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Buyer's Guide
by Carolyn Schwaar
Updated Dec 4, 2023
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FDM 3D printing for functional end-use parts with new levels of automation; this
is why you want an industrial 3D printer. Here are our favorites.
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igs & fixtures for manufacturing, assembly line equipment parts in engineering-
grade plastics, functional mechanical prototypes, and batches of custom-
designed replacement parts – all printed in your own facility, saving thousands of
dollars and days or weeks of time over traditional manufacturing. This is the goal of
industrial fused deposition modeling (FDM) 3D printing.
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Industrial FDMs enjoy worldwide adoption, but challenges limiting their application
include ease of use and quality control. For the most effective workflow, shop-floor
workers should be able to easily operate these machines with reliable results, while
engineers should have all the data they need about printed parts and printer status at
their fingertips. You shouldn’t have to hire a 3D printing engineer to manage your
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industrial 3D printing and the results should be consistent and repeatable. This is what
the latest innovations in industrial FDM 3D printers are working toward with more
automation, more sensors, and more sophisticated software for more hands-off 3D
printing and overall confidence in the process.
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MiniFactory 600 x 400 x *** 480ºC 200ºC 120 mm/s not available
Ignite 400
Apium P400 400 x 300 x *** 540ºC 500ºC not not available
300 available
Aon3D Hylo 650 x 450 x *** 500°C 250°C 500 mm/s $100,000+
450
Roboze Argo 500 500 × 500 × *** 450ºC 180ºC 83 mm/s Subscription
500
Stratasys F3300 600 x 600 x ** not disclosed 220ºC 500 mm/s not available
800
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Markforged’s Inspection software (formerly known as Blacksmith) uses laser sensors to compare the printed part to the digital model
(Source: Markforged)
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Common features include machine-vision laser scanners that scan the print as it’s
printing and compares it to the digital model so you know the second something has
gone off or you get a confirmation that the part and all of it’s internal features, were
printed to spec. There are also filament sensors that can not only detect which material ADVERTISEMENT
is loaded and when it runs out, but automatically switch to a fresh spool. Sensors also
monitor the health of the machine and alert you to maintenance before it becomes an
issue sidelining the machine. All these tools, coupled with workflow features tracking
what part is printed where and by whom, are what printer makers are calling the next-
generation of FDM.
Printer maker MiniFactory has offered real-time monitoring software called Aarni for a
while now. It also enables layer-by-layer 3D printing quality assurance and generates a
manufacturing document that summarizes the entire printing process.
For the most part, however, software- and sensor-enabled part quality assurance is a
developing technology. With the advent of newer AI, eventually these tools should be
able to compile dozens of datapoints in real-time to make decisions about a printing
part, fix defects before they happen, and optimize printing parameters through a
learning history. There’s a lot of work going on in this field, although much of it is
focused on metal 3D printing processes.
Industrial-size spools of filament enable the Stratasys F3300 to print for a long time without manual intervention
(Source: Stratasys)
Not every printer in this collection offers all of the key industrial features below, but
each was built, according to their manufacturers, to produce dependable, reliable,
factory tools and durable replacement parts.
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• Heated build chamber that can hold a consistent temperature (at least 80ºC) for
long durations to prevent part warping or cracking
The quality and specific properties of the parts you need produced are one of your
primary criterion for selecting an industrial FDM, but don’t overlook ease of use.
Consider how automated your machine is, how it verifies part builds, and offers
features to save you time and work. In fact, as noted above, a printer’s software is
becoming one of the main differentiating features in FDM options.
Also consider if you need a machine certified for use in a regulated medical setting, one
that filters out harmful chemical emissions from the print process, one that fits through
a standard doorframe, or one that comes with staff training and regular support.
Consider how long it takes the printer to heat up before printing can begin, how much
time a print needs to cool, and post-processing and finishing, since these can affect
your shop’s overall efficiency.
Of course, FDM 3D printers are not the only ones that are industrial. Other technologies,
including polymer powder bed methods, such as selective laser sintering (SLS)
and binder jetting also produce industrial components, and you can read about these in
our other guides. Here, however, we focus on FDM because it is often the entry printer
for industry, where 3D printing proves itself as a business solution.
