Mosaic Formlabs Form 4 Basic Package
Mosaic's Element is a revolutionary 3D printer with an integrated multi-material system. Equipped with advanced Material Pods, Element feeds filament directly from the Pod to Palette X and onwards to the print head, ensuring seamless material management without the need for splicing. This results in superior print quality and minimal material waste.
- Integrated multi-material system : up to 8 different materials
- All metal gantry precision motion system developed for reliability
- Up to 500C work with a wide range of materials from rigid, flexible, and soluble
| Price: | $3,499.00 (with add-ons) |
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Mosaic Element Multi Material 3D Printer
High-Temperature Capabilities: With a hot-end capable of reaching up to 500°C and a heated build chamber, the Element HT can print with high-strength, industrial-grade materials, including PEEK, PEKK, and Polycarbonate, making it suitable for demanding applications.
Material Flexibility and Automated Switching: It supports up to 8 different materials in a single print, offering unparalleled flexibility. The automated material-switching feature allows for seamless transitions between materials, enhancing productivity and creativity in print projects.
Large Build Volume: The Element HT offers a generous build volume of 14" x 14" x 14", enabling the creation of large parts or multiple small parts in a single print job, suitable for a wide range of applications from prototypes to finished products.
Precision Printing with Automated Bed Leveling: Ensures consistent print quality by automatically adjusting the printhead's distance from the build plate, providing precision printing every time and reducing the need for manual calibrations.
Integrated Workflow Management with Canvas: This feature allows users to control all aspects of their printing process, from preparing multi-material prints to starting and monitoring print status. It facilitates efficient project management and collaboration within teams.
These features make the Element a powerful and versatile 3D printer, ideal for professional users and industries requiring high-quality, functional prints with advanced materials.
Automated multi-material system
Mosaic Element & Element HT will include 2 Material Pods that can easily attach on the side of the 3D Printer
Cloud connect to Mosaic Canvas and manage your prints anywhere
Optimize your user experience with CANVAS to fully control projects anywhere. Canvas is Mosaic's simple and easy-to-use slicer built for Multi-Material, this software is free for any single user. Monitor your prints from home, or anywhere with Element's webcams connected to CANVAS. Easily share, save, organize, and track your print settings on the cloud. With cloud connection, you can reduce time and complete projects quickly.
Element’s cloud connectivity to CANVAS optimizes the user experience and allows full control over your projects conveniently from the printer itself
How does the Mosaic Element work?
- Choose: Element uses a modular direct-drive toolhead, capable of 350°C material prints, which can be removed in seconds. Choose up to 8 materials/colors per print with a single toolhead. Element HT broadens your selection to include engineering-grade materials with a hot-end capable of 500°C.
- Slice: Create prints that are up to 14” 3 and use CANVAS to easily paint or assign up to 8 materials/colors per print. Upload files wirelessly and control your printer from anywhere where an internet connection is available using a web browser to access canvas3d.io. Spend less time configuring settings by using premade print profiles tuned for Mosaic materials.
- Load: Start your print and Mosaic Material Pods work directly with Palette X
- Print: Watch your print complete using CoreXY kinematics, Trinamic stepper drivers, and rapid travel speeds on HIWIN linear rails. Transition quickly between materials without losing build space with Element’s short material path coupled with our transition densifier system, which deposits transition material safely into a removable container. While Element works, use the touchscreen UI to check printer operation at any time directly from the printer.
- Monitor: Element’s built-in webcam lets you check on your print remotely through CANVAS to make sure the process is running smoothly. Mosaic Materials contain RFID technology that enables automated failure and filament run-out detection. You will be notified by the LED status indicator and on the touchscreen UI on the front of Element if the printer or print requires an operator’s attention.
- Completion & Removal: Mosaic’s build plates are magnetically held in place so they are easy to remove from Element. They are also flexible which makes removing the print from the plate a painless process. Upon placing the plate back into Element to start your next print, it will automatically level to achieve consistent first layers.
A modular toolhead design makes it easier than ever to remove your print head for repairs or a swap, and reinstalling it is just as simple! (left is Element, right is Element HT)
Specific features of Element:
- (1) 350°C hot-end
- 120°C heated bed
- (2) type 1 beds
- Compatible filament: Nylon, CF Nylon, ABS, PLA, PETG, TPU, PVA, HIPS
- 1-year Manufacturer’s Warranty
Specific features of Element HT:
- (1) 350°C hot-end & (1) 500°C hot-end
- 120°C heated bed
- (2) type 1 beds / (2) type 2 beds
- Compatible filament: Nylon, CF Nylon, ABS, PLA, PETG, TPU, PVA, HIPS, PEKK, PEEK, Ultem 9085
- 2-year manufacturer’s warranty
*Please note that the following filaments are for HT 500C hotend: PEKK, PEEK, Ultem 9085
Technical Features of Element & Element HT:
- Build Volume: 14 x 14 x 14
- 2/8 Material Pods included
- Integrated Palette X
- fit up to 8 materials/colours in a single print
- Modular toolhead, kinematically coupled
- Integrated purge container with a densifier
- LED print-status indicator incorporated into the design
- Cloud-connected to CANVAS
- HIWIN Linear Rails
- CoreXY Kinematics Systems
- Trinamic Stepper Drivers
Questions
The data sheet says the coefficient of thermal expansion is “ 0,1 10⁻⁴ / K”. If I assume the European convention for comma rather than decimal point I would read this as 0.1 x 10⁻⁴. Normally CTE is expressed in units of 10⁻⁶ meters/meter. Is the CTE of this material really half that of aluminum and 1/10 of that of most nylons, 10 x 10⁻⁶? As a liquid, it would have the CTE of regular nylon but as it cools, the glass puts the nylon into severe strain, probably why it is difficult to print. Clearly a bed temperature and heated environment will be critical, and cooling should be gradual and uniform. But really the amazing fact is that this CTE is less than 1/2 that of Aluminum, 23.6x10⁻⁶ and nearly that of Titanium, 9.7x10⁻⁶! The plot of CTE over temperature is a necessary component of the spec sheet. Does water absorption cause the printed parts to crack? Thanks!
