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• Together we can help you even better 

• Metal materials, hardware, software knowledge

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Validated Ultimaker Printers

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VALIDATED WITH OUR MATERIALS

Ultimaker S2+ Connect

First step into the 3D world, very easy to work with. 

Compatible Filaments;
Compatible with the following Ultrafuse® materials;

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VALIDATED WITH OUR MATERIALS

Ultimaker S3

Powerfull, professional 3D printing. Easy to adopt and ready to go. 

Compatible Filaments;
Compatible with the following Ultrafuse® materials;

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VALIDATED WITH OUR MATERIALS

Ultimaker S5

Next level professional 3D printer, to extend your ambitions.

Compatible Filaments;
Compatible with the following Ultrafuse® materials;

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“Customers are looking for solutions, not just a single technology or product. From that aspect, we need an ecosystem to help us develop specific, customized solutions with a competitive advantage for our end users, through materials, hardware, software or a combination of the three. BASF Forward was one of the first partners in our Material Alliance and for many years we have intensively worked together with both teams on developments that will take the 3D industry to new heights.”

CEO Ultimaker Juergen von Hollen

A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF JOINT FORCES

Ultimaker Metal Expansion Kit including 
Ultrafuse® 17- 4 PH and Support Layer

Joint forces - Ultimaker and BASF Forward AM realized the first complete Metal Expansion Kit for professional 3D printing

The Metal Expansion Kit is explicitly developed to remove existing process’s bottlenecks and limitations by providing users all the dedicated items, materials as Ultrafuse® 17-4 PH and Support Layer*, software features and knowledge to maximize process efficiency and further expand Ultimaker printer capabilities beyond thermoplastics.

The technology is powered by Ultimaker Cura and is compatible with the Ultimaker S5 Platform. Try our Metal Expansion Kit yourself and find out more at Ultimaker.com

Read the entire press release at Ultimaker.com

Read more about the Ultimaker Metal Expansion Kit

After printing a part with an Ultimaker S5 printer, the process is completed using the industry-standard debinding and sintering done externally through the current BASF Forward AM Debinding & Sintering Portal.

The Ultimaker Metal Expansion Kit includes both Ultrafuse® 316L and 17-4 PH, Support Layer* and specific accessories, to ensure a smooth printing experience. Buy our Ultimaker Metal Expansion kit here.

This unique all-in-one bundle by Ultimaker unlocks the Metal 3D printing on open desktop platforms like Ultimaker S5, makes MFFF more accessible and affordable. With all the necessary components and accessories in the kit, it facilitates for users switching between printing plastics and metal parts back-to-back, and helps them throughout the process step by step from a to z. We are happy to complement this kit with our Ultrafuse® filaments and to offer a simplified post-processing step at a competitive price through our Debinding &Sintering partners located in different regions.

BASF Forward AM Firat Hizal, Head of Metal Systems
BENEFITS FOR YOU WORKING WITH ULTIMAKER AND BASF FORWARD AM

Top grade Materials and reliable Hardware

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Ultimaker - the leader in professional 3D Printing - is on a mission to accelerate the world’s transformation to flexible, empowering and sustainable solutions. They deliver an open platform that enables customers to take full advantage of the unique Ultimaker ecosystem that offers the largest diversity of 3D printing products and services in the industry. Ultimaker provides a seamless integration of hardware, software, and materials that simply works.

MATERIAL, HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE
Ultimaker creates both hardware and software solutions under one roof. And that combined platform is open. Because of this openness, we are witnessing the ongoing development of a 3D printing ecosystem of products and services, including the BASF Forward AM Ultrafuse® materials. These developments take what you can do with Ultimaker hardware and software to a whole new level – delivering a seamless, innovative, and future-proof customer experience that works the first time, and every time! Together we enable applications!


First time with this machine material combination? At our useful resources you will find everything you need. 

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WORK WITH METAL

BASF Forward AM and Ultimaker - together unlock the magic of Metal

The long-standing partnership between Forward Am and Ultimaker goes even beyond the material and printer compatibility. With the launch of the Ultimaker Marketplace, an open system solution platform, Forward AM was able to create material print profiles for the Ultrafuse® metal and plastic filaments. These material profiles improve the user experience immediately by increasing the reliability and repeatability of the printing process while at the same time decreasing adoption barriers.

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PODCAST

Metal FFF and Perfomance Polymers

Matt Griffin from Ultimaker sits with Roger Sijlbing and Tobias Rödlmeier of BASF Forward AM to discuss the company’s role in additive manufacturing, which includes metal FFF and “performance products” such as customized thermoplastic filaments.

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COMMERCIAL LAUNCH

Introducing the Ultimaker Metal Expansion Kit

3D Print functional steel parts on your Ultimaker printer. Together with Ultimaker we're proud to announce that the Metal Expansion Kit is now available from our network of resellers. 

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SOFTWARE

Print Metal FFF with Ultimaker Cura 5.1

Ultimaker Cura 5.1 arrives with metal FFF printing, better supports, and improved surface quality!

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Ultimaker Print Profiles

Ultrafuse® Standard Filaments

ABS, PET, rPET
Download from Ultimaker Marketplace;

Ultrafuse® Engineering Filaments

PLA PRO1, ASA, PC ABS/FR
Download from Ultimaker Marketplace;

Ultrafuse® Support Filaments

BVOH
Download from Ultimaker Marketplace; HiPS

Ultrafuse® Flexible Filaments

 Download from Ultimaker Marketplace; TPU 64D

Ultrafuse® Reinforced Filaments

Download from Ultimaker Marketplace; PET CF15, PP GF30, PAHT CF15, PC GF30 

Ultrafuse® Metal Filaments

Download from Ultimaker Marketplace; 316L, 17-4 PH, 

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Disclaimer - Ultrafuse® Support Layer only available in Europe

*Ultrafuse® Support Layer. This product is intended exclusively for sales, distribution, and use within the European Union, Albania, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Monaco, North Mace- donia, Norway, San Marino, Serbia, Switzerland, Turkey, and the United Kingdom and is only available for our customers located in those countries.

While the descriptions, designs, data, and information contained herein are presented in good faith and believed to be accurate, it is provided for in- spiration only. Because many factors may affect processing or application/use, we recommend that you perform independent tests to determine the suitability and proper use of a product for your particular purpose.

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