Professional 3D printer

For a perspective of a professional manufacturer, you need a 3D printer that is durable, powerful, precise and at the same time will be the most cost-effective option out there. There are so many different ones on the market today, and it is hard to choose the best 3D printer to fit your needs, however, it is possible. 

As much as they are alike, they are also very different and depending on your printing needs and your industry you can find the perfect 3D printer for you. 

How to choose a perfect 3D printer

So before even starting to look for a 3D printer, you need to understand what you need from it. How fast you need it to print, how many details will you need to outline, what is the size of your objects and what will be the wait and the material used to create your product. 

Most 3D printers are compatible with a wide range of filament, such as PLA, ABS, HIPS, Nylon, wood and so on. There is even a chocolate 3D printer, how crazy is that… However, most of them do rely on plastic, as their raw material, although there are some models available of a ceramic 3D printer. Those can be used to print home decor objects and are especially useful to designers and artists. 

3D printing technologies

With this huge variety of 3D printers already on the market, the technology of 3D printing keeps evolving towards new materials and printing technologies, that can make even the hardest and most complex printing possible. 

The new and very promising technology is used in carbon 3D printers. These 3D printers use new technology to print very strong, durable, precise yet very light objects used in the aerospace, automotive, dental, manufacturing industries and so on. So how a carbon fiber 3D printer works is there are 2 extruders, one printing in plastic, and then other extrudes carbon fiber to reinforce the plastic, making it super strong and rigid yet very light. So if the weight of your product is very important and at the same time you don’t want to compromise on the strength of the material, carbon 3D printers are the ones you should go with.

However, sometimes you just need to use metal, steel or aluminum. No worries, 3D printer manufacturers thought of you too. There are technologies developed today that allow for metal 3D printing also. 

Metal 3D printer makes it possible to print titanium and aluminum parts using Direct Metal Laser Sintering (DMLS). There is also a method called Indirect metal printing, which allows for steel 3D printing, using powdered steel as raw material and gluing it together layer by layer.

Aluminum 3D printer uses aluminum alloy as raw material, making very sturdy but light objects with good thermal properties. Those parts can be used in the automotive and racing industries. 

So as you can see 3D printers are widely used and becoming more and more popular in the professional world, lowering the costs of manufacturing and shortening the production time. 

Below you can find a wide range of different 3D printers to fit your manufacturing needs.