Form 4BL
Superfast large-format 3D printer optimized for biocompatible materials and dental and medical applications.
The Form 4BL is a 3D printer that combines surgical precision and speed to produce the highest quality prototypes and dental and medical parts, even in large formats. The Form 4BL offers almost 2.7 times more print area than the Form 4B and is up to four times faster than the Form 3BL. It features mSLA technology and is reliable and accurate. It has a wide range of other performance resins and also allows third-party resins to be printed.
- Print volume
- 35.3 × 19.6× 35 cm
- Resolution XY
- 46 μm
- Layer thickness
- 25 – 200 μm
- Laser power
- 16 mW/cm2
Biomed Clear Resin
BioMed Clear Resin is a clear, hard, wear-resistant material for biocompatible applications intended for long-term contact with skin (more than 30 days), respiratory tract and mucous membranes (more than 30 hours) or short-term contact (less than 24 hours) with bone, tissue and dentin. This USP Class VI-certified material is suitable for pharmaceutical and drug delivery applications and uses that require wear resistance and a low water absorption rate over time.
Parts molded with BioMed Clear Resin are compatible with common sterilization methods.
Applications:
End-use devices
Biocompatible molds, templates, fixtures and prototypes
Templates for visualization and sizing of prostheses
Connectors, adapters and respiratory devices
Biomed Durable Resin
BioMed Durable Resin is a transparent 3D printing material for biocompatible applications requiring resistance to impact, breakage and abrasion. Certified USP Class VI, it can be used in applications intended for long-term contact with skin (more than 30 days) and mucous membranes (more than 30 hours) or short-term (less than 24 hours) contact with tissue, bone and dentin.
Applications:
Customized instruments for patients
Disposable instruments
Biomed Flex 80A
BioMed Flex 80A Resin is a tough, flexible and transparent material for biocompatible applications requiring strength and intended for long-term (more than 30 days) contact with skin or short-term (less than 24 hours) contact with mucous membranes.
Applications:
Biocompatible and flexible medical devices and components
Medical devices intended for short-term contact with mucous membranes
Robust tissue models intended for use in the operating room
BioMed Elastic 50A Resin
BioMed Elastic 50A Resin is a soft, elastic and transparent material for biocompatible applications requiring comfort and intended for long-term (more than 30 days) skin contact or short-term (less than 24 hours) mucous membrane contact.
Applications:
Comfortable medical devices intended for long-term contact with skin
Soft tissue models, e.g., organs, muscles, skin, and small vascular systems.
BioMed Amber Resin
BioMed Amber Resin is a rigid and durable material for biocompatible applications intended for long-term (more than 30 days) skin contact or short-term (less than 24 hours) contact with bone, tissue, dentin, and mucous membranes. Parts molded with BioMed Amber Resin are compatible with common disinfection and solvent sterilization methods.
Applications:
Medical devices for end-use
Prosthesis sizing templates
Cutting and drilling guides
Sample collection kits
Precision Model Resin
Precision Model Resin is a high-precision material suitable for creating prosthetic models in which more than 99% of the printed surface matches the digital model, with a deviation within 100 μm. It creates excellent-looking models with defined margin lines due to its high opacity, beige hue, and smooth, matte surface finish that allows even the most intricate details to be reproduced.
Applications:
Prosthesis models
IBT Flex Resin
IBT Flex Resin is a biocompatible Class I material with improved characteristics in terms of flexibility, strength, translucency and color in order to ensure optimal results from a clinical and patient experience perspective. It is ideal for precise and efficient placement of orthodontic brackets and composite restorative materials. It 3D prints flexible, tear-resistant trays and surgical templates to save time and achieve consistent, predictable results.
Applications:
Trays for indirect bonding
Surgical templates for direct composite restorations
Dental LT Clear Resin
Dental LT Clear Resin is a long-term biocompatible material for in-house direct printing of inexpensive, high-quality rigid dental and occlusal splints. This extremely strong, fracture-resistant, color-corrected material requires minimal polishing to achieve high optical clarity and resists fading over time.
Applications:
Dental splints
Occlusal splints
Bite for overnight use
Dental LT Comfort Resin
Dental LT Comfort Resin is a long-term biocompatible material for direct 3D printing in-house occlusal and flexible night use splints more easily than ever before. The printed appliances can be polished to a high degree of optical transparency. They also offer improved comfort and strength that increase patient adoption rates and continuity of use.
