High speed, high precision 3D printing solution
When you need to supplement or replace injection mold tooling in the plastic manufacturing process, Figure 4 135 offers faster, more flexible and cost-efficient production for both prototyping and low-to-mid volume end-use parts.
By directly manufacturing small plastic end-use parts, the solution eliminates weeks to months of mold tool lead times, reducing your time-to-market from weeks to days.
Engineers can rapidly prototype and adjust designs on the fly without retooling. The solution allows companies to manufacture to the highest levels of precision and repeatability, whether prototypes, small batches, custom parts, bridge production and on-demand replacement parts. And all without the overhead of tool costs or inventory management.
Benefits of Figure 4 135
Figure 4 135 Printer
The Figure 4 135 combines high powered, accurate light projection printing with image processing IP for extremely precise, repeatable parts. Industrial features like auto-door and auto-filling from high volume resin cartridges to enable more efficient workflows and reduce hands-on time from operators. Take your production workflow to the next level with new traceability and fleet management features designed to give you total control over processes. The Figure 4 135 was developed in accordance the latest Cybersecurity standards to keep your operation secure.
Materials
- Figure 4 Resins – see Material Finder
- Includes:
- Diverse set of Specialty, Durable, Tough, Rigid materials
- Widest selection of flame retardant (FR) materials
- High temperature and elastomeric materials
New Hardware Architecture
Production-grade Resins
The Figure 4 135 is designed to operate with the Figure 4 range of engineering and production-grade resins delivering printed parts with an injection-molded like quality and best-in-class smoothness.
Choose from our ever-expanding range of rigid, tough, durable with thermoplastic-like behaviors, castable, heat-resistant, and biocompatible capable materials in a range of colors and translucencies. Printed parts exhibit long-term UV and humidity stable mechanical properties; up to 8 years for indoor use and up to 1.5 years for outdoor exposure per ASTM D4329 and ASTM G194 methods.
Compatible Materials
Figure 4 Tough 75C FR Black
Flame Retardant, High Resolution, and UL94 V0 and Thermal Durability
Figure 4 Tough FR V0 Black
Tough black, UL94 V0 rated flame-retardant production plastic
Figure 4 High Temp 150°C FR Black
UL94 V0 rated flame-retardant black plastic with >150˚C heat deflection temperature
Figure 4 PRO-BLK 10
Production-grade, rigid material for production parts
Figure 4 Rigid White
Opaque rigid white production-grade plastic
Figure 4 HI TEMP 300-AMB
High temperature resistant translucent plastic with HDT over 300°C
Figure 4 EGGSHELL-AMB 10
Process-optimized material for sacrificial tooling to cast silicone
Figure 4 JCAST-GRN 20
Next generation jewelry castable material for high-resolution patterns
New Software Architecture
Flexible Manufacturing
The Figure 4 135 can deliver batch-level, true production-grade outcomes required to complement traditional manufacturing operations.
With extremely high out-of-box precision, the Figure 4 135 solution is ideal for manufacturing industries where a process capability index (CpK) of at least 1.33 or above* is required for critical processes. The Figure 4 135 significantly exceeds these standards making it highly reliable for precision applications.
Whether you’re building small quantities of parts for design iteration or populating a platform with large quantities of small components, the performance and output remains consistent and repeatable across multiple printers.
*Dependent on part geometry and feature size.
Part Quality
Figure 4 135 produces exceptional part quality and accuracy, a direct result of our trade secret pixel blending methods combined with precision projectors and innovative hardware configuration.
In order to guarantee best-in-class part quality, all our materials, print processes, image processing software, and printer hardware, are developed from +15yrs of 3D Systems' print process experience with pixels, ensuring seamless integration.
3D Systems' image processing software automatically adjusts the pixel edges with gray scaling techniques. This results in high-quality production-grade plastic parts with best-in-class surface quality.
Advanced Pixel Projection
Raw Pixel Projection
Part printed with and without the Gray Scaling adjustment
Figure 4 Technology
The Figure 4 135 uses a projector-based imaging and non-contact membrane technology to build complex, high-resolution parts quickly. Instead of using a laser like in traditional Stereolithography (SLA), Figure 4 uses a projector array to cure an entire layer of liquid resin at once. This technology enables fast print speeds and high-resolution printing. The higher resolution projector in the Figure 4 135 improves accuracy and precision and enabling the fine details and thin walls necessary for connectors.
Cure 400
The Cure 400 is a midsized curing oven with advanced features that provides scalable options for post-processing UV-curable resins. It features a rotary table for part shadow reduction, full spectrum LEDs, and a 400 x 400 x 400 mm curing volume. The Cure 400 is compatible with all UV photopolymers in the 3D Systems portfolio to ensure a lasting post-processing solution and designed to reach the optimal material mechanical properties. Selectable preprogrammed recipes saves time and reduces the reliance on operators with specialized training. The Cure 400 is compatible with parts from all Figure 4, PSLA, and SLA printers.*
*provided parts fit within the Cure 400’s curing volume
3D Sprint Software
3D Sprint is exclusive software from 3D Systems for preparing and optimizing CAD and polygon data and managing the 3D printing process.
- Use a single software application from CAD
- Increase efficiency with optimized data management
- Streamline time to print and finished parts with a single, easy to use interface
- Improve productivity and reduce downtime with printer management and monitoring tools
About this Printer
- Direct production of end-use small plastic parts
- Flame retardant (FR) parts for electronics and connectors
- Thin wall components
- Prototyping and testing
- Housings, covers and snap-fits
- Sensors
- Knobs, grommets and spacers
- Fastest print technology
- High throughput and multiple builds per day
- Accuracy and repeatability, part-to-part and printer-to-printer
- Batch and serial production-capable
- Advanced workflow tools to manage one or a fleet of printers
- Fast and easy material changeovers
- Hands-free automated door
- Industrial-grade durability
- High performance production material flexibility
- Printable area (xyz): 136 x 76 x 165 mm (5.3 x 3.0 x 6.5 in)
- Resolution: 50 µm pixel size
- Projector Resolution: 2716 x 1528
- Control Panel: 7” HD display with multi-touch screen
- Dimensions (W x D x H): 680 x 700 x 1360 mm (26.8 x 27.6 x 53.6 in)
- Weight: 76 kg (167.5 bs)
- Electrical: 100 - 240 VAC, 50/60 Hz., Single Phase, 5 A.
- Operating Humidity: 30-70% relative humidity
- Software: 3D Sprint for preparing and monitoring prints
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