10% off on printers!

It’s our fifth anniversary and we give extra discount on 3D printers! We currently offer both the Lulzbot TAZ 6 and the Robo C2 with 10% discount!!

Both printers have been extensively tested in our printlab and ship daily from stock. With free filament as well! Read on…

Robo C2

 

The Robo C2 retails normally for €799.00 excl. Tax (€966.79 incl tax) + 1 FREE SPOOL. Now you get it for € 719.10 excl. VAT – and still that extra spool!

GET ONE TODAY

 

Robo C2 Features
Although the Robo C2 is compact in size it’s loaded with features seen on bigger and more expensive units. The Robo C2 works great with colorFabb PLA/PHA, colorFabb Economy PLA. For the more experienced users the C2 will also work with our pla based special materials such as bronzeFill, copperFill, brasFill, woodFill, corkFill.

  • Wi-Fi connectivity
    Connect Robo C2 to your home or workplace Wi-Fi network from your mobile device and the Robo app for the most accurate 3D printing experience.
  • Automatic self-leveling print bed
    Spend more time making without having to manually adjust the print bed — plus it’s removable.
  • Filament run-out detection
    Lets you know when you’ve run out of material and automatically saves your 3D print.
  • Print from your phone 
    Easily print everything you make right from your smartphone or mobile device using the Robo app.
  • Integrated model slicing
    Simplifies the path to every finished print, giving each layer more customized and controlled attention to detail.
  • Compact Size
    Small footprint fits any space, giving you the freedom to make just about anywhere.
  • Total Print-Smart Control
    Take control of every detail in real time with the built-in 3.5” color touch screen and precision sensor technology.

Check out some prints we made on the Robo C2: here and here.

 

Lulzbot TAZ 6

Engineers, designers, educators, and makers agree: The LulzBot TAZ 6 is the most reliable, easiest-to-use desktop 3D printer ever, featuring innovative self-leveling and self-cleaning, and a modular tool head design for flexible and multi-material upgrades. With proven 3D printing technology and one of the largest print volumes in its class, the LulzBot TAZ 6 is ready to work.

GET YOURS NOW!

3D printing is more reliable than ever with the integrated automatic bed leveling system, all metal LulzBot v2 Hot End, and heated PEI print surface.  With the all metal hot end, you can take advantage of the cutting edge market for new materials. Perfect for both large and small objects, the heated PEI build surface keeps your 3D printed objects in place when hot and releases when cool. With Cura LulzBot Edition, you have hundreds of quickprint profiles built in for seamless 3D printing.

The Lulzbot TAZ 6 is now available in our webshop at a reduced rate of € 2722.50 including VAT / € 2.250 excluding VAT – that’s an immediate 10% discount!!

Not sold yet? The TAZ 6 was reviewed by both Richard Horne (RichRap) and Joel Telling (3DPrintingNerd). See their videos below:

You can find Richard’s full blog here.

And of course Joel Telling‘s review:

Richard and Joel have convinced you, we’re sure, but we’ll throw in a bit more:

  • free shipping in Europe
  • four (4!) free spools of our filament!

The Lulzbot TAZ 6 works with a wide range of materials, but none more so than our very own nGen – which is a perfect match with this printer!

 

#5yearscolorfabb

During this month, February 2018, we celebrate our fifth anniversary by giving every fifth spool you order in our webshop for free. Click on the banner below for more info:

We also run a contest: post your favorite colorFabb print online, tag us and use hashtag #5yearscolorfabb and maybe you will win a value pack with 16 spools of our filaments! Again, more info by clicking the banner below:

All blogs and articles about our fifth anniversary can be found by clicking here.

5 Years colorFabb: Contest

In February 2018 colorFabb celebrates its 5th anniversary and we’re having a small contest. You can win a value pack with 16 colorFabb spools of choice by simply sharing your favorite print you made in the past 5 years with colorFabb filaments!

You can share your print(s) on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram and use the hashtag #5yearscolorfabb. Also mention the colorFabb filament used. At the end of the month we will choose one post and that person will get a value pack of colorFabb filaments of his or her choice. That is 16 spools!

So, that’s quite an easy way to participate. Please tag us and use that particular hashtag (#5yearscolorfabb) to participate so we can track all entries.