Using a stock Ender 3 Pro. What additional upgrades would be necessary to maximize print quality for NylonG?
how well can the white nylonG transmit light? As in, Will it allow me to illuminate the print with a light source on the inside? trying to avoid clear PETG and need a stiffer polymer, so despite the vulnerability to UV light, uncoated, this material was suggested to me
Does this filament need an enclosure to print properly?
The technical data sheet states a "linear mould shrinkage" of 0.3. 1) Does this mean 0.3%? 2) Does the Matter Control slicer software scale up my model by 0.3% in order to accommodate the shrinkage in the final print, or is this something I should account for manually? 3) Is there a recommended cooling / curing process for the NylonG material so that I know that after a certain amount of time, shrinkage is largely over?
Can you please explain what are the best practices to prevent white NylonG from getting yellowish after print?
I've bought a roll of this filament and so far every attempt to print a file with it has failed to adhesive to the build plate. I've tried garolite and retraction speed and distance whats the settings on that for ender3 v3 ke
does anyone know what the best support spacing is for top and bottom for z axis only?
Is there an approved annealing process for this filament? No matter how much magigoo i use chamber temp, i get minor warping (parts i'm printing take 24 hrs +). I would like to relieve the internal stresses to hopefully straighten my parts out.
Is this a pa6, 66, 12 or something different?
The data sheet says the tensile strength is 95 MPa using ISO 527. Other manufacturers publish 3 strength values: xy, yz, xz. as a 3D printed structure is non-isotropic. (Meaning the material strength properties are different in each direction). The weakest direction, I suppose, is the direction that tests layer adhesion. Can you give me a better idea of how the material was tested? Were printed test samples used or molded samples, etc...
Can a Ender 3 with Micro Swiss hotend and extruder print Nylon G with stock thermistor and heat canister?
We print straight out of our let it start dehydrating for about an hour or two at 75 c max setting I just set the time for 12 hours and after an hour or two we start our printers and we feed directly into our enclosed printers on garolite with magigoo pa and hardened nozzle all metal hotend and just let it print
First print we did was perfect at 260c bed at 75c. I’m using a carbon fiber print bed and magigoo PA adhesive. I am using an extremely modified Ender6 with a slice engineering mosquito magnum with a Bondtech DDX extruder. Seems to me the extruder is as important as any other settings as your Esteps must be perfect. My only dislike is the orange is not as bright as it shows in samples. Amazing filament.
How much does the spool weigh for .5kg/1.75 ?
For everyone talking this product down…Try HARDER!!!! It’s by far my favorite material and the finish is insane ONCE you figure it out lol..you will see a nice glitter finish and 0 layer lines…I went through rolls with of this stuff until I got it…TRY HARDER…I promise it’ll be worth it in the end…I print on a modded ender 3 with or w/o an enclosure sometimes, I’ve successfully printed “big” entire build volume models …trust me I was pissed AF for a long time until I figured it out lol…
You appear to no longer carry Dupont Zytel. How does this compare, especially with settings?
This filament have the same warping problem like Nylon X ??
I am trying to print apart using black NylonG. I have made 3 attempts so far and each time The part warps and one of the corners comes loose from the bed. With each attempt I make it further into the print but end up with the same result. I’m using a CR10s pro with no part cooling fan with printer in an enclosure and an internal temp of 35c inside enclosure. First attempt: Glass bed, @ 60c, nozzle 260c, NANO polymer adhesive from VisionMiner, printed with a brim and used recommended feeds recommended from MatterHackers. Second try: same as before but 80c on bed Third try: 90c bed temp, 25% feed rate on first layer, 50% second then 100% for remainder. I have used about 375g of material thus far. I am using 100% infill for this part which I’m share doesn’t help. Any recommendations?
I have never printed with nylon so, I am learning about it. Why do you need to dry it? Is it because it has a lot of moisture in it from the factory or do you have to do this every time?
Can the glass fibers fall out during printing or when you touch it like with Colorfabb XT-CF20, I'm really scared of breathing in or getting glass fiber splinters with this. The only hazard i see is a burn hazard on the safety data sheet.
Went through almost 2 spoils of nylon G now . I have a flashforge creator pro upgraded with all metal hot end and it still isn’t hot enough for good later adhesion . I printed at 40mm/s at 280c and had a decent print but layer adhesion just wasn’t there completely . At least for my Glock frame that is, it seems like you should really be printing this material at 280 plus to get the most out of this material , I even had it sit in the oven for 24 hours at 180c . It is somewhat strong but my PLA plus blows it out of the water as far as strength goes. Do you think I should print with an ender 3 to get better later adhesion since those can go to 300c ?
Is the 3kg weight the amount of material on the spool? What's the length?
Can this be printed safely in a standard office with standard ventilation?
I bought the printdry filament drying system, what would be the best temp to dry this at and for how long?
What is the percentage of glass fiber in the nylon?
I’d like to know this as well. I’ve purchased a reel, and if I had to guess based on other glass reinforced filaments I’ve tried, this stuff seems like around 10-15% at most. The filament is just too flexible for it to contain any more than that. In comparison, polymaker has a PA6 gf filament with 25% fiber content and it will barely bend at all without snapping.