Manufacturer/Model | Type | Material | Layer thickness | Nominal I.D. | True I.D. | I.D. error to layer thickness ratio | ||
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Mean | Peak-peak variation | Mean | Peak-peak variation | |||||
(a) Creality LD-002R | Consumer SLA | Monocure 3D | 50 µm | 2.0 mm | 1.69 | 0.06 | 2.4 | 1.0 |
Rapid transparent | 3.0 mm | 2.60 | 0.13 | 8.0 | 2.6 | |||
photopolymer resin | 4.0 mm | 3.48 | 0.17 | 10.4 | 3.4 | |||
(b) Prusa i3 Mk3S | Consumer FDM | PLA | 50 µm | 2.0 mm | 1.87 | 0.04 | 3.0 | 0.8 |
3.0 mm | 2.86 | 0.05 | 2.85 | 1.04 | ||||
4.0 mm | 3.90 | 0.13 | 2.05 | 2.56 | ||||
(c) Prusa i3 Mk3S | Consumer FDM | PLA | 100 µm | 2.0 mm | 1.94 | 0.12 | 1.2 | 1.20 |
3.0 mm | 2.95 | 0.06 | 0.55 | 0.55 | ||||
4.0 mm | 3.99 | 0.16 | 0.15 | 1.55 | ||||
(d) Prusa i3 Mk3S | Consumer FDM | PLA | 200 µm | 2.0 mm | 1.92 | 0.15 | 0.8 | 0.80 |
3.0 mm | 2.84 | 0.03 | 0.81 | 0.16 | ||||
4.0 mm | 3.86 | 0.03 | 0.69 | 0.16 | ||||
(e) Stratasys uPrint | Professional FDM | ABS | 254 µm | 2.0 mm | 1.38 | 0.14 | 2.8 | 0.60 |
3.0 mm | 2.81 | 0.03 | 0.73 | 0.10 | ||||
4.0 mm | 3.84 | 0.09 | 0.63 | 0.35 | ||||
(f) Stratasys Connex500 | Professional PolyJet | Vero White Plus | 32 µm | 2.0 mm | 1.74 | 0.27 | 8.3 | 8.4 |
acrylate | 3.0 mm | 2.24 | 0.11 | 3.4 | 13.4 | |||
photopolymer | 4.0 mm | 3.63 | 0.37 | 11.6 | 11.6 | |||
(g) Markforged Mark 2 | Professional FDM | Nylon-cabon | 100 µm | 2.0 mm | 1.78 | 0.28 | 3.6 | 2.8 |
fibre | 3.0 mm | 2.91 | 0.10 | 0.87 | 0.95 | |||
composite | 4.0 mm | 3.86 | 0.05 | 1.36 | 0.45 | |||
(h) Formlabs Form 2 | Pro-sumer SLA | Surgical | 50 µm | 2.0 mm | 1.73 | 0.06 | 12 | 2.4 |
guide | 3.0 mm | 2.93 | 0.03 | 1.32 | 0.6 | |||
resin | 4.0 mm | 3.91 | 0.05 | 1.77 | 0.94 |