Additive Manufacturing Research Group

AMRG Group

Equipment - Ultimaker 3 Printer for 3D Printing

 

The Ultimaker 3 is a small, readily available 3D Printer. The AMRG group is home to one Ultimaker 3 printer which is used for student teaching as well as student projects.

The Ultimaker 3 supports dual extrusion and uses Cura software to slice 3D models into layers which are then printed layer-by-layer onto a build platform using PLA, ABS, CPE, CPE+, PC, Nylon, TPU 95A. It has an automatic nozzle height setting. The part needs to be manually removed from the build platform.   

Selected Parameters

Part Size

(dual extrusion)

215 x 215 x 200 mm

(197 x 215 x 200 mm)

Layer Resolution

0.25 mm nozzle: 150 to 60 μm
0.4 mm nozzle: 200 to 20 μm
0.8 mm nozzle: 600 to 20 μm

Build Rate

< 24 mm³/s

Materials

Nylon, PLA, ABS, CPE, CPE+, PVA, PC, TPU 95A, PP, and Breakaway