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The 3D Print Lab houses a Makerbot Replicator. It creates objects from digital files by applying successive layers of material. This printer uses PLA (polylactic acid) filament, a biodegradable corn-based plastic.
The Press HPD Library's second printer, the Lulzbot TAZ 5, was funded by a National Network of Libraries award.
This printer has a heated bed and a print head that give it the capability to print with a variety of materials.
The TAZ 5 has multiple printer heads, allowing it to print in both hard and flexible materials, and two types of materials at the same time
This project has been funded in whole or in part with Federal funds from the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, under Contract No. HHS-N-276-2011-00004-C with the University of Maryland Baltimore.
Acquired in Spring 2018, The Formlabs Form 2 is a stereolithography (SLA) 3D printer that uses a laser to cure solid isotropic parts from a liquid photopolymer resin. The Form 2 is able to print models in higher detail and in a variety of advanced resins. Our available resin includes standard gray and white, and dental model resin.
Search for free 3D files (.stl files) on the Internet to print or to modify using 3D design software.
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Design Software
Convert Dicom CT scan files to 3D printable STL files
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