3D PRINTING & VACUUM FORMING
Inventors HQ continues to expand it’s business offer and 3D printing equipment fleet. From 10 July 2024 we are excited to introduce the latest 3D resin printer from Formlabs, the worlds leader in resin print technology has stunned the world with it’s superfast, high accuracy, multi-material 3D resin printer - FORMLABS FORM 4.
Earlier this year we also added (from BCN3D, leader in filament print technology) the Epsilon W50 with a Massive print volume (length of 420 mm, a width of 300 mm, and a height of 400mm) the printer has a print volume of 50L, which is the largest print volume from BCN3D.
In addition, our equipment fleet also includes;
Formlabs form 3 - A resin printer with superb surface finishes and capabilities including 3D printed molds for low volume production injection molding
Formlabs form 3B+ (which caters for dental and medical applications as well as being capable of printing the full range of 3D print resins from Formlabs)
We also have two vacuum forming machines (small and large format) VAQUFORM DT2 for materials PETG, HIPS and VFLEX. We can print your part and then form all in the same week.
SIGMAX R19 by BCN3D, a twin print head, large build volume filament printer capable of fine detail down to 0.3mm print head.
Having researched 3D printers since 2000 we are confident our on-site 3D printers and vacuum formers can deliver the parts needed. to assist you with the development and evolution of your invention, product, packaging or production of low volume end use parts. Whether you need packaging, 3D modelling, 3D printing prototypes or 3D printing production we have the capacity to assist you. Unlike other companies who outsource the 3D printing services, we have all the equipment in-house ready to go and you will find we are less expensive and faster and our turn around time is days rather than weeks or months.
Please contact us with your STL file or if you need a design to create the file we can help you.
We also have a dedicated website at 3DprintHQ
PLEASE SEE OUR EQUIPMENT IN THE FOLLOWING VIDEOS
Formlabs Form 4 demonstration video.
What’s Important
Turn around time
An invention can take months or even years to develop and the 3D printer can massively reduce this time and accelerate the evolution towards pre-production with the use of a 3D printer.
Inventors HQ’s turn around time can be as little as 24 hours plus 1or 2 days express delivery from receipt of file to dispatch depending of course on the print schedule, size of your print and pre-print alterations to ensure the print is successful first time. From our past experience the turn around time for other companies can take from 3 days to a week or more (from sending the file to receiving the printed part). This is particularly important if we are printing to test and check a design and then modifying it. We can design day time and print in the night time which means we get to the end result much faster and with less expense.
Materials
We can print with all the common plastic 3D print materials such as PLA, PLA+, PP, ABS and PET and where there are requirements for other materials (excluding metals) we can source from a large library of materials.
Whats involved
If your project is confidential please feel free to complete our NDA and we will both get a copy. Then we ask you to upload the file in STL format and we will quickly assess the part and provide a quote including print cost, delivery cost (express or regular post) and expected time to complete. On receipt of payment we will schedule to print and when it has successfully completed we will send you an image or images to confirm it is what you needed and we will then dispatch your part.