The Makerspace at VCU’s Health Sciences Library hosts three 3D printers. Two Prusa i3 MK4 3D printers and one Formlabs Form 4 resin 3D printer. The Prusa 3D printers are “fused deposition modeling” systems, meaning that the printers melt plastic filament into fine thread and deposit this thread layer by layer according to a 3D digital model tool path.To book an orientation with the Prusa 3D printers please fill out this form. The Formlabs resin printer, on the other hand, forms 3D models out of liquid resin. The printer’s build platform is filled with liquid resin and then the printer emits UV laser light that hardens the resin into the desired shape layer by layer. The resin printer is not available to be trained on or used by patrons, however, if you are interested in having your design printed on HSL’s resin printer please email libhscirc@vcu.edu.
Typical Dimensional Tolerances:
1-30 mm features: ±0.15% (lower limit: ±0.02 mm)
31-80 mm features: ±0.2% (lower limit: ±0.06 mm)
81-150 mm features: ±0.3% (lower limit: ±0.15 mm)
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