Our official social media channels are:

To see all entries so far, check the links below:

  • Entries on Twitter, click here.
  • Entries on Facebook, click here.
  • Entries on Instagram, click here.

 

And don’t forget, this month every 5th spool of filament is free in our webshop! Check out the details here.

 

colorFabb: Five Years

Has it really been five years this month? In February 2013 we launched our first products at the RapidPro trade show here in the Netherlands. We had about 20 colors PLA/PHA and only 2.85mm filament. It was still in the early days when there were only a few of us and we constantly had to explain: “No, we are not selling the printers, we make the filament.” (Disclaimer: these days we do sell printers!)

One of our first tweets when we had 10 followers or so.

A lot happened in the past five years. We basically started in a garage booth with an idea and a lot of ambition. The idea is still the same: to bring the best possible filament to the market and make sure we meet the need of our customers. The ambition has only grown over the past years. The only thing we left behind was the small garage and the little office above. To give you an idea, the image below was our print lab / logistics:

Scale: almost 1:1

In the meantime we moved twice, went from 20 products to 500+ SKUs (with more to come in 2018), expanded our staff from 3 to 20+, we became an independent company, ship to 70+ countries worldwide, have the best customers in the world (yes, that’s you) and have been running, working, printing and producing almost 24/7 to make sure you get the best possible filament to print with.

colorFabb has become a company and brand we are very proud of. We started to produce and ship filaments, but we do so much more these days: we advice, we design, we print, we offer various printers. Check our services page for more information.

You can find some recaps per year by clicking below (2013, when we started is sadly lacking, but believe us when we say it was awesome):

Which brings us to the beginning of 2018. And we know, but don’t tell yet, it is going to be an amazing year. We have some great developments in the pipeline and will share news with you soon. Of course we have nGen_LUX coming up later this month, but also some more great projects lined up.

But now, our fifth birthday party. How are we going to celebrate, you ask?

Buy 5, Pay 4!

First of all, a discount for you. Or rather a free spool! For the rest of the month you get your fifth spool for free. Add five spools (or a multiplier) in your basket and we deduct the costs of the cheapest spool! Easy. Small print made big: This discount not work on samples or printers though and not in combination with other discounts, but you will find this to be a great deal! Due to the nature of our XL spools a slight variety in pricing may arise when choosing those.

What do you have to do? Nothing, we have already set up the system this way.

Go to our webshop now to get the best deal in town. Remember, we ship daily, worldwide and from stock.

 

Contest

Last week we shared a lot of prints that we saw coming by in one week alone (check out the blog here) and we have seen thousands of prints in the past five years. We ask you to post or re-post your favorite prints made with colorFabb filaments on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram and use the hashtag #5yearscolorfabb. Also mention the colorFabb filament used. At the end of the month we will choose one post and that person will get a valuepack of colorFabb filaments of his or her choice. That is 16 spools!

So, that’s quite an easy way to participate. Please tag us and use that particular hashtag (#5yearscolorfabb) to participate so we can track all entries.

Our official social media channels are:

Furthermore we will highlight some of the greatest prints, pictures, shows, etc. in the weeks to come. Stay tuned.

All posts concering our fifth anniversary are bundled here.

PIN-header connector housing

When the description on Thingiverse says: “WARNING! this is a very complicated print” we are immediately intrigued. This PIN Header connector housing would be an ideal print to make on the Sintratec SLS printer:

Design: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2083754

After printing some basic cleaning is needed, but that is all and the parts are ready to use. All these parts were printed in one go:

 

Back in November we announced our partnership with Sintratec. Sintratec is a Swiss high-tech company specializing in the development and production of SLS 3D printers. You can read the announcement here. In more than one way this has been a very important step for colorFabb. Not only do we add another high-end printer for the industrial market to our portfolio, this is also our first step beyond FFF / FDM 3D printing. Working with Sintratec is our first venture in SLS 3D printing and a very exciting one at that!

Sintratec S1: https://colorfabb.com/sintratec-s1

The partnership with Sintratec is in line with colorFabb’s mission statement: Offering added value with high quality material and hardware solutions to meet our customer’s needs by means of interfacing between polymer knowledge and 3D printing know-how.

