3D Printing Services in California
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- Quotes for up to 10,000 parts
- Lead times from 3 business days
- SLS, DMLS, SLA, DLS
- Rapid prototyping and full-scale production
- AS9100, ISO 13485, ISO 9001
- 5+ plastics & metals, 35+ colors
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Find the Right 3D Printing Process
Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) is a powerful 3D printing technology that produces highly accurate and durable parts that are capable of being used directly in end-use, low-volume production, or for rapid prototyping.
An additive manufacturing layer technology, SLS involves the use of a high power laser (for example, a carbon dioxide laser) to fuse small particles of plastic powders into a mass that has a desired three-dimensional shape. The laser selectively fuses powdered material by scanning cross-sections generated from a 3-D digital description of the part (for example from a CAD file or scan data) on the surface of a powder bed. After each cross-section is scanned, the powder bed is lowered by one layer thickness, a new layer of material is applied on top, and the process is repeated until the part is completed.
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SLA is an additive manufacturing process that uses ultraviolet (UV) light on a vat of liquid photopolymer resin to selectively solidify part features, building the part layer by layer. The UV light continues this process through the entire vat of resin, selectively curing and solidifying the resin to match the design of the CAD file. Structural supports are created during the pre-build setup process and manually removed after the print is completed. The parts are then washed in a solvent solution to remove uncured resin, and then receive a final post-cure in a UV light oven.
SLA offers higher resolution printing than many other 3D printing technologies, allowing customers to print parts with fine details and surface finishes. SLA 3D printing is a highly-versatile platform for making custom parts in prototype and production settings, often acting as a stand-in for injection molded parts.
Direct metal laser sintering (DMLS) is a metal 3D printing technology used to build metal parts with exceptional mechanical properties and precision. Our Manufacturing Supplier Network gives you massive on-demand production capacity with a wide range of DMLS machines and high-performance materials.
Designers often chose DMLS for its ability to produce all-in-one metal assemblies and highly precise metal parts with complex features like internal supports and lattices. DMLS does not have upfront setup or tooling costs, making it an affordable option for fully dense metal parts. With DMLS’s affordability, speed, and superior design freedoms, companies and creators can build metal designs they never thought possible.
Carbon uses digital light projection, oxygen-permeable optics, and programmable liquid resins to produce products with end-use durability, resolution, and surface finish. This 3D printing technology is called Digital Light Synthesis™, or DLS for short. Another legacy term for the process is Continuous Liquid Interface Production (CLIP). Along with Carbon’s custom liquid resins, DLS unlocks new business opportunities and product designs previously impossible, including mass customization and on-demand inventory of end-use products.
Carbon bridges, and sometimes substitutes, for processes like Urethane Casting and Injection Molding service production, because the materials are urethane-based or epoxy-based, giving excellent mechanical properties. There are even elastomer and silicone resins that outperform most additive manufactured rubber-like materials.
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Applications for 3D Printing
Concept Models
The speed and versatility of 3D Printing lets product developers create physical snapshots of their designs through the iterative process.
Tooling Parts
3D Printing can be used to create fully-functional prototypes, complete with moving parts, as well as all-in-one assemblies.
Production Parts
The high accuracy and consistency of 3D Printing makes it an ideal way to build large quantities of discrete or customized parts.
3D Printing for Industrial Applications
3D printing is very versatile and can be set up for relatively hands-free production, which makes them ideal
for many industries including automotive, electronics, aerospace & defense, robotics, and medical.
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SyncFab offers an industry-leading online 3D printing service. Whether you need prototypes or production parts, we can make them for you in as fast as a day. We are your one-stop shop for accurate, precise custom 3D printed parts at a low cost. Upload your 3D CAD file to get a quote.
We use the latest additive manufacturing processes to build affordable functional prototypes & end-use parts in all metals and plastics. You can explore our materials below. We offer high-quality 3D printing processes including selective laser sintering, fused deposition modeling, stereolithography, direct metal laser sintering, polyjet, Carbon DLS, and HP Multi Jet Fusion.
Advantages of 3D printing
Rapid Turnaround
Parts can typically be shipped in as little as 1 day, allowing for faster design iterations and speed to market.
Durability
3D printing can offer great impact strength, medium flexibility, and high resistance to environmental factors.
Complex Geometry
Geometries can be built more easily due to the 3D printing process, adding complexity without additional cost.
Part Production
3D printing with SyncFab helps you produce end-use parts on-demand, increasing throughput.
Precision
We can meet tolerances of +/- 0.005” or +/- 0.002” per inch, whichever is greater. Please see our Manufacturing Standards for more details.
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A Brief History Of 3D Printing
Additive manufacturing, also called 3D Printing, began in earnest in the early 1980s. The first patent application for an additive rapid prototyping technology was filed by Dr. Hideo Kodama in Japan in 1980, though he did not receive a patent due to his failure to submit the full patent specification within one year.
In July of 1984, a group of French inventors filed a patent for stereolithography (SLA) 3D printing – a process in which layers are added to a part curing photopolymers with ultraviolet light lasers. The French patent was later abandoned due to Three weeks later, Chuck Hull, an American working who later founded 3D Systems, filed his own patent for SLA. Hull also invented the STL file format.
In the late ‘80s 3D printing took another step forward. In 1987, Carl Deckard of the University of Texas filed a patent for Selective Laser Sintering; his application was granted in 1989.
Next, S. Scott Crump, the founder of Stratasys, developed fused deposition modeling (FDM) in 1988. Stratasys was granted the patent in 1992 and soon after would launch one of the first commercially successful FDM machines. In addition, EOS, another prominent 3D printer company, was founded by Hans Langer in 1989.
Through the ‘90s and early 2000s, new technologies continued to be introduced, thought most were focused on expensive industrial applications. Companies like Solidscape, ZCorporation and Arcam were launched during this period and the selective laser melting (SLM) process was developed during this time. The market for both high-end printers and more prototyping-focused, less expensive machines both grew in this era.
It took years – until 2009 – that the first widely available commercial 3D printers went on sale. It was also about this time that the first commercial 3d printing services began to appear. Since this time, both industrial and personal 3D machines have improved in quality and gotten less expensive. In 2013, two NASA employees Samantha Snabes and Matthew Fiedler launched their large-format, affordable 3D printer, Gigabot and a new company called re:3D. Since then, 3D printers have become even more accessible.
The 3D printing services space continued to grow with the launch of SyncFab in 2014. Since then, SyncFab has offered instant quotes on custom parts with fast lead times to everyone from solo entrepreneurs to Fortune 500 companies. SyncFab now offers six 3D printing processes: selective laser sintering, fused deposition modeling, stereolithography, direct metal laser sintering (metal), PolyJet 3D, and HP MultiJet Fusion, a faster, less expensive advanced process from Hewlett Packard.
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