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• Formlabs Launches Fuse X1 Industrial SLS Printer Starting at $84,999 June 10
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Formlabs has announced the Fuse X1, a large-format selective laser sintering 3D printer that starts at $84,999 — less than a third of comparable industrial SLS systems — and delivers production-quality parts in under 24 hours at 50% less cost and three times the throughput of competing machines.
The Fuse X1 features a 330 × 330 × 565 mm build volume, which is 7.5 times larger than the company’s own Fuse 1+ 30W, with a maximum part length of 713 mm. Its footprint is 1.3 square meters, less than half that of legacy industrial printers like the EOS P3 Next or HP MJF 5210. Formlabs says the printer can be rolled through a standard door and set up in under an hour, requiring only single-phase power and external nitrogen — no facility retrofit needed.
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