2025 Edition Professional 3D Printer Buyers Guide

Choosing the right 3D printer doesn't have to be difficult. Find the perfect printer for your application. This in-depth guide covers pricing, materials, dimensional accuracy, and more.
Download nowProvides excellent print quality: sharp, crisp surface detail, smooth surfaces with little layer visibility, and low to no ash content (0.0 - 0.1%). Supports print resolutions: 50 and 25 microns.
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Founded in 1997, we bring next-generation technology to customers, with an emphasis on expertise and white-glove service. Showrooms in Chicago, Detroit, Tokyo, and Seoul.
The leading national supplier of Desktop 3D printers. Expertise in both Industrial and Desktop 3D printing. Supplier of next-generation Metal, SLS, ultrafast Industrial printers.
Castable Wax v1 Resin is a 20% wax-filled material for casting that can capture intricate features and offers a smooth surface finish for accurate castings with zero ash content and clean burnout. It is ideal for ultrafine structures in jewelry, as well as highly accurate patterns for casting and pressing dental prosthetics.
For dental: Castable Wax v1 Resin produces highly accurate patterns for casting and pressing dental prosthetics. Tested at length by dental technicians, 3D printed patterns for copings, substructures, full contour crowns, and removable partial denture frameworks are made easy with Castable Wax v1 Resin. Read our Application Guide to learn the complete workflow and best practices for making 3D printed patterns for casting and pressing on your Formlabs 3D printer.
For jewelry: Castable Wax v1 Resin offers high strength and stiffness, making it capable of printing ultrafine structures. The high green strength ensures excellent shape retention for thin patterns such as wire filigree. For heavier jewelry, we recommend using Castable Wax 40 v1 Resin.
Printer compatibility
Form 4, Form 4B
Compatible with these resin tanks
Form 4 Resin Tank
Compatible with these build platforms
Form 4 Build Platform, Form 4 Build Platform Flex
With high strength and stiffness, Castable Wax v1 Resin makes it possible to print ultrafine and thin structures.
Contains 20% wax with zero ash content and clean burnout.
Easily remove light-touch support tips that don’t leave dimples in your parts.
Printed parts are strong enough to handle with no post-cure required, meaning they are ready to use right away.
Ensure shape retention for thin patterns such as wire filigree.
Castable Wax v1 Resin is ideal for lightweight, intricate jewelry or for prototypes and production. For Dental, this material is ideal for crowns, bridges, removable partial denture frameworks, and patterns for casting and pressing.
Consider Castable Wax v1 Resin for:
Castable Wax Resin
Castable Wax Resin does not require post-curing. Allow parts to fully dry before casting.*
Ultimate Tensile Strength
12 MPaTensile Modulus
220 MPaElongation
13%Temp @ 5% Mass Loss
249 ºCAsh Content (TGA)
0.0 - 0.1%5 min in IPA
NOTES
Wash Castable parts for the shortest time necessary to remove liquid resin. Ensure that all solvent has evaporated or been removed from the parts before curing and casting.
N/A min
N/A °C
NOTES
Castable Wax Resin does not require post-curing. Allow parts to fully dry before casting. While post-curing Castable Wax parts should not affect castability, post-curing may shrink parts slightly (by less than 1%), which can cause distortion.
Founded in 1997, we bring next-generation technology to customers, with an emphasis on expertise and white-glove service. Showrooms in Chicago, Detroit, Tokyo, and Seoul.
The leading national supplier of Desktop 3D printers. Expertise in both Industrial and Desktop 3D printing. Supplier of next-generation Metal, SLS, ultrafast Industrial printers.
2025 Edition Professional 3D Printer Buyers Guide
Choosing the right 3D printer doesn't have to be difficult. Find the perfect printer for your application. This in-depth guide covers pricing, materials, dimensional accuracy, and more.
Download now