SLS (Selective Laser Sintering) is a logical next step beyond our tried and tested way of FDM 3D printing. Laser sintering allows you to print extremely durable and highly detailed objects. The laser sintering technology makes it possible to print complex objects with unparalleled freedom of form.

 

All prints were made on the Sintratec Kit with Sintratec PA12 Powder. With SLS 3D printing a laser is used to sinter a powder, in this case Sintratec’s own nylon. The laser points at certain places in the powder binding the material together to create a solid structure.

New doors open and new worlds are to be explored when coming from traditional 3D printing.

Sintratec Kit: https://colorfabb.com/sintratec-kit

We currently offer both the Sintratec S1 (fully assembled SLS printer) and the Sintratec Kit (assembly required). We believe the Sintratec S1 is a unique offering which strengthens our portfolio of 3D printers and professional services.

Retail prices are:

Please contact us for more information or get a quote.

What the world is printing… Part 1

Normally we feature the prints that we make in our own print lab or, occasionally, a great print that was printed by someone else.  But on a weekly basis we see a lot of great prints made with our filaments showing up on various social media channels. Below is a summary of a selection of prints, by no means a complete overview, that we have seen in the past week alone. A big thank you to all the makers sharing their work! Make sure you check out the pages on their respective social media accounts to keep up with their amazing work.

 

Who? Eric de Witte
What? His largest print on the Prusa with our very own PLA/PHA
Where? Twitter /
Original post: https://twitter.com/vEDW/status/957730217061216258

 

Who? Gadg3D
What? A desktop organizer, made with woodFill
Where? Facebook / https://www.facebook.com/gadg3d
Original post: https://www.facebook.com/gadg3d/posts/1841064579298869

 

Who? Kristian
What? Prototypes made with woodFill
Where? Twitter /
Original post: https://twitter.com/my3dbase/status/957735970367004672

 

Who? Modelia3D
What? Small parts printed with colorFabb_XT
Where? Twitter /
Original post: https://twitter.com/Modelia3D/status/956844189559476224

 

Who? Peter de Corte
What? High tech clamps, printed with colorFabb_HT on the Leapfrog Bolt
Where? Twitter /
Original post: https://twitter.com/omd3d_peter/status/957642509898919936

 

 

Who? Willteq Engineering
What? I AMsterdam city motto printed with PLA Economy Red, White and Black on the Prusa Mk 2
Where? Instagram / willteq.engineering
Original post: https://www.instagram.com/p/Bd2BawXnhId

 

 

Who? Elementary 3D
What? Custom GoPro mount made with PLA/PHA Lila on the Prusa Mk3
Where? Facebook / https://www.facebook.com/elementary3D
Original post: https://www.facebook.com/elementary3D/posts/328472430986784

 

Who? Printed Solid
What? Kirkwood Library letters with PLA/PHA Traffic Red on the Lulzbot Mini
Where? Twitter /
Original post: https://twitter.com/PrintedSolid/status/957696094242263041

 

Who? Wabby
What? Toy cart made with PLA/PHA Dutch Orange
Where? Twitter /
Original post: https://twitter.com/WabbysLand/status/958295991987392512

 

Who? la_bamboo_officina_di_paolo
What? Low Poly Buddha, made with PLA Economy White
Where? Instagram / la_bamboo_officina_di_paolo
Original post: https://www.instagram.com/p/Bduu02Cj8dM

 

Who? Wesley Peile
What? Spool holders printed with nGen for the Prusa Mk2, made on the Mk3
Where? Twitter /
Original post: https://twitter.com/Sound_In_Focus/status/958748331123109888

 

Who? Bone Mother
What? Printed horse hooves for a stop motion picture, made with woodFill on the Lulzbot Mini
Where? Facebook / https://www.facebook.com/bonemotherfilm
Original post: https://goo.gl/noHziJ

 

Who? h2befjon
What? Reamer for a lemon juicer, printed with colorFabb_XT on the Ultimaker 2
Where? Instagram / h2befjon
Original post: https://www.instagram.com/p/BeiwGcCg4eJ

 

Who? Blackbelt!
What? Part printed with the still yet unreleased nGen_LUX, made on the Blackbelt printer of course
Where? Twitter /
Original post: https://twitter.com/ColorFabb/status/959098476469596160

