UNSW Making

3D Printers - Powder/SLS

Selective Laser Sinter

SLS 3D printing fuses powder layer by layer. The unused material supports the parts during printing so you can create complex, interconnecting designs with no need for support structures.

Due to varying thermal expansion rates for different materials, the largest parts size printable in the Fuse Series printers varies. The largest part sizes achievable are given in the table below:

Material Largest Part Size
Nylon 12 Powder 159.8 × 159.8 × 295.5 mm
Nylon 12 GF Powder 160.1 × 160.1 × 297.3 mm
Nylon 12 Tough Powder         158.8 × 158.8 × 293.5 mm
Nylon 12 White Powder 159.8 × 159.8 × 293.8 mm
Nylon 11 Powder 158.6 × 158.6 × 294.4 mm
Nylon 11 CF Powder 162.0 × 162.0 × 287.6 mm
TPU 90A Powder 152.1 × 152.1 × 294.9 mm
Polypropylene Powder 159.4 × 159.4 × 296.0 mm

 

 

Required Badge

No badges are required to use this machine.

Suitable Materials

  • Nylon

Process

  • 3D Printing

Machine Locations

Makerspace Facility Make Model Work area Number of machines
Design Futures Lab DigFab Lab (3D printing) Formlabs Fuse 1 SLS 1
MCIC MCIC Makerspace Formlabs Fuse 1 SLS 1
MCIC MCIC Makerspace Formlabs Fuse Sift 1
MCIC MCIC Makerspace Fuse Blast Fuse Blast 1