In addition to the speed improvements made possible by the print engine and material settings, new automatic resin handling features reduce the time it takes for prints to start. Form 4 takes that one step further, simplifying the printer set-up, monitoring, and material change-over, so that anyone can start printing within 15 minutes. With the Form Series, Formlabs proved that accessible 3D printing meant more than just affordable prices - it also meant that the workflow could be easy to learn and that the printer could fit into your existing space, including offices, homes, classrooms, and machine shops. Some required dedicated operators, complex infrastructure, and large spaces for top-down resin printing. With the accuracy of Form 4, you can focus on the product, not planning contingencies for dimensional variation.īefore earlier iterations of the Form Series introduced accessible, high-quality 3D printing, SLA workflows were often complicated. Surface finishes that are indistinguishable from injection molded plastics make the design to mass-production workflow simpler.

Quickly printed as a mockup, functionally tested as a later-stage prototype, or produced as a stop-gap option, the appearance and performance of every part will stay the same. With repeatable tolerances that match initial designs, parts can remain the same through each stage of product development. Form 4’s Light Processing Unit (LPU) delivers a 50 µm XY resolution so that multi-part assemblies glide together without friction, manufacturing aids integrate seamlessly into the workflow, and end-use parts match the repeatable precision of mass-produced plastics made through injection molding. With superior and repeatable tolerances, parts printed in every resin on Form 4 will match your design parameters, every time. Speed should never come at the cost of accuracy and precision.įorm 4 not only matches the industry standard for tolerances, it goes beyond. Whether they’re prototypes that need to look like an injection molded plastic, or fixtures that need to mate with existing components on an assembly line, tolerances matter. Print speeds of up to 100 mm per hour 1, a 30% larger build volume, new advanced materials, and updates to the workflow make Form 4 the most powerful professional fabrication tool available.ģD printed parts need to be precise to be useful. By working with over 50,000 companies who have leveraged Formlabs printers for years, we identified pain points in the 3D printing process, and have worked to continuously improve our products to address them.įorm 4 creates new opportunities in every application, accelerating the iterative speed of a design team, increasing the volume of a production-scale manufacturer, and expanding the material versatility of a service bureau. Though 3D printing removes many barriers inherent in the fabrication process, even in-house fabrication of prototypes, tooling, and low-volume end-use parts can be too slow or too costly.Ī 3D printer needs to be a tool that can match the speed of a product designer’s ‘lightbulb moments,’ the daily demand for assembly line fixturing, or production at scale.

By making advanced 3D printing technology accessible, early versions of our printers powered innovations in every industry, and removed the cost and time limitations of traditional manufacturing.īut designing products and working with physical things is still incredibly difficult - every idea will have to overcome innumerable hurdles before reaching the end-user, and scaling production represents additional obstacles.

Since 2011, Formlabs has been dedicated to producing powerful 3D printing tools for engineers, product designers, manufacturers, researchers, healthcare professionals, and more.

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