Applications:
Occlusal splints
Whitening templates
Bites for overnight use
Custom Tray Resin
Custom Tray Resin is a biocompatible material used for rapid, direct printing of custom impression trays for implants, dentures, crowns, bridges and many other cases. Digitally produced impression trays provide accurate and uniform impressions for high-quality dentistry.
Surgical Guide Resin
Surgical Guide Resin is an autoclavable, biocompatible resin for 3D printing surgical templates, drilling templates, surgical templates and prosthesis sizing templates that exceed dental criteria for accuracy, part quality and performance. It has been specially formulated for Formlabs printers and subjected to rigorous testing so that it meets solvent disinfection and autoclave sterilization standards for implant systems.
BioMed Black Resin
BioMed Black Resin is an opaque black material for biocompatible applications intended for long-term (more than 30 days) contact with skin or short-term (less than 24 hours) contact with mucous membranes. Parts molded in BioMed Black Resin are compatible with common disinfection and solvent sterilization methods.
Applications:
Medical devices and device components
Biocompatible molds, templates and fixtures
End-use parts that require patient contact
Consumer goods
BioMed White Resin
BioMed White Resin is a rigid material for biocompatible applications intended for long-term (more than 30 days) skin contact or short-term (less than 24 hours) contact with bone, tissue, dentin, and mucous membranes.
Parts molded from BioMed White Resin are compatible with common disinfection and solvent sterilization methods.
Applications:
Medical devices and end-use components
Cutting and drilling guides
Anatomical templates
Custom prosthesis sizing molds and templates
Biocompatible templates, fixtures and molds
Surgical instruments and templates
Black Resin V5
Black Resin V5 is a versatile 3D printing resin formulated for use with the new Form 4L ecosystem. This material offers the perfect balance of print speed, high accuracy, presentation-ready appearance, durability, and a simple and reliable workflow.
Applications:
Form and adhesion prototypes
Presentation-ready models with precise and intricate details
Cases and housings
Templates and fasteners
Clear Resin V5
Clear Resin V5 is a resin for 3D printing parts with neutral color and extraordinary transparency, formulated for use with the new Form 4L ecosystem. This material offers a perfect balance of print speed, high accuracy, transparency, remarkable mechanical properties, and a simple and reliable workflow.
Applications
Transparent housings, optical components, and prototype lighting elements
Parts with visible internal details
Rapidly created molds, masters and other equipment
Fluidic devices
Fast Model Resin
Fast Model Resin is Formlabs' fastest resin, capable of printing over 80 mm per hour. It prints dental models in minutes or large prototypes in less than two hours.
Fast Model Resin is the next generation of Draft Resin for the Form 4L series that allows you to print three times faster while offering improved mechanical properties.
Grey Resin v5
Grey Resin is an extraordinarily versatile general-purpose standard resin that offers the perfect balance of print speed, high precision, presentation-ready appearance, rigidity, and a simple, reliable workflow. It creates rigid, durable parts with a surface finish comparable to that achieved by injection molding. Grey Resin has an intense matte color that can accurately reproduce even the most intricate details.
Grey Resin V5 is a new formulation for the Form 4 series that allows it to mold three times faster than the previous version while offering improved mechanical properties.
White Resin V5
White Resin V5 is a standard general-purpose resin with an exceptionally bright white color that offers the perfect balance of print speed, high precision, surface quality, stiffness, and a simple, reliable workflow.
It creates rigid, strong parts with a surface finish comparable to that achieved by injection molding. White Resin has a bright, opaque color that can accurately reproduce even the most intricate details.
White Resin V5 is a new formulation for the Form 4L ecosystem that enables printing three times faster than the previous version.
Castable Wax Resin
With a wax content of 20 percent, Castable Wax Resin enables the rendering of elaborate details and offers a smooth surface finish for precise castings with zero ash and clean burning. It is ideal for producing very fine structures in jewelry, as well as extremely accurate patterns for casting and molding dentures.
Dentistry: Castable Wax Resin enables the production of extremely accurate patterns for casting and molding dental prostheses. Extensively tested in dentistry, this resin simplifies the creation of 3D printed models for copings, internal frameworks, full contour crowns and skeletons.
