3D printing is a term for various production techniques in which a product is built up layer by layer. A 3D printer adds material to an object until the desired shape is reached. This is a form of additive manufacturing which is an excellent alternative to sub-additive manufacturing. A great benefit of 3D printing is the fact that it generates less waste of material. This production technique is becoming more and more popular around the world, and thus, now you can buy a 3D printer without spending a fortune. The capabilities of such devices are diverse, and a wide variety of materials can be used for this kind of production, including plaster, gold, bioplastic, ceramic, photopolymer, wood, titanium, ABS, sand, PLA, polyester and epoxy. 3D printing is also used for the production of functional parts. It makes it possible to produce a real object; however, it is necessary to draw it on a screen using a computer-aided design (CAD) tool first. Then the 3D file is sent to a specific software which cuts it in slices and sends to the printer. Eventually, by using deposits or other material, the 3D printer creates layer by layer to get the final product.
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Ampgenol FCI Clincher connector - female 3x - SparkFun COM-14196
Index: SPF-09141
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PicoBricks Base Kit - development kit for Raspberry Pi Pico
Index: RBI-22767
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The filter is designed to clean the resin from contaminants that may adversely affect the quality of printouts. It is mainly used to remove particles of the cured printing...
Index: DNG-17691
Index: DNG-17691
Filament Devil Design PLA 1,75mm 1kg - Black
Filament Devil Design is made of PLA, used as cartridge for 3D-printers and printing pens. The diameter is 1.75 mm. The set includes 1kg filament in Black color.
Index: DEV-14102
Index: DEV-14102
Dimafix printing adhesive - spray 400ml
A product that improves the adhesion of 3D prints to the glass surface of the printing table. Designed for FFF/FDM printers. Dimafix significantly facilitates work with...
Index: DIM-17938
Index: DIM-17938
Nozzle 0,4 - filament 1,75mm - brass
Original nozzle from Creality. It is compatible with the hotends found in Creality's Ender-3, Ender-5, CR-6 series 3D printers and can also be used in: Ender-6, CR-10, CR-10...
Index: CRL-20503
Index: CRL-20503
Platform Sticker Creality Ender-3
Self-adhesive overlay with dimensions 235 x 235 mm , which is a base for 3D printing. Dedicated to Ender-3 printers. It is an original part of the printer manufacturer,...
Index: CRL-15766
Index: CRL-15766
Filament Devil Design PLA 1,75mm 1kg - White
Filament Devil Design is made of PLA, used as cartridge for 3D-printers and printing pens. The diameter is 1.75 mm. The set includes 1kg filament in White color.
Index: DEV-14090
Index: DEV-14090
Adhesive coating Devil Design for 3D printing - 110ml
Adhesive coating is a transparent adhesive in the form of a liquid substance, which serves to increase the adhesion of the printout to the table of 3D printers. It is designed...
Index: DEV-15244
Index: DEV-15244
Filament Devil Design PETG 1,75mm 1kg - Black
Filament Devil Design is made of PET-G, used as cartridge for 3D-printers and printing pens. The diameter is 1.75 mm. The set includes 1 kg of the fi lament in Black...
Index: DEV-14110
Index: DEV-14110
Nozzle 0.4 mm MK8 - filament 1.75mm - copper
Nozzle 0.4 mm is suitable for most of the existing heads. Filament is 1.75 mm. External M6.
Index: KAB-08886
Index: KAB-08886
StepStick DRV8825 Stepper Motor Driver
Stepper motor's driver based on the system DRV8825, allows you to control the motor with a current consumption of up to 1.5 A (with cooling of up to 2.2 A) per coil, at...
Index: MOD-03739
Index: MOD-03739
Printer nozzle 0,2mm MK8 - filament 1,75mm - copper
Nozzle with a hole of 0.2 mm is suitable for most available printheads in printers 3D. Supports filaments with a diameter of 1.75 mm. It has M6 threads.
Index: DNG-13961
Index: DNG-13961
Stepper motor driver A4988 RepRap - red
Stepper motor controller based on A4988. Powered from 8 - 35 V, with a maximum current consumption of 1 A per coil. Maximum resolution: 1/16 steps.
Index: MOD-02660
Index: MOD-02660
A small device for cleaning the filament, used in 3D printers. The cleaner should be placed on the pillar. Located in the plastic housing, the sponge collects dirt from the...
Index: DNG-17470
Index: DNG-17470
Creality nozzle 0,4mm - filament 1,75mm - copper
Original Creality nozzle . Intended for use in hotends of a few selected models of 3D printers from the Ender-3 and CR series (the full list below). The product is made of...
Index: CRL-21522
Index: CRL-21522
Bigtreetech TMC2209 v1.3 Stepper Motor Driver
Stepper motor driver, whose supply voltage ranges from 4.75 V to 28 V DC . The maximum current consumption per coil is 2 A (RMS). The driver can operate in two modes: step /...
Index: BTT-19883
Index: BTT-19883
Filament Spectrum PLA 1.75mm 1kg - Deep Black
Filament made of PLA used as a cartridge for 3D printers and printing pens. The diameter of the cartridge is 1.75 mm. The set contains 1 kg of filament in Deep Black color...
Index: SPC-10979
Index: SPC-10979
Linear bearing LM8UU for 3D printer
Linear bearing made of high quality steel . Used, among others in RepRap printers, i.e. constructions largely designed and made by the users themselves. The bearing is...
