BigRep adds features to large-format printer

The BigRep One.5X has improved automation features and upgraded dual extruders.

BigRep One BigRep’s large-format, 3D fused-filament-fabrication (FFF) printer has a 1-cubic-meter build volume — about 35.3 cubic feet. Equipped with two extruders, it is capable of handling challenging and abrasive materials, including butendiol vinyl alcohol co-polymer (BVOH), recycled PET (rPETG) and high-temperature resins, and it can print two materials at the same time. It can print in fine detail, or produce ultra-fast prints. The printer has applications in the automotive, aerospace research and education fields.

What’s new? A fifth-generation model, the BigRep One.5X, which boasts new automation features, including XYZ auto calibration, advanced extruder-motion control and adaptive bed mesh leveling, and upgraded extruders.

Benefits Seamless connectivity and up to 10 percent faster print times. New features ensure perfect first layers and a higher flow rate. An intelligent relay mode triggers a backup if the filament runs out, allowing production scaleup, and a twin mode allows users to print identical parts simultaneously.

BigRep America Inc., Acton, Mass., 781-281-0569, https://bigrep.com

Vital Statistics

Printer dimensions

72.8 inches by 81.5 inches by 65.7 inches

Printer weight

About 1,400 pounds

Build volume

About 35.3 cubic feet — 39.5 inches by 39.5 inches by 39.5 inches

Maximum bed temperature

176 degrees Fahrenheit

Maximum nozzle temperature

536 degrees Fahrenheit

Filament diameter

2.85mm

Nozzle sizes

0.6mm, 1mm, 2mm

Layer height

0.3mm, 0.6mm, 1mm

Throughput

About 0.4 pound per hour

 

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Karen Hanna

Senior Staff Reporter

Senior Staff Reporter Karen Hanna covers injection molding, molds and tooling, processors, workforce and other topics, and writes features including In Other Words and Problem Solved for Plastics Machinery & Manufacturing, Plastics Recycling and The Journal of Blow Molding. She has more than 15 years of experience in daily and magazine journalism.