 

Who? Catohagen
What? Prototype in colorFabb_XT
Where? Twitter /
Original post: https://twitter.com/catohagen/status/959345771538780160

 

Who? LC3DP
What? Groot… who else? Made with woodFill on the Prusa Mk2
Where? Facebook / https://www.facebook.com/LC3DP
Original post: https://www.facebook.com/LC3DP/posts/546655559054606

 

Who? Stuart Argus
What? Nespresso coffee cup dispenser
Where? Facebook / https://www.facebook.com/sargus1
Original post: https://www.facebook.com/ColorFabb/posts/953802471435002

 

We will regularly share your prints in this blog. Keep printing, keep sharing! If you are not following us on social media, we are active on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Please tag us when you post something!

We ship daily (Mon-Fri), worldwide and from stock.

3D printing prosthetics

3D printing changes lives in many ways. Nowhere as much as in the field of prosthetics where it has a direct impact on people’s daily lives. Prosthetics are nothing new, but 3D printing allows for more customization and faster developments tailored specifically to the person who needs the prosthetic part.

In December 2016 we already wrote a blog about this particular use of 3D printing by Mathis Orthopédie. Below are some more examples of organizations that are using 3D printing.

 

Médecins Sans Frontiéres

Médecins Sans Frontiéres (MSF, also known as Doctors Without Borders) is an organization that operates worldwide in conflict areas. Doctors and health sector workers work together to provide assistance to populations in distress, to victims of natural or man-made disasters and to victims of armed conflict.

One area is to provide prosthetics for Syrian war victims. You can see the great work MSF is doing in the video (made by The Economist) in Amman, Jordan:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W1veGQxMe4

Video by The Economist

 

LifEnabled: Enable. Train. Serve.

The genesis of LifEnabled was in a Guatamalan clinic in 2006 when Brent Wright, Certified Prosthetist and Board Certified Orthotist, was invited by Tim and Doris Spurrier, founders of Hospital Shalom in San Benito, Guatemala, to launch the hospital’s prosthetic program.It took several years and a lot of help & input from friends and family to grow the program to a level where LifEnabled became an official non profit organization.

You can read the full story here (and it is a good story!).

Brent is increasingly looking at 3D printing to test and produce prosthetics. In the past few years, 3D printing has made leaps in terms of printers and materials. Quality is of course always the main priority. While traditional prosthetic sockets will still have a place in certain situations, the opportunity to move forward with 3D printing paves the way for helping more patients with less material and time costs. 3D printing also allows the potential for more access to prosthetic care for patients in impoverished parts of the world.

We have been in touch with Brent recently and sent him our new PA-CF Low Warp to test with. The results are very good, as you can see in the video below:

LifEnabled video and images by Brent Wright

He printed a transtibial Prosthetic socket, weighing 208 grams for and with 2.5 mm wall thickness. In his words: “This material is amazing.” It took 3.5 hours to print.

But 3D printing is not the only “new” technology used by LifEnabled. They also use a dedicated app. Brent says: “I have been working on a simple way to create an .stl or .obj file that can be scaled and then sent directly into your fabrication work flow. DigiScan 3D uses the structure.io scanner and an iPad. Some clinicians have found that they use an outside shape manipulation software, others have found ways to scale their model and go straight to test socket fabrication, while others just want a file they can keep in their electronic medical records. I wanted a simple way to capture a shape and not push people to buy a specific shape modification software.”

You can get the app here.

Make sure you check out the videos they have posted online with their awesome work:

Stay up to date with LifEnabled’s work:

 

Born Just Right

Born Just Right’s mission is to build creative solutions that help kids with differences live a more enjoyable life. It all started with Jordan Reeves, who was born just right. She is the lead innovator and official ambassador of BJR. Through her activities and opportunities to speak and mentor other kids with limb differences, Jordan is helping change attitudes around physical differences. Check out the TedX Youth talk she held:

Now, as it happens Jordan has an super hero alter ego: Girl Blaster. And the most obvious thing Girl Blaster needs is, of course, a 3D printed prosthetic that shoots sparkles! To make it even more awesome, they called it Project Unicorn.

