FDM – Ultimaker S5

Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) represents an additive manufacturing process which consists in the creation of a three-dimensional object by consecutive deposition of a melted thermoplastic filament.

In our lab we are provided with the Ultimaker S5 which is equipped with a double extruder for multi-material printing of both commercial and customized filaments

Technical data:

• Double extruder with interchangeable nozzles
• Building area: XYZ: 330 x 240 x 300 mm
• Filament diameter: 2.85 mm
• Vertical resolution: 0.25 mm nozzle: 150 – 60 micron; 0.8 mm nozzle: 600 – 20 micron; 0.4 mm nozzle 200 – 20 micron
• Axes accuracy: XYZ: 6.9, 6.9, 2.5 micron
• Print speed: <24 mm3/s
• Plate temperature range: 20 – 140 °C
• Available noozles: 0.25 mm, 0.4 mm, 0.8 mm
• Nozzle temperature range: 180 – 280 °C
• Nozzle heating time: <2 min
• Plate heating time: <4 min

Ultimaker available materials:

• PLA
• Tough PLA
• Nylon
• ABS
• CPE
• PC
• TPU 95A
• PP
• PVA
• Breakaway
• Works also with third-party materials

The printer can work with models in the formats:

• STL
• OBJ
• X3D
• 3MF
• BMP
• GIF
• JPG
• PNG

Some components built with the printer, with examples of parts integrations:

We are currently testing the performance of polylactic acid (PLA) carbon based composites to obtain electrical contact and sensing features.