Jewelry: Castable Wax Resin offers high stiffness and strength, enabling extremely thin structures to be printed. The material's high strength in its raw state ensures excellent shape retention for thin models such as filigrees.
Clear Cast Resin
Clear Cast Resin is a material designed for lost-wax casting, which allows models to be directly molded for coating and casting. It features extremely low thermal expansion, low ash residue and total absence of heavy metals.
In combination with crosslinking software, this resin is ideal for creating large parts and offers outstanding results in creating geometries over 3 mm thick.
Color Base
The Color Base is the first integrated color mixing solution for resin 3D printing. It allows 3D printing in a wide range of colors without having to perform manual steps such as finishing and painting.
Color Base Resin is the base to which the pigments included in the Color Kit can be added to create Color Resin. Purchase the Color Base Resin and add the pigments included in the Color Kit to create your own colored resin.
Durable Resin
Durable Resin is a flexible, impact-resistant and smooth material suitable for making compressible parts and low-friction assemblies. Parts molded with Durable Resin are strong and have reduced friction, with similar strength and stiffness to polyethylene (PE) and a coefficient of friction comparable to that of Delrin® (POM).
Applications:
Compressible prototypes
Low-friction assemblies
Ropes and fasteners subject to significant impact
Elastic 50A
Elastic 50A Resin is an elastomeric, soft, translucent material with Shore 50A hardness and is ideal for prototyping parts normally made with softer rubbers and silicones.
Parts molded with Elastic 50A Resin can be bent, pulled and compressed, can withstand repeated cycles without tearing, and quickly recover their original shape.
ESD Resin
ESD Resin is a specialized material for making electrostatically safe prototypes and custom manufacturing equipment to increase operational efficiency and improve the performance of electronic component production lines. Parts molded with ESD Resin can dissipate static electricity and have a high modulus and impact resistance similar to ABS.
Applications:
Prototyping and workflow validation for electronic component manufacturing,
Printing of parts that can dissipate static electricity and are dustproof,
Housings to protect sensitive electronic components from electrostatic discharge.
Flame Retardant Resin
Flame Retardant Resin is a specialized UL 94 Blue Card certified material for creating self-extinguishing parts with optimal performance against flame, smoke and toxicity. For printing flame retardant, rigid, heat- and creep-resistant parts that offer exceptional long-term performance in indoor and industrial environments with high temperatures or ignition sources.
Tests and certifications include: UL 94 V-0 with 3 mm thickness for flammability; FAR 25.853 Appendix F, Part I for flammability; ASTM E662 for ratings against flame, smoke and toxicity.
Flexible 80A
Flexible 80A Resin is a rigid, soft-touch, translucent elastomer with Shore 80A hardness, ideal for prototyping rubber-like parts with the flexibility of hard rubber or TPU.
Parts molded with Flexible 80A Resin can withstand repeated bending, flexing and compression cycles.
High Temp Resin
High Temp Resin has a heat distortion temperature of 238 °C at 0.45 MPa, the highest among Formlabs resins.
Applications:
Accurate and richly detailed prototypes and end-use parts that require high thermal stability
Molds and inserts, parts exposed to flows of hot air, gases and fluids,
Heat-resistant attachments, housings and fasteners.
Rigid 10K Resin
Rigid 10K Resin is an extremely rigid glass-reinforced material similar to glass and fiber-reinforced thermoplastics. It prints with a smooth, matte and glossy surface finish and high resistance to heat and chemicals.
Applications:
Precise industrial parts such as molds, jigs, impressions and other equipment for processes such as injection molding, thermoforming or blow molding,
Functional prototypes and end-use parts requiring dimensional accuracy and stability at high pressures and temperatures.
Rigid 4000
Rigid 4000 Resin is a precise glass-reinforced resin that offers similar stiffness to PEEK and PEKK thermoplastics. It prints with a smooth, matte and glossy surface finish and high resistance to heat and chemicals.
Applications:
Rigid and tough prototypes for engineering use,
General applications capable of supporting heavy loads
Industrial parts that must support heavy loads without bending.
Tough 1500
Tough 1500 Resin is a resilient, skin-contact safe material that offers similar strength and stiffness to polypropylene (PP).
