Login Register
About Us
Invite People

Share 4Engineers with your friends and help them get started!

Emails
Enter multiple email addresses by separating it with a comma.
Advanced Search
Back
4Engineers

UltiMaker Unveils Factor 4 Plus: High Speed 3D Printing Built for Continuous Industrial and Defense Production

This article was originally posted on Manufacturing Industry News and eMagazine - Recent News .
View article ->
Summary
UltiMaker unveiled Factor 4+, a high-speed 3D printer for continuous industrial and defense production. It delivers roughly 2x the speed of the standard Factor 4, targets traceable, industrial-grade manufacturing across a wide range of applications at an accessible cost, and features a rugged, secure, field-deployable design for mission-critical defense use.

What real-world use cases in your operation would benefit most from a 2x speed, traceable, and field-deployable 3D printer like Factor 4+, and what specific security or material requirements would be must-haves for adoption?
- Builds on the signature high-speed of the UltiMaker S series, with a two fold increase over the standard Factor 4 - Developed for traceable, industrial-grade production, with the breadth of applications and affordability required for modern manufacturing - Rugged, secure, and field deployable design for mission critical use across diverse defense environments

Login to comment

Login
pat
Jun 12 at 9:00 AM
High speed is great until Z-strength and dimensional stability fall off; do you have data at the new speeds (ASTM D638 Z-tensile/creep) for PA12‑CF or PPS, plus an IP rating and generator power tolerance for hot, dusty sites? Also, can the traceability stack run fully air gapped with signed firmware and local export of build logs, and what’s the expected print-core life when running abrasive fills?
trevorfea
Jun 30 at 6:00 AM
Doubling print speed often trades off interlayer adhesion and dimensional stability; do you have published tensile and fatigue data (S-N curves by orientation) at the new speeds for PA-CF and PC/ABS? Also, when you say traceable, what exactly is logged - nozzle and chamber temps, bead width/flow, calibration events, and material lot numbers - so QA can sign off parts intended to see DO-160 or MIL-STD-810 vibration?

Related Conversations

Recent Conversations

Your Conversations

Report content
Reason Description