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THE BEST INDUSTRIAL FDM 3D PRINTERS
Zortrax Endureal
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3D printer maker Zortrax offers its dual extruder Endureal printer with thermal
management ideal for high-performance polymers like PEEK. The filament temperature
is tightly monitored and controlled throughout the printing process in order to achieve
the best precision and optimum mechanical material properties, the company says.
The Endureal features an automatic annealing function that can be carried out after
printing in order to achieve the highest mechanical properties of high-temperature
materials.
The printer also features a camera built into the chamber to provide live video of the
print in progress, and sensors to detect and alert when the filament is jammed or
empty. These sensors can also tell you if you have enough filament loaded to complete
your job.
With the Zortrax Full Metal Package 316L kit, you’ll have everything necessary to make
316L stainless steel parts on the Zortrax Endureal.
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MiniFactory Ignite
MiniFactory debuted its massive new FDM, Ignite ($90K), in November featuring a 600
x 400 x 400 build volume, eclipsing company’s smaller Ultra 2.
This industrial high-temperature FDM has an open material system that can handle a
range of thermoplastics and features automatic calibration and automatic and
integrated post-processing. The machine also features servo motors, ball screws, and
linear guides to ensure large, dimensionally accurate, and reproducible prints, the
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company says.
As with the Ultra 2, the Ignite can store validated printing parameters on a digital
document, giving manufacturers a reliable part recipe that can be followed on any
Ignite, anywhere.
With this new generation of industrial FDMS, of course, there’s real-time quality
assurance software, that MiniFactory has offered for some years.
MiniFactory’s Aarni software monitors prints, layer-by-layer and generates a final part quality report (Source:
MiniFactory)
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The 3DGence Industry F421 can process high-temp materials (Source: 3DGence)
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the company says. Each module’s internal memory saves the calibration profile, which
saves time when switching materials.
The printer uses 3DGence Slicer 4.0 software and you can manage your prints, check
the printing status, schedule maintenance remotely via the 3DGence Cloud.
Quality Monitoring
The company’s 3DGence Connect software enables you to monitor the printing in real
time with a live camera feed.
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Markforged FX10
The brand new (Nov. 2023) FX10 from Markforged is an industrial FDM 3D printer to
tackle the evolving challenges of factory-floor part fabrication, the company says. It
offers faster speed and more automated features than the company’s seven other
carbon-fiber nylon 3D printers.
On the FX10, multiple sensors are placed throughout the machine, including positional
sensors, extrusion system sensors, sensors for nozzle touchoffs, thermal sensors, and
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others. These enable faster and more targeted maintenance to keep the machine
running smoothly.
The key feature of this monitoring system is the new Vision Module, which is not
intended to be used by operators to manually view the build chamber — the FX10 has
another camera mounted in the top corner of the gantry for that — instead, it’s meant to
capture high-resolution images that power a “Device Health Check ” utility to ensure the
printer is performing up to standards. Of course, for government and aerospace
customers who cannot have a camera on their machine, it can be disabled.
For now, the FX10 only prints with Onyx, Markforged’s proprietary nylon material and
continuous carbon fiber, but this new machine was explicitly designed to be extensible,
which means that new print heads, modes, materials, and features will be available
going forward.
Quality Assurance
With Inspection, the FX10’s laser scanning ability scans your parts as they print,
connecting part design, production, and quality control. Inspection-enabled devices
detect when a print has failed and automatically pauses the print for user review. You
can then download customizable scan reports with clear pass/fail analysis. Simulation
is another optional piece of software from the acquisition and integration of Teton
Simulation in 2022, that helps users verify part performance before printing begins.
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Apium P400
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Another new printer making this list is the Apium P400. Setting this high-temperature
FDM apart from the crowd is its adaptive zone heating system. With heaters placed on
the extruders, Apium says it has solved the problem of inconsistent heat in the build
chamber, which can lead to warping and print failures especially in large parts. This
heat strategy also eliminates the heating-up time and energy-consuming heating and
cooling of the entire build volume.
The P400 is an open-material machine and features independent dual extruders so you
can print two separate materials at the same time ensuring that each has the specific
heat required for that material. There are linear rails and servo motors, as you’d expect,
and an integrated filament dryer, four filament bays, and sensors monitoring essential
processes and machine condition.
