Piocreat-simple distinction between consumer-grade and industrial-grade 3D printers

In terms of the current 3D printing industry, its products are roughly divided into consumer grade and industrial grade. The former is used for the initial and introductory stages of 3D printing technology; the latter is mainly used for rapid industrial prototype manufacturing and direct product manufacturing. So what is the difference between these two? Below we will distinguish between consumer-grade and industrial-grade 3D printers from multiple dimensions:






　　Printing accuracy

　　Consumer level: Currently, the main technologies used are FDM and LCD. The minimum printing accuracy is mostly between 0.3 and 0.6mm.

　　Industrial grade: There are many technologies, in addition to FDM and LCD, there are DLP, SLA, SLS, SLM, etc.; servo motors are used to effectively avoid precision distortion; the minimum printing progress is mostly between 0.1 and 0.075mm



        printing speed

　　Consumer level: Most of them use 16 or 32-bit chips. Take SLA technology as an example. If 16 or 32-bit chips are used, the printing speed is 1m/s

　　Industrial grade: Basically, they use 64-bit or more chips, or take SLA as an example, the printing can reach 7 to 15m/s



　　 print size

　　 Consumer grade: Whether it is machine or printing, the overall volume and size are small

　　Industrial grade: The overall size is relatively large, which is more suitable for large-scale production



　　Printing success rate

　　Consumer level: currently the highest, the printing success rate is about 70%

　　Industrial grade: Basically it can achieve more than 98%



　　 Application area

　　Consumer level: suitable for education, maker and simple model making, etc.

　　Industrial grade: aerospace, automobile production, prototype molds, medical field, advertising industry, etc.