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The machine is about $200-250k I think. The resin is $1300 to $1500 for a
3.6kg 'cartridge' of the biocompatible material. The standard structural
material is around $1000 for the same mass. We found that 3.6kg will
actually go quite a long way. One catch; the material doesn't have a very
for the biocompatible or about 6 months for the regular stuff. As a
you place your order for the resin. There's also a cleanout procedure you
some minor room renovations when you install the thing. It has a huge
if you want to use up that much material. We'd regularly print 100 items
or so in a single run. I've also used it to make optical mounts for PMTs
and the like. It works fairly well with Autodesk Inventor Professional,
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> Craig, can you provide a rough estimate of what it costs in materials (and
> time) to operate this system?
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> On the high end, I have access to an Objet Connex500. It has 15um
> resolution (which is a bit insane) and prints in a wide variety of
> materials. The main drawback is the materials are all proprietary and a
> bit expensive, but they do give very nice results. We're working with the
> biocompatible material (originally for dentistry) which has allowed us to
> print some tissue hold-downs and cell chambers for ex vivo live imaging.
> I'll let you know how 'biocompatible' it turns out to be in the long run,
> but so far we've had no issues with it for spinal cord and the like.
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> >> Dear list,
> >> Please share/advice what 3D printers you use to manufacture
> >> parts for microscopy projects. BTW, what is good enough
> >> material to make mechanical/microscopy parts from?
> >> We are expanding our Confocal Microscopy Core along with
> >> other Cores as we will be moving into a new research building,
> >> and I would like to start using 3D printer. So far on the listserv
> >> I found only mentioning of manufacturing some "crude boxes"
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> > I've used the Uprint printer mentioned in the Derisilab link for printing
> > a number of microscopy parts. I've made adapters for the Nikon condensor
> > dovetail for mounting custom transillumination optics, filter holders
> that
> > slot into the Nikon filter turret for holding single emission filters
> > (these use a Thorlabs 1" tube to hold the filter), and a large number of
> > stage inserts and sample holders. That Uprint printer has about 200 um
> > resolution so it's not great for printing really finely detailed objects,
> > but for these kinds of things it works great. It prints ABS, which is
> > pretty sturdy, and it also prints a dissolvable support allowing for
> > overhangs, windows, and nested objects.
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> > One of these days I will post all of the CAD files we've generated....
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> > Kurt
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