Apium says the P400 extendable the future integration of new tools is planned.
Although there’s no quality assurance, all important parameters of a print process are
generated into a PDF.
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Aon3D Hylo
We hate to reprint a company’s marketing material here but we think Aon3D hit the nail
on the head, as far as where industrial FDMs are going with this statement about its
latest printer: “We believe next generation software and smart hardware are key to
unlocking and scaling additive manufacturing adoption, enabling users to create
functional parts in the world’s most advanced polymers with just a few clicks.”
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In November 2023, Aon3D launched its new flagship FDM, Hylo powered by new
“machine learning-driven software” called Basis that enables you to slice, simulate,
optimize, then print.
Hylo, with dual independent extruders, is designed for a range of applications including
tooling, jigs and fixtures, end-use parts, and rapid prototyping using high-performance
thermoplastics. It features an open-material environment, so it’s compatible with a wide
range of material brands, including Solvay, Sabic, DSM, Infinite Material Solutions, and
others, and comes with validated print profiles for them.
In addition to open materials, there’s open parameters so you can fine tune various
processes, temperatures, and motion settings.
Aon3D’s Basis software on the Hylo FDM 3D printer slices then simulates the build of your part so you can make
optimizations before printing (Source: Aon3D)
Quality Assurance
The Hylo has more than 25 integrated sensors for automated calibration, process
control, and monitoring the print process to validate parts as they print. After printing,
you can review the various data points of your as-printed part with its digital twin.
Basis also manages and monitors all of your Aon3D printers, projects, users, revisions,
optimizations, and as-printed part data in one user interface.
Aon3D says its software replaces trial and error printing with AI-driven process
simulation and digital file optimization. Basis can simulate the Hylo printing process,
enabling you to identify and correct issues before ever hitting print.
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3ntr's Spectral 30 industrial 3D printer with quad-extruder and built-in filament drying units (Source: 3ntr)
The Spectral 30 FDM 3D printer from 3ntr is an industrial high-temperature unit with
quad-extruders in one printhead for multi-material printing.
The printer’s carbon printing plate with coating can be heated to an impressive 300°C
and after the print is finished, the plate is simply removed with an easy magnetic
locking mechanism. The Spectral 30 can process a wide variety of materials from ABS,
PC, and PETG to Ultem, PEEK, and PPSU.
Other features include a built-in webcam, auto bed leveling, an integrated cooling unit,
and a plugin that contains the profiles of all materials qualified for the device by the
manufacturer. All you have to do is select the desired material or the desired material
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combination and the optimized settings for the 3ntr 3D printer are adopted. In addition,
the Spectral has an automatic material recognition all 3ntr materials.
The Spectral 30 takes filament drying and storage seriously with the Vento filament
drying module equipped with a 600W fan and space for 5-kg reels. The dryer has a
monitor that detects the condensation point and, after the initial trying treatment,
gradually reduces humidity and maintains it at 5%.
If you’re looking for something larger, 3ntr offers the Sequoia, with an impressively large
build volume, 1,200 x 1,100 x 90 mm. The machine offers a heated chamber (to 130°C)
and a high-temp extruder (to 450°C) that’s been redesigned for faster printing, the
company says.
Print Monitoring
3ntr offers a slicing software for 3D printing called SSI, just upgraded in 2023.
In addition to doing all the things a slicer usually does, SSI 2023 creates print reports
suitable both in the service environment for issuing quotations and in the industrial
environment for documenting production activity.
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The Funmat Pro 610 HT is Intamsys’ largest FDM machine for high-temperature
engineering thermoplastics. It offers many of the features you’d expect, like a built-in
camera, dual nozzles, a heated filament box, a liquid cooling system for more
consistent temperature control, and something the company calls over-heat protection.
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All Intamsys printers are open-material machines so you can choose your filament
brand and type.
While not offering a quality assurance tool, the new Intamsys Neo slicing software has
some innovative features. You can not only save your digital files in a library to manage
and distribute your varied print templates, but you can compare multiple studies (i.e.
various slicing and support options) side-by-side.
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The 240 features automatic filament switching between its four filament drawers to
reduce downtime, creating more parts in a compact environment. Like the Stratasys
F3300, there are no belts or pulleys. The 240 has linear servo motor system.
