Be 3D Now offers quality 3D printed items and 3D printing accessories. We are based near Newcastle, Australia and are determined to make a great name for ourselves.
We aim to provide the best possible service. Our team are constantly striving through research and development to complete our goals and realise our vision.
We are currently exploring Stereo-lithography (SLA) 3D printers and hope to further offer more quality and more products to our customers
Why Be 3D Now?
What is 3D printing?
3D printing also known as Desktop Fabrication or additive manufacturing (AM), refers to a process used to print 3D Objects from a Digital 3D file either created with 3D modelling program or 3D scanner. The 3D printer builds the 3D object layer by layer.
What materials can be used in 3D printing?
Many different materials can be used for 3D printing depending on what type of 3D Printer is used. Materials like ABS, PLA, PETG are by far the most common and easiest to use. Materials such as epoxy resins, silver, Titanium, steel, wax and even food can be 3D printed.
What types of 3D printers are there?
Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM) – FDM printers are the most common form of printer. They utilise a thermoplastic filament, which is heated to its melting point and then extruded, layer by layer, to create the 3D object
Stereolithography (SLA) – SLA are less common and works by curing parts of the resin with selective exposure to light by a laser. The light solidifies the liquid and builds the object layer by layer. SLA uses two motors, one of the X axis and one on the Y axis to rapidly aim the laser beam across the print area, solidifying the resin as it goes along. It is one of the most accurate forms of 3D printing.
Digital Light Processing (DLP) – DLP is very similar to SLA except DLP uses a digital projector screen to flash a single image of each layer across the entire platform at once. Because the projector is a digital screen, the image of each layer is composed of square pixels, resulting in a layer formed from small rectangular bricks called voxels.
Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) – SLS is a technique that uses a high power laser as the power source to bind tiny particles of plastic, ceramic or glass together to form a solid, 3D object.
Selective laser melting (SLM) – ?SLM uses a high power-density laser to melt and fuse metallic powders together to create the 3D object. Some consider SLM is considered to be a subcategory of SLS.
Electronic Beam Melting (EBM) – EBM technology manufactures parts by melting metal powder layer by layer with an electron beam in high vacuum.
Laminated object manufacturing (LOM) – LOM is a process where parts of the 3D object are built by laminating layers of materials like adhesive-coated paper, plastic, or metal laminates are successively glued together, When all the layers have been laminated together your left with the 3D object
