Digital video camera

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.

The digital embroidery Brother Innov-is NV2600 machine can be used both manually (like a conventional sewing machine) and by numerical control (to make designs, images or text, embroidered on your fabrics).
It is also possible to create your own designs to be set up on the proprietary software of the PE Design machine.

Features

• 7 drive claws
• 14 alphabets
• 227 integrated embroidery designs

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.

This 3D Systems portable scanner allows you to digitise 3D objects with millimetre precision, while reproducing colours with a resolution of 1,920 x 180 pixels.
It comes with software that allows you to scan, rework and export the scans in .stl, .obj, .ply or .wrl.

Features

• Perimeter of capture: max. = 1.60 m / min. = 20 cm
• View angles: horizontal = 45° / vertical = 57.5° / diagonal = 69°
• Nomber of frames per second: 30 fps
• Scan volume: min. = 0.2 x 0.2 x 0.2 m / max. = 2 x 2 x 2 m
• Operating temperature: 10 – 40°C
• Spatial resolution in x/y at 50 cm distance: 0.9 mm
• Depth resolution at 50 cm distance: 1 mm