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TRUSTED MACHINE MANUFACTURER

A long-term strategic partnership for comprehensive FDM and UV LCD Solutions  

BENEFITS FOR YOU WORKING WITH ZORTRAX AND BASF FORWARD AM

Top-Grade Materials and Reliable Hardware

Zortrax is a globally-recognized manufacturer of desktop and industrial 3D printers, printing materials, automatic post-processing devices and digital solutions, including intuitive software and a cloud-based management platform, complementing each step of product development. The machines available in the company's portfolio work in four different technologies and are all characterized by the brand's key values: reliability, ease of use and maintenance, flexibility, repeatability of results and high quality.
 
Zortrax has entered a long-term partnership with BASF to further expand the range of high-performance materials compatible with its machines from both FDM and UV LCD technologies.

"Bringing our UV LCD or FDM system into your business, you can easily create your own manufacturing facility, equip your factory with high-quality and reliable machines, or combine them into farms. The Inkspire 2 works with most advanced resins available. Zortrax Curing Station and Cleaning Station are stand-alone devices that can be successfully used to support also DLP and SLA 3D printers. Our FDM 3D printers, from both industrial and desktop segments, work with specialized filaments, all while maintaining easiness of use and user-friendliness."

CEO at Zortrax Mariusz Babula

“We are excited to collaborate with Zortrax as both companies share a common vision for additive manufacturing. Zortrax is well recognized for their FDM 3D printers. It also constantly innovates its photopolymer 3D printer platforms. The newly released Inkspire 2 is an industrial-grade UV LCD 3D printer with a very large build volume and automated systems which many other industrial platforms in this price category do not provide.”

Global Key Account and Business Development at BASF Dr. Piotr A. Bazula
A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF JOINT FORCES

Zortrax Full Metal Packages with Ultrafuse® 316L, 17-4 PH, and Support Layer

Zortrax Full Metal Packages are a perfect example of joined forces of a trusted machine manufacturer and a chemical leader. 
 
Zortrax and BASF have created a comprehensive solution, containing all the essentials to metal 3D printing. In each package, the users will find: a top-quality metal filament, a dedicated support material, ensuring the desired geometry of the printed parts, a Magigoo® Pro Metal adhesive to provide reliable adhesion, an extra hotend module for Zortrax Endureal with nozzles made with a special kind of industrial bronze, and a voucher for professional post-processing, where 3D prints undergo crucial sintering and debinding processes.
 
All the metal models, manufactured with these sets can hence be welded, threaded, and polished.
ZORTRAX FULL METAL PACKAGE 316L
BASF Ultrafuse® 316L is an industrial composite filament, containing the industry proven 316L steel. It can be used to 3D print corrosion-resistant parts with non-magnetic structure. The parts can be processed like standard steel.

 

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ZORTRAX FULL METAL PACKAGE 17-4 PH
BASF Ultrafuse® 17-4 PH is an industrial composite filament, containing hardened 17-4 steel. It is characterized by high hardness and high yield strength. It can be used to 3D print metal end-use parts with magnetic microstructure.
 
 
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Different Technologies, Broad Possibilities

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FDM Technology
Zortrax offers the possibility of printing with specialized, reinforced filaments on both industrial and desktop FDM 3D printers validated by BASF. Zortrax Endureal, an industrial 3D printer with a large workspace works with quality high-performance polymers and metal-polymer filaments. Zortrax M300 Dual, a dual-extrusion desktop 3D printer, is capable of 3D printing with a broad range of reinforced filaments.
 
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UV LCD Technology
Zortrax Inkspire 2, a refined resin 3D printer, is compatible with a wide selection of photopolymers from rigid, tough, and elastomeric lines. Each BASF Forward AM resin supported on the Inkspire 2, and post-processed in Zortrax Cleaning Station and Zortrax Curing Station, has passed a strict, double validation process to ensure that all mechanical and thermal properties of 3D printed parts meet or exceed the values declared by BASF.

