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Planning 10–100 plastic parts before investing in injection mould tooling? 🔧Vacuum casting is often the sweet spot. But ...
05/10/2026

Planning 10–100 plastic parts before investing in injection mould tooling? 🔧

Vacuum casting is often the sweet spot. But the price per part doesn't fall in a smooth line. Each silicone mould makes about 20 castings, so 21 parts can cost more per piece than 20.

Our new guide covers: ✅ Typical master, mould and per-part prices ✅ How quantity changes your unit cost ✅ When injection moulding becomes cheaper ✅ A real project: clear left/right lenses shipped DDP to the US in about two weeks

👉 https://www.fabnow3d.com/blog/vacuum-casting-cost/

🌕 Happy Mid-Autumn Festival from FabNow3D!As the full moon brings families and friends together, we’d like to send our w...
25/09/2026

🌕 Happy Mid-Autumn Festival from FabNow3D!

As the full moon brings families and friends together, we’d like to send our warmest wishes to our customers, partners, and friends around the world.

May this Mid-Autumn Festival bring you happiness, harmony, and new opportunities.

From ideas to real parts, we’re grateful to keep building, creating, and moving forward together.

🥮 Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!

SLS or MJF—which powder-bed 3D printing process is right for your nylon parts?Both technologies can produce strong PA12 ...
18/09/2026

SLS or MJF—which powder-bed 3D printing process is right for your nylon parts?

Both technologies can produce strong PA12 components without support structures, but they differ in material availability, color, surface finish, production speed, build economics, and post-processing.

Our latest guide explains:

How SLS and MJF work

When MJF is more cost-effective for batch production

When SLS offers better material or size flexibility

What affects strength, accuracy, and surface quality

How packing density and powder refresh rate influence cost

Read the full guide: https://www.fabnow3d.com/blog/sls-vs-mjf-3d-printing/

Need a project-specific comparison? Upload your files for an engineering review and quote.

A great 3D print can still look unfinished when it leaves the machine.Our new guide explains how sanding, media finishin...
18/09/2026

A great 3D print can still look unfinished when it leaves the machine.

Our new guide explains how sanding, media finishing, dyeing, painting, coatings, and v***r smoothing change engineering plastic parts—and why the correct method depends on the polymer, printing process, geometry, and tolerance.

Learn how to finish ABS, ASA, PA11, PA12, and other engineering plastics while avoiding rounded edges, blocked holes, color variation, coating failure, and unsafe solvent workflows.

Read the full guide:
https://www.fabnow3d.com/blog/engineering-plastic-3d-printing-post-processing/

How does multicolor 3D printing really work?The answer depends on whether you need two filament colors, several function...
18/09/2026

How does multicolor 3D printing really work?

The answer depends on whether you need two filament colors, several functional materials, realistic textures, or a true full-color nylon model.

Our new guide explains:

✅ Manual and automatic FDM color changes
✅ Dual extrusion and tool-changing systems
✅ PolyJet color and material simulation
✅ Full-color MJF for complex nylon parts
✅ 3MF, OBJ, textures, and color-file preparation
✅ Cost, purge waste, color accuracy, and process selection

Read the complete guide:
https://www.fabnow3d.com/blog/multicolor-3d-printing-fdm-mjf/

Is 100% infill really the best way to make a 3D printed part stronger?Not always. For many functional FDM parts, wall th...
17/09/2026

Is 100% infill really the best way to make a 3D printed part stronger?

Not always. For many functional FDM parts, wall thickness, print orientation, layer bonding, material selection, and better load paths matter more than simply filling the entire interior.

Our new guide explains:

Why more walls can outperform more infill

How print direction controls layer-separation risk

When to choose PLA, PETG, ABS, ASA, nylon, PC, or fiber-filled materials

How temperature, cooling, speed, moisture, and nozzle wear affect strength

How fillets, ribs, inserts, and local reinforcement prevent failures

Read the full guide: https://www.fabnow3d.com/blog/how-to-make-3d-printed-parts-stronger/

Can AI really optimize 3D printing—or is it mostly hype?AI can already support geometry analysis, intelligent slicing, p...
17/09/2026

Can AI really optimize 3D printing—or is it mostly hype?

AI can already support geometry analysis, intelligent slicing, parameter recommendations, visual monitoring, and anomaly alerts. But detecting an existing defect, predicting a future fault, and correcting the process automatically are three very different levels of capability.

Our new guide explains what is practical today, what data these systems need, and how manufacturers can introduce AI without compromising validation or traceability.

Read the full article: https://www.fabnow3d.com/blog/ai-3d-printing-intelligent-slicing-fault-prediction/

How much can post-processing really change a 3D printed engineering plastic part?Annealing, coatings, and v***r smoothin...
17/09/2026

How much can post-processing really change a 3D printed engineering plastic part?

Annealing, coatings, and v***r smoothing do much more than improve appearance. They can influence heat resistance, residual stress, cleanability, chemical protection, surface roughness, and dimensional stability—but the wrong process can also cause warping, blocked holes, coating failure, or lost detail.

Our new guide explains:

When annealing improves performance—and when it creates distortion

How coatings affect tolerances and functional interfaces

Which plastics are suitable for v***r smoothing

How to validate finished parts for real applications

How to choose the right process by material and end use

Read the full guide: https://www.fabnow3d.com/blog/engineering-plastic-post-processing-annealing-coating-v***r-smoothing/

Faster FDM printing is not just about increasing the mm/s setting. Real throughput depends on melt capacity, acceleratio...
17/09/2026

Faster FDM printing is not just about increasing the mm/s setting. Real throughput depends on melt capacity, acceleration, resonance, extrusion pressure, cooling, and material stability.

Our latest guide explains how to identify the real bottleneck, tune input shaping and pressure advance, calculate volumetric flow, and decide whether your printer actually needs a cooling, hotend, extruder, or motion-system upgrade.

Read the full guide: https://www.fabnow3d.com/blog/high-speed-fdm-printing-quality-upgrades/

Can you safely switch to a different filament brand in the middle of an FDM print?Sometimes—but two spools labeled PLA, ...
16/09/2026

Can you safely switch to a different filament brand in the middle of an FDM print?

Sometimes—but two spools labeled PLA, PETG, ABS, or nylon are not necessarily identical. Pigments, additives, diameter variation, moisture, melt flow, and shrinkage can all change print quality and part strength.

Our latest guide explains:

When mixing brands is low, moderate, or high risk

Why a clean-looking transition can still be mechanically weak

How to test temperature, flow, dimensions, and interface strength

What to check for PLA, PETG, ABS, ASA, TPU, nylon, and support materials

When production traceability means substitution should be avoided

Read the full guide: https://www.fabnow3d.com/blog/3d-printing-filament-compatibility-mixing-brands/

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