To respond to customer demand, the BigRep PRO has been heavily modified over time. Now it’s an industrial-grade large format 3D printer that can print at speeds of up 60mm per second with support for many different materials and printing techniques!
With an almost one cubic meter build volume, the BigRep PRO is a fully enclosed industrial 3D printer for producing full-scale, large parts, including functional prototypes, factory tooling, patterns and molds, and end-use parts.
Our focus? EASE-OF-USE. This large-format 3D printer that can be used by everyone.
This blog post lists key time factors about the BigRep PRO to better understand this 3D Printer’s potential.
We have been able to supply BigRep Pro to clients across various fields such as, Marine, Automotive, and Aerospace.
It took 12 seconds to remove the parts below from the bed by bending the SWITCHPLATE®
The SWITCHPLATE® is magnetic and easily snaps into place. Heat increases the adhesiveness of the SWITCHPLATE® surface, so your print stays fixed during printing but is easy to remove once cooled. For time-saving production, the SWITCHPLATE® can be swapped before cooling to free the printer to begin the next print. Thanks to this feature, the effort to remove large parts from the bed is radically reduced. No need for scrapers, brims, or worrying about your appendages!
In 8 minutes, your BigRep PRO is automatically calibrated
With our precise aim of making sure the first layer is always right, you can rest assured that your 3D printer will work tirelessly for all future prints.
The new MXT® Controls will make calibrating your 3D printer a breeze. Calibrations are never wrong with these advanced algorithms and surface-mapping, so you don’t need to take any risks when first printing layers!
Before a new gcode starts printing, the machine will run an autocalibration process, which takes around 8 minutes. In the first step, the extruder will map the printing bed and build a digital mesh. Secondly, the PRO will print a few lines on the bed; the sensors will map them to gather the necessary information, ensuring a perfect first layer with the Z calibration and a perfect XY calibration for dual extrusion.
2 hours and you will be mastering our slicing software BigRep BLADE
BigRep BLADE is a free and easy-to-use slicing software allowing greater control of printing parameters on all BigRep large-format 3D printers. With BLADE presets, you can easily prepare your 3D printing files in just a few clicks. Features like auto-orient and auto-placement make BLADE simple to use.
Large-format 3D printing doesn’t only mean big parts. With the BigRep PRO, you can also produce several smaller pieces using the “batch production” feature of BLADE.
This feature will ensure the parts are printed “sequentially,” 3D printing one STL after another rather than printing all of them simultaneously. This process is only possible with large-format 3D Printers with an XYZ moving portal like the BigRep PRO and will save you up to 10% in printing time, depending on the geometries, in just one click! Software optimizations are great, aren’t they?
13 days! The longest print we have run on a BigRep PRO so far.
The BigRep PRO has been designed to 3D print as long as you need with its custom-built gantry engineered for high speed, fast acceleration, and accuracy. The robust frame eliminates vibrations during printing, assuring fast yet precise movement gliding the extruders along with a reinforced carriage system. Powered by Bosch servo motors with integrated encoders, the PRO calculates the real-time location of the print head to self-monitor for position accuracy. We call it the 2nd Generation Motion Portal.
In addition, the already-mentioned MXT® Controls orchestrates the harmonious coordination of all components and processes to ensure fast printing, accuracy, and repeatability. It employs proprietary algorithms that improve your gcode print file. The result is better quality, such as smoother surfaces from spline interpolation, higher accuracy from backlash compensation and vibration filtration, and overall consistent results.
That’s why our customers can 3D print 24/7, reliably.
Unfortunately, we can not show you the 13 days part because of an NDA, but we can show you how a six-and-a-half-days print of a prototype for a car bumper looks fresh out of a BigRep PRO!
For 2 weeks, your engineering materials are kept dry in the filament chamber
The PRO’s environmentally sealed filament chamber with a two-spool capacity ensures that all materials, including engineering-grade and water-soluble, remain dry in a consistent temperature and humidity-controlled environment. Even when powered off, the PRO’s airtight material storage ensures best-in-class quality and reliability.
In addition, we need to highlight that we give you a choice regarding the filament. The BigRep PRO is an open system, which means you can use third-party filaments.
BigRep offers original filaments with qualified BLADE profiles, including biopolymers, fiber-filled, engineering-grade, and water-soluble support materials, meaning you can start printing virtually any shape immediately. On the other hand, we know that some customers prefer to order their filament from different providers or make their own!
For example, our customer METSO Outotec uses a BigRep PRO in Brasil to manufacture large-scale sand casting patterns. Close to their facility, there is a filament provider able to support them with the material they need. METSO Outotec preferred to use locally produced material.
Why should we lock you in a closed system?
Improve Efficiency in any Design Workflow with BigRep 3D Printers
With a BigRep Pro 3D Printer, it is easier than ever produce prototypes to functional end-use parts of any size and meet any demanding design challenges!
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