We’re excited to announce that 3D Printing steel elements is not a stretch on the Ultimaker Platform! This week, they launched the Ultimaker Metallic Enlargement Equipment as a brand new product to make sure that steel printing is now a totally built-in functionality of the Ultimaker Platform.

Ultimaker’s steel printing providing has been designed to supply an inexpensive, entry-level end-to-end answer to Ultimaker customers that want to scale back the manufacturing prices and lead time of steel elements.

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The candy spot for steel printing purposes on an Ultimaker 3D printer is in small batch runs (from 1 to twenty models/yr) of elements and elements that can not be purchased off-the-shelf. It’s also useful for creating personalized instruments and purposeful prototypes.

Low volumes of this kind of utility can find yourself being three to 10 instances costlier if produced by conventional milling machines or different extra conventional steel 3D processes.

Ultimaker customers can now discover a brand new vary of steel 3D printing purposes by upgrading the Ultimaker S-line printers with the Metallic Enlargement Equipment. The brand new and less complicated workflow makes creating stainless-steel elements simpler, extra environment friendly, and extra inexpensive.

Main advantages for customers in getting began with the Ultimaker Metallic Enlargement Equipment embrace:

• An all-in-one package deal with all of the supplies and equipment wanted for steel printing in your Ultimaker, together with 17-4 PH stainless-steel filament from BASF Ahead AM

• Free Ultimaker Cura software program (5.1) with optimized steel half slicing options

• Entry to the unique steel FFF e-learning content material on Ultimaker 3D Printing Academy

• Entry to post-processing companies by the BASF Debinding and Sintering Order Administration Portal

•Entry to extra digital belongings and help sources the place you possibly can instantly question steel printing specialists

By bringing collectively the advantages of slicing elements utilizing Ultimaker Cura 5.1, with best-in-class BASF Ahead AM Ultrafuse® 17-4 PH filament, and the upper decision achievable with the Ultimaker 0.4 mm CC print core, customers can now:

• Obtain tolerances of beneath ± 0.4 mm for sintered elements
• Reduce distortions and delamination occurring throughout sintering
• Maintain porosity as little as 3% – 4% in ultimate steel elements
• Profit from actual 17-4PH stainless-steel grade chemical and mechanical properties

BASF Ultrafuse® 17-4 PH is a filament for producing steel elements in 17-4 stainless-steel on normal Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) printers. It may be absolutely warmth handled to excessive ranges of power and hardness. It’s due to this fact ultimate for Petrochemistry, Aerospace, Automotive, and the Medical Trade.

It’s designed for final ease of dealing with on typical Fused Filament Fabrication 3D printers. BASF Ultrafuse® 17-4 PH combines better freedom of design with a decrease complete price of possession – printing steel elements simpler, sooner, and inexpensive. Elements printed with Ultrafuse® 17-4 PH get hold of their ultimate properties, together with hardness and power, by the catalytic debinding and sintering course of. The catalytic debinding know-how was developed and launched by BASF and has emerged because the trade normal.

Each Ultimaker Metallic Enlargement equipment comes with a roll of BASF Ultrafuse® 17-4 PH filament.

Go to our web site at shop3duniverse.com or electronic mail us at information@3duniverse.org for extra details about the brand new Ultimaker Metallic Enlargement Equipment accessible now in our store!