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The Wazer is the first “desktop” waterjet cutting machine. The principle of waterjet cutting is simple: water is projected at extremely high pressure (between 4,000 and 6,000 bars), to which an abrasive agent (garnet sand) is added. The latter, carried by the power of the high-pressure jet, can reach a speed of Mach 2.5 (2.5 x the speed of sound) and thus enable the cutting of very hard elements.

Materials that can be cut with this machine:
Marble ( 12.7 mm Max) / Glass ( 15.8 mm Max) / Aluminium ( 12.7 mm Max) / Steel ( 4 mm Max)/ Silicone ( 12.7 mm Max) / High-density polyethylene (HDPE) ( 12.7 mm Max) / Carbone ( 6.3 mm Max) / Carbon fibres ( 4.78 mm Max).
This list is not exhaustive; please, contact us to check if your material is compatible.

Cutting surface:
305×460 mm

The 3D printing technology used at Fablab Descartes is FDM (Fused Deposition Modelling).
This technique consists in melting a filament of synthetic material, usually ABS (Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene) or PLA (Polyactic Acid) type plastic through a nozzle. A small wire of molten plastic with a diameter of about a tenth of a millimetre is deposited and forms the different layers of the 3D model.
In order to use these machines you must come with a 3D model created with CAD software (Solidworks, Blender, Freecad, Fusion360, Onshape, etc.) in .stl or .obj format.
You can also take part in one of our training courses or come and practice at Fablab to create your 3D model.
You will then have to pass your file through the slicer of the machine in question (Simplify3D, Cura or Slic3r) to generate the Gcode which will be interpreted by the machine.

Machines and features
All our 3D printers have a heated platen to improve the hold of the part on its support.

Ultimaker – Ultimaker S5 (FDM – Double extrusion)
Printing volume: 33 x 24 x 30 cm
Interchangeable pipes (0.4 and 0.8 mm available)

Only the first 15 / 30 minutes will be charged at the time of booking. The balance is to be paid on site.

This Roland Camm 1 Pro GX-300 machine can cut materials such as vinyl, flex or flocking, to make stickers or T-shirt flocking for example.
To use it, you need to make a vectorised cutting contour (CAD or graphic editing software such as Illustrator, Photoshop, etc.) and transfer it to the machine via the CutStudio software.

Features

• Useful width: 73.7 cm
• Pressure: 50 gf at 85 cm/sec

Only the first 15 / 30 minutes will be charged at the time of booking. The balance is to be paid on site.

The Roland 3D scanner can scan objects in 3D in high fidelity, thanks to its rotary scanning via a laser beam. 
Its software allows scans to be made, reworked and then exported, notably in .stl, .3Dm and point cloud.

Objects should be as smooth as possible, with a matt surface and of a light colour. It may be necessary to apply a layer of paint to facilitate the scanning.

Features
Scan volume: cylindrical volume of de 254×406 mm
Accuracy: +/- 0.05 mm
Scanning details:
– plan scanning: from 0.2 to 254 mm wide and from 0.2 to 406.4 mm high
– rotary scanning: circumference from 0.18 to 3.6 degrees, and from 0.2 to 406.4 mm high
Driver software: Dr PICZA 3

Only the first 15 / 30 minutes will be charged at the time of booking. The balance can be paid on site.