UltiMaker has launched a brand new desktop 3D printer, promising excessive speeds at a cheaper price level.
The UltiMaker S6 follows the model’s flagship S line collection of desktop polymer extrusion-based programs, particularly the S5, and is alleged to be aimed toward engineers needing to print useful prototypes, manufacturing aids and spare elements on-demand. Whereas UltiMaker hasn’t disclosed a worth on its web site, as a substitute directing potential prospects to request a quote, US reseller MatterHackers has the S6 listed at a pre-order worth of $5,999.
Guests to TCT 3Sixty this week will have the ability to get a primary have a look at the UltiMaker S6 on the present ground.
In line with a press launch, the S6 has maintained “every little thing customers love in regards to the S5 and made it even higher”, with assist for auxiliary {hardware}, software program and supplies from throughout the S line ecosystem together with materials stations, air managers, print cores, and assist for 300+ supplies.
“This launch is about delivering distinctive worth to prospects at a time when companies are beneath strain to do extra with much less,” says Andy Middleton, UltiMaker SVP EMEA & World Advertising and marketing, who joined the corporate in March. “With the S6, UltiMaker reaffirms its mission to make skilled 3D printing extra accessible, adaptable, and future-ready than ever earlier than.”
The corporate says ‘productiveness’ is the primary function of the S6 with print speeds of as much as 500 mm/s and 50,000 mm/s2 acceleration with the brand new UltiMaker Cheetah movement planner – as much as 4x quicker print instances than its predecessor. It additionally options UltiMaker’s twin extrusion capabilities for multi-material printing, supported by a single materials station, and customers may also select from two various kinds of construct plates together with versatile for ease of use and a glass plate for purposes in industries resembling medical or food-packaging the place enhanced hygiene is important.
UltiMaker has additionally positioned its give attention to high quality with manufacturing happening at its services within the Netherlands beneath ISO 9001 for High quality Administration and ISO 14001 for Environmental Administration by BSI Group certifications, citing the calls for of its prospects in industries resembling defence and aerospace. It’s additionally the primary of its machines to return with an prolonged two-year guarantee.
In a later dialog with TCT, Middleton added, “UltiMaker is shifting critically into the skilled world of FDM. There isn’t any higher system on the market with the monitor file and the legacy that we have now.”
The S6 follows the launch of the UltiMaker S8 again in March, the primary system to function the Cheetah movement planner, with a productiveness degree of 4 instances that of its predecessor, the UltiMaker S7.