Born Just Right was founded by Jen Lee Reeves, Jordan’s mother. She believes giving kids design knowledge empowers them to create their own solutions.  The focus of Born Just Right is on 3 outcomes:

  • Raise awareness about the power of design.
  • Identify and support inclusive designers & brands.
  • Support and grow a design community for kids and parents to help foster learning.

Jen works closely with Sam Hobish, designer and 3D printing wizard who made Project Unicorn a reality. The part was printed with our very own PLA/PHA Lila.

Jordan, Project Unicorn and Born Just Right have recently been featured in some worldwide publications:

colorFabb is proud partner of BJR! Make sure you follow the work of Born Just Right on social media:

And if you really want to stand out from the crowd, check out their shop.

 

From the Middle East, via Guatamala, to Missouri and all over the world, 3D printing prosthetics is changing lives. The world can be a harsh place some times, but it becomes great again when people – with the help of 3D printing, a lot of good will, an upbeat spirit and a healthy dose of creativity – start these organizations and make a change for the better. It is important and necessary work.

At colorFabb we aim to develop and produce the best possible materials for this application, be it semi-flexible nGen_FLEX, a high strength PA-CF Low Warp or a wide range of colors in our PLA/PHA and nGen range.

Robotics

It is a well established fact by now that our new PA-CF Low Warp filament is all about functionality. We developed this filament with only one goal: to make sure a lot of users have the ability to print high quality printed parts. Even on a cold bed. In the past weeks we have already shown quite a few prints and their respective qualities (listed below). Another great application for PA-CF Low Warp is the field of robotics and we printed a few parts to show:

Designs:

The prints above have been designed for the FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) which just kicked off its 2018 season again. You can find a full collection of designs that have been made in the past for the FRC here.

FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) is an organisation aimed to encourage young people to become science and technology leaders and you should definitely check out their website.

PA-CF Low Warp is, due to its stiffness and strength, a perfect material for robotics and its much needed custom made parts. In that regard it is not that different from the application of this filament for drone parts, about which we wrote last week.

The parts were all printed on our Ultimaker 2+ in our print lab, equipped with 0.4mm Olsson Ruby nozzles. We printed at 260C and a 50C bed. Due to its abrasive nature, the Olsson Ruby nozzles ensure that print quality remains the same for many, many hours and days of printing.

As the name indicates, PA-CF Low Warp is a polyamide (nylon) with carbon fiber. An added bonus is that, unlike many other engineering grade filaments, it has very little warping when printing large objects! Low infill prints come out perfectly flat on cold bed for higher infill prints 40/50C temperature is enough to obtain flat prints. It is an engineering grade filament for a wide range of printers and users alike. You can find more information on our dedicated landing page.

In recent weeks we have printed a lot with PA-CF Low Warp. Below are a few examples:

The PA-CF Low Warp filament is a one of a kind polyamide formulation with the ability to print nearly warp free on non heated buildplatforms. Low infill prints come out perfectly flat on cold bed for higher infill prints 40/50C temperature is enough to obtain flat prints.

PA-CF Low Warp allows continuous use at 120°C while retaining sufficient properties for the intended application. Most high heat resistant materials will be difficult to print and require heated chambers and / or heated platforms to keep parts from warping the bottom layer. PA-CF Low Warp shows a very low tendency to warp, even at ambient temperature platform.

Eager to get started? Click here to get the basics on how to print with PA_CF Low Warp.

PA-CF Low Warp is available now in our webshop and ships from stock. We currently stock spools of 700 grams, but as from late next week large spools containing 2kg of material will be available as well.

You can also opt to get a unique bundle package, containing one spool of PA-CF Low Warp and the Olsson Ruby Nozzle 0.4mm in our webshop.

SLS Prints

Back in November we announced our partnership with Sintratec. Sintratec is a Swiss high-tech company specializing in the development and production of SLS 3D printers. You can read the announcement here. In more than one way this has been a very important step for colorFabb. Not only do we add another high-end printer for the industrial market to our portfolio, this is also our first step beyond FFF / FDM 3D printing. Working with Sintratec is our first venture in SLS 3D printing and a very exciting one at that!

Sintratec S1: https://colorfabb.com/sintratec-s1

The partnership with Sintratec is in line with colorFabb’s mission statement: Offering added value with high quality material and hardware solutions to meet our customer’s needs by means of interfacing between polymer knowledge and 3D printing know-how.

