capable of printing very strong plastic parts by embedding composite fibres within specialist plastic as part of the print process.

Our machines are both use a form of fibre reinforced plastic (Markforged ONYX), and then further reinforce those parts with Carbon Fibre in areas that require more structural support.

By doing this, this machine can produce fully structural parts.

This machine uses a FDM production process, but we have has great success with breakaway support for our more detailed and complex components.

Process	Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) Continuous Filament Fabrication (CFF)
Build size (mm)	330 x 270 x 200 (max)
Layer height	100 μm default 50 μm minimum
Nozzle size	0.4 mm
Slicing Software	Eiger
Materials	Thermoplastics: Nylon White / Onyx Composites: Carbon Fibre / Kevlar / Fibreglass

Stratasys F270

The Stratasys F270 is an FDM 3D printer capable of printing high accuracy plastic parts using a range of thermoplastics. It has a heated build chamber and dissolvable supports (in a bath), which greatly increases the reliability and accuracy of the produced parts.

FDM printing deposits print material layer by layer, gradually building up a part from the machine bed.

Process	Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM)
Build size (mm)	305 x 254 x 305 (max)
Layer height (mm)	0.127 / 0.178 / 0.254 / 0.330 μm
Slicing Software	Grabcad Print
Material	TPU
Post Process	1-4 days depending on complexity

BigRep ONE

Large-scale printer useful for prototyping furniture, larger items, and moulds for composites. Important: We do not print parts on this machine requiring support material.

Process	Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF)
Build size (mm)	300 x 300 x 300 (min) 1000 x 1000 x 1000 (max)
Layer height (mm)	1mm
Accuracy (mm)	±0.400
Slicing Software	Simplify 3d
Material	PLA (Polylactic acid)
Print Speed	12 - 14 hours / 1 kg of material