Index: AMS-18935
Index: AMS-18935
Filament Devil Design PLA 1,75mm - set of 6x0,33kg
Set of 6 filaments made of PLA material for 3D printers. The filament diameter is 1.75 mm, and the reel weight is 330 g.
Index: DEV-14434
Index: DEV-14434
Printer Nozzle 0,8mm MK8 - filament 1,75mm - copper
Nozzle with a hole of 0.8 mm, suitable for most available printheads in printers, 3D. Supports filaments with a diameter of 1.75 mm. It has M6 threads.
Index: DNG-13963
Index: DNG-13963
Filament Fiberlogy Easy PLA 1,75mm 0,85kg - Black
Filament Easy PLA from Fiberlogy in black , designed for 3D printers that work in FFF / FDM technology. Product with a net weight of 0.85 kg , wound on a spool of 200 mm...
Index: FLA-16074
Index: FLA-16074
Resin for 3D printer - Anycubic 3D Printing UV Sensitive Resin Basic 1L - Grey
Gray Anycubic resin with a UV curing wavelength of 405 nm , designed to work with 3D printers . The resin may give off a slight unpleasant odor during printing. The...
Index: DUV-21891
Index: DUV-21891
Limit switch - endstop - for 3D printers - Creality
A limit switch (Endstop) is a component used in 3D printers to stop moving parts of the system - such as carriage or table movements. It also detects when the X, Y or Z axes...
Index: CRL-19684
Index: CRL-19684
Try different colors of PLA filament - small set
Try different PLA colours - the small set is a product for fans of printing in many colours . It consists of 7 PLA filament reels with a diameter of 1.75 mm and different...
Index: ZES-18607
Index: ZES-18607
Brass thread - 3D printing insert - various sizes - set of 500 pieces - justPi
A set of 500 brass threads in various sizes intended for embedding in ready-made 3D models. This solution allows e.g. easy to combine individual printouts . The threads have...
Index: JUS-22040
Index: JUS-22040
See also
3D printing is the future of prototyping
The term "3D printing" covers a number of different technological processes in which material is combined or solidified under computer control in order to create a three-dimensional object from the material added by an appropriate system. It can be available in various forms, such as liquid particles, powder grains, resin or molten plastic. One of the key advantages of 3D printing is the ability to produce very complex shapes or geometries, and the prerequisite for producing any 3D printed part is a digital 3D model or CAD file. This greatly facilitates the design and rapid production of elements - that is why 3D printers are often used for rapid prototyping of mechanical elements.
History of additive methods
The idea of 3D printing first appeared in the 1970s, but it was only in the late 1980s that the first FDM printers appeared, which are still popular today. In the 1990s, 3D printing techniques were considered only suitable for producing functional (with some limitations) or visual prototypes. At that time, rapid prototyping was the only application of 3D printing systems. Nowadays, the precision, repeatability and range of materials used in 3D printers have increased to such an extent that some printing processes are considered more profitable as an industrial production technology than the classic methods previously used - especially in small series production. Thanks to this, the concept of additive manufacturing has permanently entered the industrial vocabulary.
Different types of 3D printing technology
There are many different 3D printing processes. They can be grouped into several categories. The main differences between the processes lie in the way the layers are deposited. The most popular methods use melting the material to extrude the layers. The most popular method of this type - FDM - produces an object from the so-called molten filament, which immediately hardens behind the nozzle, creating layers. Powder bed fusion techniques include several processes that can be used with a wide range of materials and structures. These techniques include selective and direct laser sintering. These methods offer higher resolutions than FDM, but are much more expensive. Other methods harden liquid materials using various advanced technologies such as stereolithography or photopolymerization. Such systems spray a layer of photopolymer onto the object and selectively harden it with UV light. Using multiphoton photopolymerization, it is easy to produce objects even below 100 nm, but these methods are difficult and expensive.
3D printing - FAQ
3D printing ✔️ is the opposite of subtractive manufacturing, which involves cutting or hollowing out a piece of metal or plastic using a milling machine or similar devices. 3D printing allows you to produce complex shapes using less material than traditional production methods.
The type of 3D printing material depends on the technology the 3D printer uses. And there are plenty of them: plastics ( filaments )✔️, powder materials, resins , metals and alloys, carbon fiber, graphite and graphene, nylon, paper and even food products!
We have posted a comprehensive guide in the 3D Printing section of the Botland Blog. The filaments are made of thermoplastic materials. Some of them are synthesized from start to finish based on artificial substances, others, such as the most popular PLA (polyactide) filaments , are made from natural raw materials.
When it comes to choosing 3D printing software, it is worth choosing Autodesk Fusion 360, Autodesk AutoCAD, Ultimaker Cura, TinkerCAD, SketchUp or MeshLab. You can also start with Morphi. It's a 3D software development app developed by a New York startup and intended for use on tablets by beginners.
The three fundamentals of 3D printing costs are, of course, the 3D printer itself, the cost of the material, usually a spool of filament, and electricity consumption. We can add additional accessories. You can read more about 3D printing costs and how to reduce them on Botland Blog .
First, it is worth learning the basics - what 3D printing is and how individual parts of a 3D printer work, including the frame. Once we have a working 3D printer and filament, it's time for design files. We download ready-made designs from the Internet, run the machine and print.
Take a soft cotton cloth and apply a small amount of liquid polishing paste to it. Then apply this to the 3D print surface in small circles until all the paste is rubbed in. After the process is completed, the surface will be slightly smoother, but these are just the basics. You can find more ready-made solutions in the 3D printing postprocessing category.