Whether in an educational setting, fab lab, or even in a home garage, there’s really nothing like MakerBot's 3D printers. With a reputation that’s always improving and accolades that are always growing, MakerBot's 3D printing line is widely respected. Add to it their METHOD and METHOD X Carbon Fiber Edition printers. They allow students to print carbon fiber reinforced nylon and other composite parts with both 3D strength and accuracy. When using these two desktop devices, teachers can seriously ramp up STEM learning and each is available on our store with other MakerBot printers, accessories, and resources.
With these next-generation 3D printers, students can create stronger, manufacturing-grade parts and also decrease the production time for their prints. Like with the regular METHOD X 3D printer, the METHOD X Carbon Fiber is more powerful and capable than the METHOD Carbon Fiber and, thus, it’s more expensive. Part of its unique industrial desktop platform, it features incredibly strong and heat-resistant metal parts as well asl nylon carbon fiber parts. This creates extremely precise, high-end prints for complex and important projects. Whichever printer you use, rest assured you’ll certainly be getting top-notch print quality, reliability, and the results you want.
A carbon fiber 3D printer for education.
For STEAM teachers looking to lead some high-end makerspace projects or trying to print a lot of parts in a short amount of time, the MakerBot METHOD Carbon Fiber printers certainly each have a lot of potential. The carbon fiber reinforced nylon also includes strength, stiffness, and its own heat resistant features. Also, students can use the parts they 3D print in a school or library makerspace in many ways. Its strength-to-weight ratio, in fact, is 110 MPa TS, so it's also viable for lightweight application and its engineering-grade stiffness makes it strong enough for structural applications, including vehicle brackets. Plus, its high heat resistance can really help optimize under-hood tooling application.
As for the printers, they have heated chambers that help add strength to all printed parts. Its open platform also allows for advanced engineering. The METHOD X comes with a bit more in terms of hardware than the METHOD Carbon Fiber, though still offering very impressive results. It includes the 3D printer, a spring steel build plate, a composite extruder, two extra support extruders, the nozzle brush, the hex key, a USB A-to-B cable, US power cord, and an EU power cord. The METHOD version also includes each of these materials and another performance extruder. All filaments, including those on our store, are sold separate.
The potential of the MakerBot Carbon Fiber printers.
They utilize carbon fiber filaments that produce carbon fiber parts with superior strength and accuracy. The filaments don't come with either of these printers but they are each available separately. The two MakerBot Carbon Fiber filaments are Nylon Carbon Fiber (below, left) and Nylon Carbon Fiber 12 (below, right). Their reinforced Nylon Carbon Fiber material also boasts an impressive 6/66 blend. This helps a lot with its high strength-to-weight ratio and performance when used in a controlled environment. And, the Nylon Carbon Fiber 12 provides the easiest carbon fiber composite 3D printing experience, enabling a super consistent performance in any environment thanks to its superior moisture resistance.
Finally, we’ll explore the tech specs for each of these powerful and educational 3D printers. They’re about 25 inches tall and 17 inches in width. Each of them has two print heads that use fused deposition modeling for accuracy within 0.2 mm. Each one's layer resolution spans from 20-400 microns. Their build speeds are also up to twice as fast as a common 3D printer. Finally, in terms of each one's maximum build volume, the MakerBot METHOD Carbon Fiber models top out at 19 x 19 x 19.6 cm (L x W x H) for single extrusions and 15.2 x 19 x 19.6 for dual extrusion. They’ve even gone through the equivalent of 220,000 hours of testing in the development of a system with amazing reliability and quality. Check out the details on all the MakerBot tech specs to learn more about their value in education.
More MakerBot 3D printers for education.
Since we still consider them among the most powerful 3D printers, we’re excited to offer these products on our store. You can find the two MakerBot Carbon Fiber machines below and all other MakerBot items in our catalog. They're under the MakerBot section of our ‘Brands’ category at the top of each page. If you have any questions about the 3D printers or filaments, please feel free to contact our team. Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter and Instagram for more STEM content as well!
