Resin 3D printers have become vastly popular for their ability to produce highly accurate, isotropic, and watertight parts in a range of advanced materials with fine features and a smooth surface finish. Resin printing is a great option for applications requiring tight tolerances and smooth surfaces, such as rapid prototyping, tooling, manufacturing aids, models, and low-volume end use parts.
Formlabs adapted stereolithography (SLA) 3D printing technology to the desktop in 2011 and has since become the market leader for professionals, selling more than 100,000 desktop and large-format resin printers as of today.
Turn your ideas into reality faster than ever with easy workflows, leading reliability, and stunning part quality using the Form 4 resin 3D printer ecosystem. Form 4 is a blazing fast masked SLA 3D printer that combines an industry-leading materials library with a reliable, accurate print engine. With tight tolerances, parts printed in every resin on Form 4 will match your design parameters, every time.
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Create biocompatible, sterilizable anatomical models and medical devices fast, with easy workflows, leading reliability, versatile materials, and stunning part quality using Form 4B, a blazing fast resin 3D printer that offers the most diverse materials library for healthcare.
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3D printed dental appliances need to be precise to ensure a perfect fit every time. Whether they’re restorative models with removable dies and implant analogs or final restorations that need to look life-like and adapt perfectly, surface accuracy is key. Speed should never come at the cost of accuracy and precision.
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The Form 4B Medical offers reliability, cost-efficiency, and precision for healthcare professionals and researchers aiming to bring high-quality 3D printing into their workflows. It stands out due to its high precision, biocompatible material support, and ability to produce medical-grade components.
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Form 4L is a blazing-fast large-format masked SLA 3D printer that combines an industry-leading materials library with a reliable, accurate print engine. Turn your biggest ideas into reality faster than ever with easy workflows, leading reliability, and stunning part quality using the Form 4L large-format resin 3D printer ecosystem.
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Form 4BL is a blazing fast large-format medical 3D printer that offers the most diverse materials library for healthcare. Create biocompatible, sterilizable anatomical models and medical devices fast, with easy workflows, leading reliability, versatile materials, and stunning part quality using the Form 4BL large-format resin 3D printer ecosystem for healthcare.
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The Formlabs Form 4BL Dental is a versatile, high-precision dental 3D printer designed for professionals who demand accuracy, speed, and reliability for in-house dental production. It is well-suited for dental labs and clinics, allowing efficient production of complex dental applications.
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The Formlabs Form 4BL Medical is an excellent choice for healthcare professionals and researchers who require precision, reliability, and regulatory compliance in their 3D printing workflows. It empowers users to streamline production and innovate in the medical field.
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Reach new levels of productivity with a fully-automated Form 3+ printer fleet you can operate from anywhere, at any time. Unlock 24/7 production with Formlabs Automation Ecosystem: Form Auto, Fleet Control, and the High Volume Resin System.
Our team integrates and optimizes hardware, software, and materials to guarantee industry-leading print success and reliability.
Go from design to finished part in fewer steps than ever with the streamlined, end-to-end ecosystem.
Formlabs offers the widest range of advanced resin 3D printing materials with standout mechanical, thermal, or biocompatible properties.
Formlabs Service Plans offer hot-swap replacements, dedicated phone support, training, and more, so you can stay focused on growing your business.
Stereolithography (SLA), digital light processing (DLP), and liquid crystal display (LCD) or masked stereolithography (MSLA) 3D printing are the most common processes for resin 3D printing.
Fused deposition modeling (FDM), stereolithography (SLA), and selective laser sintering (SLS) are the three most popular types of 3D printers on the market.
Resin 3D printers use a light source to cure liquid resin into hardened plastic in a process called photopolymerization. Watch the video below to see the full workflow.
Resin 3D printed parts have the highest resolution and accuracy, the clearest details, and the smoothest surface finish of all plastic 3D printing technologies. Resin printers are also highly versatile thanks to resin formulations with a wide range of optical, mechanical, and thermal properties to match those of standard, engineering, and industrial thermoplastics.
Resin printing is a great option for highly detailed prototypes requiring tight tolerances and smooth surfaces, such as molds, patterns, and functional parts. Resin 3D printing is widely used in a range of industries from engineering and product design to manufacturing, dentistry, jewelry, model making, and education.
A resin printer can cost anywhere from $300 to over $250,000.
Yes. In fact, filament and resin 3D printers are the two most popular processes found also in educational settings. The easy to use end-to-end ecosystem, extensive training resources, and personal support makes Formlabs' solutions the easiest resin printers to get started with.
This depends entirely on your applications and preferences. Read our in-depth guide that compares filament, powder, and resin 3D printers.
It depends on the material you use, but post-curing enables parts to reach the highest possible strength and become more stable. Achieving optimal properties is especially essential when using functional or specialty resins. For biocompatible materials, post-curing is necessary to achieve the safety standards determined by regulatory agencies. Read more about post-curing resin prints or learn more about the entire workflow for post-processing and finishing resin 3D prints.
It depends on the material you use, but resin 3D prints can be extremely strong. Resin 3D prints are also isotropic, which means that they offer the same strength in the X, Y, and Z directions.
Explore Formlabs' materials portfolio to find the best strong engineering resin for your application.
Yes, resin 3D printed parts are generally waterproof and airtight, and cured resins have extremely low water absorption. Read our white paper for detailed testing results and clear guidelines on how to affordably 3D print customized watertight enclosures.
Resin 3D printing in generally safe, but some low-cost resins might have strong odors requiring ventilation and may contain more hazardous chemicals. Formlabs designs its resins to be as safe as or safer to handle than common household chemicals or adhesives. Learn more about resin care for Formlabs materials and always consult the safety data sheets (SDS) for new materials.
Formlabs offers certified third-party resins and Open Material Mode, an optional one-time lifetime license per printer, that unlocks access any third-party resins. Learn more about Open Platform.
