Formlabs has introduced the addition of two new resins to its 3D printing supplies line-up.
The desktop stereolithography chief is introducing Colour Resin V5, a first-of-its-kind materials for customised color formulations, and True Forged Resin for printing detailed casting patterns.
Colour Resin V5, designed to be used with its most up-to-date Type 4 {hardware} collection, provides customers the choice to order custom-coloured resins which may be manufactured to order within the area of per week in volumes as little as one litre. Per a publish from Formlabs, the resin can ship ‘every part from nuanced neutrals to saturated, daring colors’ for purposes similar to colour-coded jigs and fixtures, prototypes, and end-use elements. By way of high quality, the mechanical properties of Colour Resin V5 are stated to match Formlabs’ Normal Function Resins for its Type 4 Collection, with a small quantity of variability relying on the color ordered.
At the moment solely out there within the USA, although Formlabs says it plans to broaden to different areas within the close to future, Colour Resin V5 may be ordered utilizing Hex codes or RGB profiles which will likely be utilized to match the requested color with the closest achievable shade. Every order of Colour Resin V5 comes with a personalized Formlabs Print Settings (FPS) file.
True Forged Resin, in the meantime, can be utilized for creating intricate casting patterns as much as 5mm thick. The wax-filled materials is claimed to have been engineered primarily based on consumer suggestions to ship precision casting of advanced medium to heavy jewelry and engineering elements when used with the Type 4. Formlabs says True Forged Resin integrates effortlessly into a variety of burnout schedules with low thermal enlargement, minimal shrinkage, and 0.03% ash content material to make sure clear burnout and consistency.
Formlabs is supporting each materials introductions with updates to its PreForm print preparation software program. Customers can arrange elements and choose which faces so as to add texture to with Face Choice Mode, or use Half Colour Coding to enhance monitoring and visibility in a packed construct. There’s additionally a brand new, decreased assist setting choice which might minimise helps by 30% on choose supplies, whereas the PreForm assist device has been utterly redesigned with Preset Profiles, Placement Parameters, and Structural Parameters to allow extra management of SLA surfaces.
Again in March, Formlabs launched a second era curing system and Powerful 1500 Resin geared toward levelling up 3D printing with injection moulding. The corporate says its up to date Type Remedy is ready to post-cure elements printed basically function resins in 60 seconds or underneath quarter-hour for engineering-grade resins. Powerful 1500 Resin, launched alongside, is a purposeful resin stated to rival the mechanical properties of injection moulded plastics like polypropylene.
