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3D Printing

Additive manufacturing is the process of creating an object by building it one layer at a time.
Additive manufacturing, commonly known as 3D printing, makes it easier to create small quantities of an item, with high quality, the perfect opportunity for entrepreneurs, and small or growing businesses.

3DNFC uses rare earth neodymium magnets.

3DNFC uses rare earth neodymium magnets. The magnets we use are nickel-plated to resist corrosion are super-strong, and ideal for shop and everyday use.

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Our standard 3D printing filament types are PLA, NYLON, TPU (Flexible filament), PETG, Copper-look, and Wood Filled PLA.

TPU Material

Thermoplastic Polyurethane (TPU material) is a flexible, abrasion-resistant thermoplastic. It’s being used in a number of manufacturing processes for both consumer and industrial use. TPU material offers many benefits and features, parts 3D printed with TPU are durable and have the ability to withstand ambient temperatures of up to 80°C or 176°F. Learn more about TPU.

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Rapid prototyping is the group of techniques used to quickly fabricate a scale model of a physical part or assembly using three-dimensional computer-aided design (CAD) data. Because these parts or assemblies are usually constructed using additive fabrication techniques as opposed to traditional subtractive methods, the phrase has become synonymous with additive manufacturing and 3D printing.

Prototypes are useful for design improvement, as stepping stones to full production, or for engineering testing. They are meant to be quick and economical, without the need for investment in hard tooling. Many clients need to produce a physical part quickly in order to validate a design or to capture a fleeting sales opportunity.

Rapid prototyping helps companies turn ideas into realistic, high-fidelity proofs of concept that look and work like final products, and guides these products through a series of validation stages toward mass production.

What is filament in 3D printing? filament

3D printing filament is the thermoplastic feedstock for fused deposition modeling 3D printers. There are many types of filament available with different properties, requiring different print procedures.

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FDM Technology works with specialized 3D printers and production-grade thermoplastics to build strong, durable, and dimensionally stable parts with the best accuracy and repeatability of any 3D printing technology.

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Fused deposition modeling is an additive manufacturing technology commonly used for modeling, prototyping, and production applications. It is one of the techniques used for 3D printing. FDM works by laying down material in layers; a plastic filament or composite wire is unwound from a coil and supplies material to produce a part.

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  • The technology is clean and eco-friendly.
  • Supported production-grade thermoplastics are mechanically and environmentally stable.
  • Complex geometries and cavities that would otherwise be problematic become practical with 3D printing technology.

The advantages of additive manufacturing are vast. With traditional manufacturing, setup costs mean producing small quantities is not cost-effective. In comparison, additive manufacturing setup costs are minimal, so creating just a handful of objects becomes more reasonable.
Without the setup costs of creating a new product, entrepreneurs can quickly manufacture objects, parts, and solutions to see if they work as needed.

PLA is a fully biodegradable thermoplastic polymer consisting of renewable raw materials. PLA is one of the most environmentally friendly filaments on the market today.
PLA plastic or polylactic acid is a vegetable-based plastic material, derived from crops such as corn and sugarcane, making PLA renewable and most importantly biodegradable. This material is a thermoplastic aliphatic polyester and it is the primary natural raw material used in 3D printing.

With 3D printed objects, greater strength can be accomplished. This is due to the perimeters encapsulating the entire object and passing loads throughout without disruptions in the path. The Infill that is inside also assists in taking the load and spreading it through the entire print and thus reducing stress concentrations. This enables prints to be exceptionally strong in compression, and to a lesser degree, tension. Depending on the infill rates and material used on a print, the forces necessary to cause damage might be well in excess of what an average adult could exert.

The 3D printing process was devised in the 1980s and was initially called ‘rapid prototyping’. It enabled companies to speedily develop prototypes to precise specifications. Nowadays, its uses are far more diverse.

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Rapid prototyping is the group of techniques used to quickly fabricate a scale model of a physical part or assembly using three-dimensional computer-aided design (CAD) data. Because these parts or assemblies are usually constructed using additive fabrication techniques as opposed to traditional subtractive methods, the phrase has become synonymous with additive manufacturing and 3D printing.

Prototypes are useful for design improvement, as stepping stones to full production, or for engineering testing. They are meant to be quick and economical, without the need for investment in hard tooling. Many clients need to produce a physical part quickly in order to validate a design or to capture a fleeting sales opportunity.

Rapid prototyping helps companies turn ideas into realistic, high-fidelity proofs of concept that look and work like final products, and guides these products through a series of validation stages toward mass production.

Manufacturing

Additive manufacturing is the process of creating an object by building it one layer at a time.
Additive manufacturing, commonly known as 3D printing, makes it easier to create small quantities of an item, with high quality, the perfect opportunity for entrepreneurs, and small or growing businesses.

Our standard 3D printing filament types are PLA, NYLON, TPU (Flexible filament), PETG, Copper-look, and Wood Filled PLA.

Rapid prototyping is the group of techniques used to quickly fabricate a scale model of a physical part or assembly using three-dimensional computer-aided design (CAD) data. Because these parts or assemblies are usually constructed using additive fabrication techniques as opposed to traditional subtractive methods, the phrase has become synonymous with additive manufacturing and 3D printing.

Prototypes are useful for design improvement, as stepping stones to full production, or for engineering testing. They are meant to be quick and economical, without the need for investment in hard tooling. Many clients need to produce a physical part quickly in order to validate a design or to capture a fleeting sales opportunity.

Rapid prototyping helps companies turn ideas into realistic, high-fidelity proofs of concept that look and work like final products, and guides these products through a series of validation stages toward mass production.

  • The technology is clean and eco-friendly.
  • Supported production-grade thermoplastics are mechanically and environmentally stable.
  • Complex geometries and cavities that would otherwise be problematic become practical with 3D printing technology.

The advantages of additive manufacturing are vast. With traditional manufacturing, setup costs mean producing small quantities is not cost-effective. In comparison, additive manufacturing setup costs are minimal, so creating just a handful of objects becomes more reasonable.
Without the setup costs of creating a new product, entrepreneurs can quickly manufacture objects, parts, and solutions to see if they work as needed.

PLA is a fully biodegradable thermoplastic polymer consisting of renewable raw materials. PLA is one of the most environmentally friendly filaments on the market today.
PLA plastic or polylactic acid is a vegetable-based plastic material, derived from crops such as corn and sugarcane, making PLA renewable and most importantly biodegradable. This material is a thermoplastic aliphatic polyester and it is the primary natural raw material used in 3D printing.

With 3D printed objects, greater strength can be accomplished. This is due to the perimeters encapsulating the entire object and passing loads throughout without disruptions in the path. The Infill that is inside also assists in taking the load and spreading it through the entire print and thus reducing stress concentrations. This enables prints to be exceptionally strong in compression, and to a lesser degree, tension. Depending on the infill rates and material used on a print, the forces necessary to cause damage might be well in excess of what an average adult could exert.

materials

3DNFC uses rare earth neodymium magnets.

3DNFC uses rare earth neodymium magnets. The magnets we use are nickel-plated to resist corrosion are super-strong, and ideal for shop and everyday use.

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