Tough 1500 Resin is certified as safe for skin contact, which also makes it the ideal material for wearables, personal protective equipment, and other consumer goods. For parts to be certified as safe for skin contact, the recommended Tough 1500 Resin post-processing directions should be followed without deviation.
Applications:
Rigid and flexible parts and prototypes that quickly bend and return to their original shape
Files and fasteners that require repeated distortion.
Tough 2000
Tough 2000 Resin offers similar strength and stiffness to ABS, properties that make it ideal for difficult-to-bend functional parts that can withstand extended use.
Applications:
Prototyping strong and durable parts that do not have to bend easily
Files and fasteners that require minimal distortion.
Prototyping
Verify and optimize your design to achieve a product that is perfect in every aspect. 3D printing enables extremely fast, easy and cost-effective production of high-quality prototypes, which are essential for experimenting with alternatives or verifying every functional, aesthetic and design aspect, avoiding slowdowns and errors.
Form Wash L & Form Cure L
Form Wash L
The Form Wash L agitates the solvent to remove resin residues from stereolithography 3D printed parts, allowing you to always obtain smooth, clean, high-quality parts. Once washing is complete, the parts are removed from the solvent and air dried to prevent the prints from becoming soaked in solvent or warping.
Form Cure L
Form Cure L uses heat, UV light and uniform exposure to allow parts to achieve optimal mechanical properties and dimensional accuracy.
Optimize print jobs in PreForm
Design your model in standard CAD software and import it into our PreForm print preparation software in STL or OBJ format. Prepare your model in minutes, load it on the printer and start printing.
Form 4BL a complete SLA ecosystem
Print large format parts at lightning speed with the Form 4BL. Featuring Formlabs' next-generation Low Force Display™ print engine, the Form 4BL delivers extraordinary speed, reliability and print quality for the production of prototypes and end-use parts in the medical and dental industries. The combination of speed, print volume and precision makes it a high-productivity solution.
Very fast for the dental and medical sector
Form 4BL represents an evolution of 3D printing for the dental and medical sector: its speed comes from the new Formlabs print engine with Low Force Display™ technology, which combines powerful LEDs, collimating lenses, optical filters and a crystal display liquids that cure each layer of resin quickly, regardless of size or quantity of parts.
Form 4BL can print 32 dental models in 14 minutes, without ever compromising dimensional accuracy or surface finish. Easy to use straight away, the Form 4BL allows you to create appliances for the dental sector with an always perfect fit.
Versatile: a wide range of specific and biocompatible materials
Access to over 15 specific materials allows you to use the Form 4BL to easily create parts for any dental application.
Print biocompatible, sterilizable medical devices with industry-leading accuracy and unmatched speed. In this way it is possible to create surgical devices on request, respecting even the most stringent deadlines.
Given its compatibility with more than 30 Formlabs materials and the ability to use third-party materials with OpenMaterialMode, Form 4BL is the ideal solution for versatile, high-throughput printing.
Intuitive and efficient
It is not necessary to hire specialized technicians. Anyone can learn to use it in 15 minutes.
Form 4BL offers validated print settings, has very intuitive print preparation software and allows you to monitor printing remotely.
With Form 4BL it is possible to customize performances exactly based on the piece to be printed, using editable and shareable print settings.
Simple and effective post-processing
The Form 4BL Build Platform features a durable aluminum surface. A replacement printing platform allows you to speed up your workflow and print without interruptions when you need to change resin or start a new print in parallel.
You can further accelerate your workflow by choosing the Build Plaform Flex accessory, which thanks to Quick Release Technology, a patented quick release technology, allows you to remove parts from the printing platform in a few seconds, without using any tools. Smooth your post-processing workflow by removing finished parts quickly and accurately.
Form Wash and Form Cure complete the ecosystem.
Extremely sharp details
Highly collimated light with pre-calibrated anti-aliasing for subpixel resolution.
More precise assemblies: XY dimensional tolerances of ±0.15% to ensure always adequate assemblies.
Possible applications
Form 4BL can be used for:
Conceptual, aesthetic, functional prototypes, even large ones
Fitness/fitness test
Surgical templates and guides
Prototypes of medical devices
Medical/anatomical models
Orthoses
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