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Ian Ferguson3D Printing Reliability

How to test the most advanced desktop 3D printer for reliability

Klaus Leitl: Incredible creatures printed on Formlabs 3D printers

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What is Reliability?And why should you care about it?

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Print-to-print repeatability within the same printer.

Printer-to-printer variability. Print success rate in individual printers as well as the Form 2 in general.

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Reliability starts with good engineering and system architecting.

This is an early prototype showing off the new peel process used in the Form 2.

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A dismantled galvo, optics board and heater board

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Testing

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The product is guilty until proven innocent-Bill Drislane, Dragon Innovation

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Testing lasers for lifetime and performance

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Testing precision galvanometers

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Testing motion stages for millions of cycles.

*googly eyes optional

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This is a dust testing chamber

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And this is a Form 2 after it has been through the dust testing chamber

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Print testing real parts

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Challenge parts

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3D printing test parts

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Snippets from the formlabs design guide

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So how reliable is the Form 2?

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76%100%Form 1+Form 2

Print success* of test part printed 10 times on 10 different printers for a total of 100 prints

*Success is completion of print without any major errors or flaws

Ian Ferguson () - +timur@formlabs.com & +lakatos@formlabs.com do you think I can say 10 prints on 10 different printers? (or do we want to keep our methodology a little more hidden?)Timur Senguen () - I don't have a problem with it. David?

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Printer to printer variation is markedly reduced in this test

Questions?

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