SLS (Selective Laser Sintering) is a logical next step beyond our tried and tested way of FDM 3D printing. Laser sintering allows you to print extremely durable and highly detailed objects. The laser sintering technology makes it possible to print complex objects with unparalleled freedom of form. We have printed some examples:

Branched hand by PscL: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:332451

Scaled to a 60mm print, this branched hand shows the design freedom one has and the level of detail that can be achieved. We spent a whole euro to give a sense of scale.

Another great application for SLS is functional printing, like gears:

Herringbone gear by jonaskuehling: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:18379

We scaled these prints back to 28mm and 6mm each to show detail in functional parts.

All prints were made on the Sintratec Kit with Sintratec PA12 Powder. With SLS 3D printing a laser is used to sinter a powder, in this case Sintratec’s own nylon. The laser points at certain places in the powder binding the material together to create a solid structure. Below is a video where you can see how one layer is created:

New doors open and new worlds are to be explored when coming from traditional 3D printing.

Sintratec Kit: https://colorfabb.com/sintratec-kit

We currently offer both the Sintratec S1 (fully assembled SLS printer) and the Sintratec Kit (assembly required). We believe the Sintratec S1 is a unique offering which strengthens our portfolio of 3D printers and professional services.

Retail prices are:

Please contact us for more information or get a quote.

For a full overview of colorFabb’s portfolio of filaments and printers, please have a look at our catalogue.

Housing

3D printing is uniquely suitable for customizing parts that one needs on the fly. A custom housing, for instance. The original design by Printcontrol was made to be a housing for electronics, but you can use it as a housing in general. We chose our new PA-CF Low Warp filament to print for extra stiffness and toughness.

Original design: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:243905

And the matte finish just gives it a very cool and industrial look. We printed on the Ultimaker 2+, using the Olsson Ruby nozzle. Print temperature at 260C and a 50C bed. Layer height is 0.3mm.

As the name indicates, PA-CF Low Warp is a polyamide (nylon) with carbon fiber. An added bonus is that, unlike many other engineering grade filaments, it has very little warping when printing large objects! Low infill prints come out perfectly flat on cold bed for higher infill prints 40/50C temperature is enough to obtain flat prints. It is an engineering grade filament for a wide range of printers and users alike.

We have printed a lot with PA-CF Low Warp recently. Below are a few examples:

As said, functionality is key with this filament and it is a material that suits the needs of the professional user perfectly.

The PA-CF Low Warp is a one of a kind polyamide formulation with the ability to print nearly warp free on non heated buildplatforms. Low infill prints come out perfectly flat on cold bed for higher infill prints 40/50C temperature is enough to obtain flat prints.

PA-CF Low Warp allows continuous use at 120°C while retaining sufficient properties for the intended application. Most high heat resistant materials will be difficult to print and require heated chambers and / or heated platforms to keep parts from warping the bottom layer. PA-CF Low Warp shows a very low tendency to warp, even at ambient temperature platform.

PA-CF Low Warp is a material that has a lot of practical applications. One of them is within the automotive industry. The unique combination of high strength, good temperature resistance and good chemical stability makes this material a good choice for parts in and around the car. It’s used a lot already for brackets and covers.

In general it can be used for functional prototyping and final part manufacturing. For functional prototyping users are often looking for materials which have good toughness, strength and resistance to abrasion. Because of the excellent mechanical strength and heat resistance het material can even be considers for use in final applications. PA-CF low warp has great dimensional stability, because of extremely low warp. The material is therefor unique suited for applications such as jigs & fixtures which require parts with accurate dimensions.

Eager to get started? Click here to get the basics on how to print with PA_CF Low Warp.

PA-CF Low Warp is available now in our webshop and ships from stock.

 

The Olsson Ruby Nozzle – One nozzle for all materials

Due to the abrassive nature of the filament we recommend the use of hardened nozzles for the best performance of the material and printer. For this reason we are offering the Olsson Ruby Nozzles with the purchase of PA-CF Low Warp. You can find the combined offer here.

We have published about the use of the Olsson Ruby Nozzle before and we are very enthusiastic about the use of this filament combined with abrassive materials like PA-CF Low Warp, but also XT-CF20 and steelFill.

