3D printer

For 3D prints you send the files to fablableuven@kuleuven.be. We'll then have a look at the files (and perhaps ask you some extra questions) and will only send you an e-mail once your print is ready. In most cases this is within one week. Is your file too large for sending by e-mail, then please send it through with wetransfer.

Pickin up prints for personnel Gasthuisberg: for personnel of Gasthuisberg we have provided a pick-up point in Gasthuisberg itself. In case you want, we can deliver your print there, so that you don't need to come to FabLab for your print. The pick-up point is located at O&N 1, 8th floor in the North wing - postbus 802. Amongst all the mailboxes there, there's also one with FabLab Leuven stuck on it and there we can deliver your print.

In order to use the 3D printer, you'll need a drawing in 3 dimensions. You can create this in several 3D drawing programs (CAD programs). When your drawing is finished, you'll need to export it to an .stl file (in millimeter !)

Prices of the materials you'll find under info >> prijslijst.

Prusa I3 MK3S printer (more info)

De MK3s is a “single extruder FDM or FFF printer”. It means that both the model as the support are of the same material. Afterwards you'll need to remove this support yourself. On the MK3s we mainly print in PLA (black, white, green, silver, bordeaux, blue or yellow) but also in PETG (orange). Pay attention: it's a bit more difficult to remove the support of PETG.

For prints on the Prusa MK3S you can already import your file at Prusa Slicer and position the object in the correct way and then save the .stl file. In order to print on the MK3S, you inform us on the following together with your .stl files in mm:

• Printing material: PLA (standard) or PETG
• Print colour: PLA (black, white, green, silver, bordeaux, blue or yellow) / PETG = orange
• Number of prints: …

It's recommended to make your stl. files as fine as possible (we recommend to put the tolerance of your own CAD program to .stl at 0.05mm).

Ultimaker 3S printer (more info)

What makes the Ultimaker so special, is that this 3D printer uses support which is soluble in water. The price is slightly higher than our Prusa MK3S printer.

In order to print on the Ultimaker you mail us the following together with your .stl files in mm:

• Print material: tough PLA (colour = black)
• Number of prints: …

It's recommended to make your stl. files as fine as possible (we recommend to put the tolerance of your own CAD program to .stl at 0.05mm).

Objet30 Prime of stratasys (more info)

The Objet30 Prime is a “polyjet printer”. It has 2 print heads and will -through a kind of inkjet system- deposit your model and support and this will then be hardened by UV light. This printer has a high resolution. Therefore the finishing-touch and measurement exactness are very good. On this printer we print a kind of acrylic resin: VERO white PLUS RGD 835. The support on this printer can be removed with water under high pressure. In order to do this we have a pressure washer cabin at FabLab. After a short explanation you can come here and remove the support yourself.

PAY ATTENTION: printing on the Objet is not cheap and there is a fixed start-up cost of 20g.

In order to print on the OBJET30 Prime you mail us your .stl files in mm including the number of prints you need.

It's recommended to make your .stl files as fine as possible (we recommend to put the tolerance of your own CAD program to .stl at 0.01mm).

Resin printers

The prusa SL1 (more info), Frozen mini 4K, 8K and Mega (more info) are MONO LCD MSLA printers. Here we print on SL1 in 3DM ABS resin (=transparant orange), on Frozen mini 4K, 8K in high temperature resin (=grey) and nylon green and on Mega in 4K aqua . The material is a kind of acrylic resin. These printers print both the support and the model from the same resin. The support can be removed (by scissors / tweezers) after the print has finished. It's a printer with high resolution, but only suitable for smaller parts and/or thin-walled parts.

In order to print on these printers you mail us the .stl files in mm mentioning the number of priints and the requested material.

It's recommended to make your .stl files as fine as possible (we recommend to put the tolerance of your own CAD program to .stl at 0.01mm).

PAY ATTENTION: for the resin printers there is a standard starting cost of 20gr