In addition to our Ultimaker dual extruder printers, we have invested in 3 Bambu Lab FDM printers, 2 with AMS units allowing multicolour and multi-material printing. These printers can print in a range of materials, such as bioplastics like PLA & PHA, and other plastics such as PETG, Nylon and TPU.
The FDM printers take files from a CAD program, building objects in layers of PLA plastic. Similar to a high-tech glue gun, the print head heats up the plastic filament and then extrudes it onto a flat table, the print head then rises enabling the next layer to be built on top of the one before. The range of filaments available is expanding rapidly, all colours, metallic finishes, fluorescent, glow in the dark, woodfill, the list goes on and on!