3D Print Lab General Information

The FBRI maintains a self-service 3D printing lab located in room 1002 of 4 Riverside Circle. The printers are available to all faculty, staff, and researchers on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Reservation Calendar

3D printer reservations

Print Lab Policies

• Promptly remove completed prints from the printer
• Optimize print settings to minimize filament usage
• Remove, bag, and properly store filament once you’re finished printing
• Users should provide their filament for large print jobs
• Users of the CadWorks 3D microfluidics system need to provide their resin
• Use the Help Desk (help.vtc.vt.edu) to report any problems to the facility manager

Equipment and Supplies

• The print lab has a wide color selection of PLA filament and PVA water-soluble support material available to users

Printers

Ultimaker S3

Build Volume: 9” x 7.4” x 7.9”

Internal camera for remote monitoring

Compatible with PLA, Tough PLA, ABS, PC, CPE, CPE+, Nylon, PP, TPU 95A, PVA

Dual-extrusion print head with swappable print cores

Heated build plate

Prepare print settings with Ultimaker Cura softwareUltimaker Cura

Connect and load prints over Wi-Fi or printer USB port

Ultimaker S5

Large build volume: 13” x 9.5” x 11.8”

Internal camera for remote monitoring

Compatible with PLA, Tough PLA, ABS, PC, CPE, CPE+, Nylon, PP, TPU 95A, PVA, and composites

Dual-extrusion print head with swappable print cores

Heated build plate

Prepare print settings with Ultimaker Cura software

Connect and load prints over Wi-Fi or printer USB port

Ultimaker S5 Pro Bundle

Large build volume: 13” x 9.5” x 11.8”

Internal camera for remote monitoring

Compatible with PLA, Tough PLA, ABS, PC, CPE, CPE+, Nylon, PP, TPU 95A, PVA, and composites

Dual-extrusion print head with swappable print cores

Heated build plate

Prepare print settings with Ultimaker Cura software

Connect and load prints over Wi-Fi or printer USB port

HEPA filtration

Material station with six filament spool capacity

Operates at <40% RH

Form Labs, Form 3 Resin Based Printer

Low Force Stereolithography Resin based printer

Useful links:

Form3 information

Form3 specs.

Prepare print specifications with Preform software

Preform software

Cadworks 3D M-5 Microfluidics printer

Projector - 1080x1920 HD

Native Pixels  - 2 Million Unique Pixels

Build Area - 57x32x120

XY Res. 30 μm

Z-Layer Resolution 5 μm to 500 μm

Wavelength(LED) nm365/385/405

Ideal Printing applications: The exceptional resolution is suitable for encapsulated chips and molds for PDMS requiring features as small as 60μm