The Essentium 240 uses convection heating to keep the chamber consistent and up to
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The company’s larger FDMs have dual independent extruders that are actually
independent on both the Y and X axis. This enables the printer to create different parts
at once, such as two sides of a mold. The 280 has inferred energy that’s more tune-able
and accurate, the company says, plus uses less overall energy.
Quality Assurance
There’s no proprietary software to learn since Essentium partners with Materialise and
Simplify3D for build preparation. Materialise software called Magics can generate
reports from a wide range of print parameters to keep track of builds and ensure
repeatability with fully customizable automatic reports. There’s also an option to
analyze builds using features that detect potential issues.
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3D printer maker Roboze wants to help manufactures ditch metal parts in favor of 3D
printed ones in performance polymers suitable to environments where high
temperatures, high chemical resistance, and mechanical properties are required. In fact,
Roboze says it has helped hundreds of companies to change production methods and
replace metals, optimizing time and costs.
Argo 500 has been designed to produce finished parts using engineering-grade
polymers and composites, including their PEEK ceramic material called Helios PEEK
2005. The printer can monitor the material, from moisture control to drying and
preheating, up to the gradual cooling phase of the produced part.
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The Argo 500 is equipped with a patented “beltless” system that uses racks and pinions
(instead of belts) thus achieving the mechanical accuracy typical of a machine tool, the
company says.
A host of process variables, including leveling the build plate to extruder calibration and
material change-over are automated. f
If the Argo 500 is just too much machine for you, there’s a smaller version with a few
less features, called the Agro 350.
The Argo 500 is accessible under a subscription plan, rather than buying the machine
outright. Depending on your level of services, updates, and customization, the annual
range is between $89,000 and $119,000.
Roboze offers a proprietary slicing software on the 500 called Prometheus. There are
also sensors and software designed to provide predictive maintenance. The machine’s
OS stores your operations and process parameters for easier repeatability.
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Stratasys F3300
Just debuted in November 2023, there is still no full spec sheet available, but Stratasys
told All3DP that the F3300 delivers twice the speed and throughput of the F900 (which
isn’t going away). Print speed is up to 500 mm/s with a 270 cubic cm/hour throughput
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on the extruder. There are multiple extruders, an automated tool head changer, and
four onboard material dryers. The F3300 features linear motors, more sensors, and
more automation for 24/7 production.
The Stratasys F3300 is aimed a minimizing operational labor requirements. “At a time
when skilled labor is increasingly scarce, the F3300 is purposely designed to allow
virtually anyone to use it with minimal instruction,” the company says.
There’s a generous build volume and, although Stratasys is not releasing an extruder
temperature, the chamber will reach 220ºC and they say the F3300 can print high-
temperature materials including and Ultem. As far as we can tell, you are required to
use only Stratasys brand filament at this time, yet it comes in jumbo-size spools for
less frequent material reloading. The F3300 includes more customer-replaceable
components than other Stratasys systems, cutting down on waiting for field support to
replace the part.
Under the hood you’ll also find new linear motors and linear encoders – the
mechanisms that move and position the print heads – to enable faster and more
precise movement than belts and pulleys. Multiple extruders provide redundancy to
take over if a primary unit faults, avoiding a failed build.
If you’re shop is looking for something smaller, the Stratasys F123CR series provides
an easy-to-print experience, the company says, for advanced materials including
carbon fiber nylon.
Quality Assurance
Integrated GrabCAD Print (slicing software) and Insight software enable you to monitor
the print in real-time. GrabCAD Print enables you to check build file integrity, organize
print queues, and get real-time print status notifications. GrabCAD Print Pro has an
Accuracy Center feature released in July 2023 that takes a scan of your printed part
(using your own off-the-shelf 3D scanner) to align it to your design model, compare the
two, and score the accuracy of the print against the design. If required, the Accuracy
Center can account for warp and curl by replacing the model with a Warp-Adjusted
Model to help you achieve a more accurate part with fewer design iterations.
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* Max Print Speed isn’t always the speed you actually get. Printing speed depends on
the material, layer height, temperature, and the shape of the part you’re printing, among
other considerations. These figures for maximum print speed we list here are what the
printer makers provide, but keep in mind that they are relative terms, and it shouldn’t be
a driving factor in your printer selection.
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