The ruby mounted at the tip assures that even the toughest materials will be printable. It was originally designed for printing with a composite of Boron Carbide (B4C), the third hardest known material in the world. Since most of the Olsson Ruby is made from brass, with its excellent heat conductivity, performance and throughput is first-class.

This nozzle, soon on your printer!

The Olsson Ruby is manufactured, assembled and tested in a high-quality facility in Sweden. This is why 3DVerkstan – also colorFabb’s partner in the region – guarantees the very best quality and tolerances.

As from now you can purchase the Olsson Ruby Nozzle 0.4mm in combination with PA-CF Low Warp in our webshop.

 

 

Router attachment

Recently we released PA-CF Low Warp. This is a filament developed with one single purpose and that’s to create functional prints on a wide range of 3D printers. For today’s print we move further into the DIY world by printing a router attachment for a rotary tool, the Dremel in this case.

Original design: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:17105

Designed by Lenbok, we printed this part of the Ultimaker 2+ with a 0.8mm Olsson Ruby nozzle. We chose 0.2mm layer height and printed at 260C nozzle temp. As the designer says on his Thingiverse page: “Screw this puppy onto your dremel, adjust your bit depth, and route away to your heart’s content.”

As the name indicates, PA-CF Low Warp is a polyamide (nylon) with carbon fiber. An added bonus is that, unlike many other engineering grade filaments, it has very little warping when printing large objects! Low infill prints come out perfectly flat on cold bed for higher infill prints 40/50C temperature is enough to obtain flat prints. It is an engineering grade filament for a wide range of printers and users alike.

We have printed a lot with PA-CF Low Warp recently. Below are a few examples:

As said, functionality is key with this filament and it is a material that suits the needs of the professional user perfectly.

The PA-CF Low Warp is a one of a kind polyamide formulation with the ability to print nearly warp free on non heated buildplatforms. Low infill prints come out perfectly flat on cold bed for higher infill prints 40/50C temperature is enough to obtain flat prints.

PA-CF Low Warp allows continuous use at 120°C while retaining sufficient properties for the intended application. Most high heat resistant materials will be difficult to print and require heated chambers and / or heated platforms to keep parts from warping the bottom layer. PA-CF Low Warp shows a very low tendency to warp, even at ambient temperature platform.

PA-CF Low Warp is a material that has a lot of practical applications. One of them is within the automotive industry. The unique combination of high strength, good temperature resistance and good chemical stability makes this material a good choice for parts in and around the car. It’s used a lot already for brackets and covers.
In general it can be used for functional prototyping and final part manufacturing. For functional prototyping users are often looking for materials which have good toughness, strength and resistance to abrasion. Because of the excellent mechanical strength and heat resistance het material can even be considers for use in final applications. PA-CF low warp has great dimensional stability, because of extremely low warp. The material is therefor unique suited for applications such as jigs & fixtures which require parts with accurate dimensions.

Eager to get started? Click here to get the basics on how to print with PA_CF Low Warp.

PA-CF Low Warp is available now in our webshop and ships from stock.

 

The Olsson Ruby Nozzle – One nozzle for all materials

Due to the abrassive nature of the filament we recommend the use of hardened nozzles for the best performance of the material and printer. For this reason we are offering the Olsson Ruby Nozzles with the purchase of PA-CF Low Warp. You can find the combined offer here.

We have published about the use of the Olsson Ruby Nozzle before and we are very enthusiastic about the use of this filament combined with abrassive materials like PA-CF Low Warp, but also XT-CF20 and steelFill.

The ruby mounted at the tip assures that even the toughest materials will be printable. It was originally designed for printing with a composite of Boron Carbide (B4C), the third hardest known material in the world. Since most of the Olsson Ruby is made from brass, with its excellent heat conductivity, performance and throughput is first-class.

This nozzle, soon on your printer!

The Olsson Ruby is manufactured, assembled and tested in a high-quality facility in Sweden. This is why 3DVerkstan – also colorFabb’s partner in the region – guarantees the very best quality and tolerances.

As from now you can purchase the Olsson Ruby Nozzle 0.4mm in combination with PA-CF Low Warp in our webshop.