Zortrax Printers and Forward AM Materials

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M300 Dual

Technology: FDM
Build volume: 265 x 265 x 300 mm
                        (10.4 x 10.4 x 11.8 in)
Max. platform temperature: 105°C (221°F)
 
Zortrax M300 Dual uses standard thermoplastics and soluble support materials to build 3D parts. The printer is equipped with two separate hotends, each adapted to print with a different material. Read more
 
 
Compatible Ultrafuse® Filaments:
 
ABS PP GF30 PAHT CF15
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Endureal

Technology: FDM
Build volume: 400 x 300 x 300 mm
                        (15.7 x 11.8 x 11.8 in)
Max. platform temperature: 220°C (428°F)
 
Zortrax Endureal is an industrial 3D printer with a heated chamber and advanced thermal management system that enables efficient work with high-performance filaments. Read more
 
 
 
Compatible Ultrafuse® Filaments:
 
ABS 316L 17-4 PH
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Inkspire 2

Technology: UV LCD
Build volume: 192 x 120 x 280 mm
                        (7.56 x 4.72 x 11.02 in)
Pixel size: 50 μm
 
Zortrax Inkspire 2 is a large volume 3D printer working in the UV LCD technology in a highly automated process which supports a wide range of engineering 3D printing resins.
 
 
Compatible Ultracur3D® Photopolymers:
 

Zortrax Post-Processing Systems and Forward AM Materials

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Cleaning Station

Technology: UV LCD / DLP / SLA
Build volume: 300 x 210 x 270 mm (11.8 x 8.27 x 10.6 in)
Tank capacity: 18 l (606.65 fl oz)
 
Zortrax Cleaning Station is a post-processing device which removes excessive, uncured resin from the surfaces of models made on all types of photopolymer 3D printers. Read more
 
 
Compatible Ultracur3D® Photopolymers:
 
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Curing Station

Technology: UV LCD / DLP / SLA
Build volume: 300 x 200 x 300 mm (11.8 x 7.9 x 11.8 in)
Tank capacity: 405 nm - 75 W/cm2
 
Zortrax Curing Station is a post-processing device which provides additional UV curing of parts made in all resin 3D printing technologies.
 
 
Compatible Ultracur3D® Photopolymers:
 

Intuitive Software

Z-SUITE
With each Zortrax 3D printer comes free, powerful and user-friendly Z-SUITE slicer, ensuring most efficient 3D printing. This software is intuitive, flexible, and easy to use. It guarantees that working with both FDM and resin technologies will be seamless, thanks to a whole range of calibrated, ready-to-use material profiles as well as clear steps which guide the user through the whole process. BASF recommends using this slicer and considers it to be the best 3D printing software available on the market.
 
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READY-TO-USE PRINTING PROFILES
Z-SUITE offers a whole variety of pre-calibrated 3D printing profiles, bringing the users tried & true configurations of the key parameters to ensure convenient, most efficient 3D printing process, and deliver best results.
 
 
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AUTOMATIC SCALING OF METAL PRINTS
When printing with metal-polymer filaments, the model must be printed around 20% larger due to the model's shrinkage that occurs during post-processing. With Z-SUITE, users do not have to worry about adjusting the size of the model, as it is done automatically in the software.
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RESIN POST-PROCESSING SUGGESTIONS
Working with photopolymers has also been made easier in Z-SUITE, as it not only brings ready, calibrated resin profiles, but also suggests the proper steps after resin 3D printing so that the users know the exact cleaning and curing times of their 3D prints.
 

How Users Benefit from the Collaboration of Zortrax and BASF

HOW INKSPIRE 2 AND BASF FORWARD AM RESIN FILL THE VOID FOR CUSTOM SPORTS GEAR
Learn the story behind the creation of personalized bike lights using a Zortrax Inkspire 2 3D printer and BASF Ultracur3D® RG 1100 B resin.
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QUANDUM AEROSPACE EXPERIENCE WITH ZORTRAX INKSPIRE 2 RESIN 3D PRINTING ECOSYSTEM
Quandum Aerospace, a Spanish company specializing in aerospace, green energy, and medical technologies tested new Zortrax resin 3D printing ecosystem.
 
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3D PRINTED EQUIPMENT ENABLED TOP BIATHLETE TO TRAIN DESPITE INJURY
A French biathlete could train despite an injury due to equipment 3D printed on Zortrax M300 Dual 3D printer with BASF Ultrafuse® PP GF30 filament.

 

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BASF Forward AM Ultracur3D® EL 4000
See flexible scaffolding 3D printed with Ultracur3D® EL 4000 belonging to the elastomeric line of resins compatible with Zortrax Inkspire 2 3D printer
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Zortrax and BASF at Formnext ‚22
Take a look at what leading resin and 3D printers manufacturers have prepared for all who apply 3D printing in their businesses at Formnext 2022.
 
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