Overview – EOS Formiga P110/P100
EOS are well known for having the best SLS machines in the market. The EOS Formiga P110/P100 have been our flagship offering for well over a decade. Featuring a high-powered CO2 laser and scanner system that is accurate to 0.05mm in the X and Y axis, the EOS Formiga is one of the best choices for precision in the Power Bed Fusion (PBF) landscape.
The EOS Formiga P110/P100 is the smallest SLS machine EOS offers. However, the small size is a good thing as it allows for much greater uniformity of parts across the entire build volume, resulting in more accurate, stronger, and smoother parts than the larger SLS machines.
With the addition of 3DPRINTUK’s custom RAMP calibration systems, we have further improved the accuracy of parts above and beyond the industry standard for these machines.
Our EOS machines print in white as standard, this means that you can not only print white parts but can also be dyed a range of other colours.
Why 3DPRINTUK?
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Capacity – With the largest fleet of these machines on the planet, and well over a decade of experience running them, we are known globally as the experts for this technology. We have printed over 1,000,000 models annually on them year on year, and have tweaked them to near perfection
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Multi-Layer Calibration – 3DPRINTUK have built their own calibration systems, called RAMP, which uses mass data sets to perfect the accuracy, making our machines the most accurate machines of their type in the world.
Capacity
12 x EOS P110/P100 systems
Build Size
Maximum size of a part we can print in one piece:
310mm (Z) x 236mm (Y) x 186mm (X) (Economy, Express & Trade service)
EOS Formiga P110/P100- Highly recommended for
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Accuracy – Among the most precise machines in our portfolio - +
Repeatability – Exceptional consistency, making it one of our most reliable machines for repeat orders
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White/Coloured Parts – Parts are printed in white and can be dyed a range of colours. - +
Uniform Strenght – Parts have far more uniform strength in the XY plane than many other of our PBF machines
Materials Available
How does Selective Laser Sintering work?
Powder is heated up to just below the melting point. Once up to temperature, a laser if fired into the powder to sinter (melt) the powder at the precise position of each part on the layer. When the sintering is complete, the build platform moves down 0.1mm and a new layer of powder is applied and heated.
This process happens around 3,000 times in a 24 hour cycle to complete a build. This results in a build bin full of powder, some of it is part, and some of it still powder.
The powder acts as both the build and support material, meaning you don’t need a physical support, resulting in much cleaner prints than other technologies such as FDM, SLA or DLP.
When the build is completed, it is left to cool overnight. The build is then taken to a powder removal station where the parts are removed from the powder by hand. They then go onto the automated cleaning stage before any additional finishing.
Talk to Andrew, our Head of Technical Sales, and discover how our services can save you time and money while achieving the highest quality prints.
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