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I am looking for a reliable printer and material that would be suitable for printing hundreds of environmentally friendly (PLA maybe?) components (drone parts, animal tracking tags). The speed is not as much of a concern as the possible reliability issues of continuously printing. Is there a brand that is notably reliable? The budget is ~$10,000. Note that I was looking at getting one of the UltiMaker printers.
MakerGear M2, it is why I bought it.. Look it up, find a bad review.. there are't any.. ;)
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Great, thanks for the recommendations.
lol sort of spammers both :-)
for less than 10,000 you can do a lot better than a makergear m2.
The makergear is essentially a prusa i3 style machine.
The best of those around is the prusa I3 mk3: https://www.prusa3d.com/original-prusa-i3-mk3/
Is pla environmentally friendly ? sorta kinda.
it won't biodegrade unless it's in a hot compost heap, but get it in the oceans and it's probably there as long as anything else.
The current generation of ultimakers are massively over priced for what they are.
If you're looking to make quadcopter parts, then a machine with independant dual extruders is a good idea.
If you have that and use soluble support material, you could probably make an almost monocoque body and frame for a quad.
so my first recommendation would be a bnc3d sigma: https://www.bcn3dtechnologies.com/en...r/bcn3d-sigma/
There are definitely us distributors.
The other thing worth a look would be the is the formbot t-rex 2+ - also an idex (independant dual extruder) machine. But with a little assembly required. http://www.formbot3d.com/formbot-lar...ize_p0018.html
with that you could build pretty big quads - again with a monocoque body if you wanted.
Also almost within that price range would be the formlabs fuse 1 - a laser sintering machine using nylon powder. https://formlabs.com/3d-printers/fuse-1/
Probably not what you're looking for - but worth mentioning, just to show what's available around the 10,000 mark.
Amazingly, also within your budget would be the leapfrog bolt - just hand down the best looking and featured idex printer on the planet !
Also has the advantage of beng enclosed, so will work with even the bastardly awkward materials - add the hi-temp extruders and you're talking a machine capable of printing polycarbonate and peek. As well as the standard awkward squad like: abs and nylon :-)
I love this machine: https://www.lpfrg.com/en/bolt-pro-3d-printer/
Rolls Royce and volkswagen use them - what more needs saying :-)
For under $10,000 the bolt is one of the best printers on the planet.
Spammer, really? No, prod owner of an M2. I did my fair share of searching reviews for the 3 years I was saving money for the machine. It was always in the top 5 in it's class and American Made in OH.Quote:
Originally Posted by curious aardvark
lol yeah, but in the under £10,000 price range - it's kind of not in the running :-)
So just automatically saying 'buy an m2' to all questions, regardless, is sorta spamming ;-)
He didn't say how far under did he? Spam Spam Spam and Eggs! Sorry, I should have googled ~10000 and then would have realize ~ was Pound Sterling.. Have a nice day!
Thanks, great response @curious aardvark. I went through the printers and picked out a few that would do the job, but another printer was suggested: CreatBot F430. There was an additional note that I may need it for custom piping/tubing (might be plastic or metal, not sure) too. How does the CreatBot F430 compare to others? Do you think it would be up to the tasks I have been describing? Thanks again.