The Fastest 3D Printers
How can you measure the fastest 3D printers? According to All3dp.com this depends on at least the following factors:
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1. Type and properties of the materials printed. Some 3D printing materials are more forgiving when printed at high speed.
2. Type of the 3D printing process implemented. For example, the speed of laser sintering depends on how many objects are present in the print chamber: in many types of 3D printing, the more objects, the faster the rate per object.
3. Quality is an issue of the fastest 3D printer. Quality is only important in certain aspects, mostly those concerned with the production of end use parts and objects. When it comes to prototyping, speed is irrelevant, since even the slowest 3D printer is significantly faster and more affordable than any traditional prototyping method.
Here is a mix of the fastest 3D printers in the world, which deliver quality at extraordinary speed, but we can’t compare them directly.
BAAM
Company: CI
Model: BAAM
Technology: BAAM (Big Area Additive Manufacturing)
Use: Industrial manufacturing
Speed: 17 kg (38 lbs) of material deposited per hour.
Massivit 1800
Company: Massivit
Model: Massivit 1800
Technology: GDP (Gel Deposition 3D Printing)
Use: Visual Marketing
Speed: 1000 millimeters per seconds times 2 print heads (with layers up to 1000 micron).
HP MultiJet Fusion
Company: HP
Model: Name to be announced
Technology: MJF (MultiJet Fusion)
Use: Visual Marketing, Consumer end products
Speed: About 3000 mm per hour on Z axis, (Up to 10 times faster than SLS).
University of Sheffield
Company: University of Sheffield
Model: Not commercially available yet.
Technology: HSS (High-Speed Sintering)
Use: Consumer products, serial industrial components
Speed: 3000 to 30000 cm per hour on Z axis, 10-100 times faster than SLS.
Carbon3D
Company: Carbon3D
Model: Not named yet.
Technology: CLIP
Use: End use products, prototypes
Speed: Roughly 25 times faster than current SLA/DLP technologies.
EOSINTP760
Company: EOS
Model: EOSINTP760
Technology: SLS (Selective Laser Sintering)
Use: End use products, functional prototypes
Speed: 32 mm per hour on Z axis
Projet 660 Pro
Company: 3D Systems
Model: Projet 660Pro
Technology: CJP (Color Jet Printing)
Use: Architectural models, decorative objects
Speed: 28 mm per hour on Z axis
DeltaWASP Turbo
Company: WASP
Model: DeltaWASP 2040 Turbo
Technology: Delta FFF (Fused Filament Fabrication)
Use: Functional prototypes and FDM-built consumer products
Speed: 1000 mm/s with layers up to 200 micron
Symme3D
Company: Symme3D
Model: Symme3D Delta Printer
Technology: FFF (Fused Filament Fabrication)
Use: Functional prototypes
Speed: 1000 mm/s with layers up to 200 micron
BigRepOne.2
Company: BigRep
Model: BigRepOne.2
Technology: Cartesian FFF
Use: End use products, big prototypes
Speed: 150 mm/s with up to 1000 micron layers
D3D.EVO
Company: Dynamo3D
Model: D3D.EVO
Technology: Cartesian FFFSpeed: 450 mm/s with 200 micron layers
Use: End use products, functional prototypes
Speed: 450 mm/s with 200 micron layers
DesignVAST
Company: Imprint3D
Model: DesignVAST
Technology: Versatile Additive Systems & Technologies (VAST) – Extrusion + Cartesian FFF
Speed: Up to 10 times faster than any equivalent ceramic machine on the market.
Aeroswift
Company: Aerosud
Model: Aeroswift
Technology: Selective Laser Melting
Speed: Up to 10 times faster than any equivalent metal machine on the market.