The Form 4 Ecosystem
Complete Your 3D Printing Experience
Form 4 vs. Form 3/+
Blazing Speed Meets Industrial Production
Discover how you can improve your productivity, part quality, and workflow by upgrading to Form 4 from Form 3 or Form 3+.
Improvement
form 4 vs. form 3
2-5x faster print speeds for most prints in under two hours for faster iterations or more efficient production.
“The dramatic increase in print speed for Form 4 has significantly accelerated our fabrication cycle”
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Matt Mullin, Laser Engineer, Laser and Electro-Optics Branch
30% larger build volume and 22% longer parts for increasing productivity.
"I really appreciate the reliability paired with the speed. It's not one or the other, like many other tools. Now I can commit to internal deadlines and feel confident that I can deliver every time."
Robert Mackowiak, Rapid Prototyping Engineer, Hasbro
6 New Resins provide higher performance, richer color, and crisper features – all at a fraction of the price of the Form 3/+ equivalents.
"Form 4's speed and materials versatility enable us to create multiple prototypes and manufacturing aids every day.”
Bruno Alves, Additive Manufacturing Expert and Tooling Specialist, Ford
Surface finish that rivals injection molding for improved aesthetics and presentation-ready parts.
Sharpest details to produce parts with the finest and most intricate features.
"Form 4 is our go-to choice for projects needing tight tolerances and engineering-grade materials.”
Mark Honschke, Additive Prototyping Lead, Microsoft
Improved tank lifetime and management to minimize upkeep costs and waste.
Cartridge redesign for hassle-free, efficient, and fast automatic resin dispensing.
Access images and timelapses online to remotely monitor your prints.
Post-Processing Improvements
Additional Specs
Technology
Key Components of the Print Engine
Maximum Part Length
Typical Dimensional Tolerances
Average Print Speed
Maximum Print Speed
Printer Weight
Printer Dimensions
Form 4
Technology
1 h 38 m
1 h 28 m
2 h 49 m
20.0 × 12.5 × 21.0 cm
7.9 × 4.9 × 8.3 in
23+ industry-leading Formlabs materials, or third-party materials using Open Platform, with new materials in development.
Clear Resin V5
Form 4 Tank $99
75,000+ layers with any Formlabs material.
Approximately 190 prints using average height model (39 mm tall), any resin, and 100µm layer height.
- 5-10x faster tank filling
- 63% less waste
- 30% less shelf space
Integrated 5-megapixel camera
Ease of Use
Form Wash (2nd Generation)
- 3x more agitation
- Adjustable forks for Build Platforms, configurable at various heights and widths
form 4 vs. form 3
Low Force Display™ (LFD)
- Backlight Unit
- Light Processing Unit 4 (LPU 4)
- Release Texture
- Flexible Film Resin Tank
- Intelligent Control Systems
- High-Speed Automatic Resin Handling
27.3 cm
10.7 in
1-30 mm features: ±0.15% (lower limit: ±0.02 mm)
31-80 mm features: ±0.2% (lower limit: ±0.06 mm)
81-150 mm features: ±0.3% (lower limit: ±0.15 mm)
Average: 40 mm/hour across all materials
Range: 15-100 mm/hour depending on the material
100 mm/hour
3.9 in/hour
18.3 kg
40.4 lb
40.7 × 47.8 × 84.4 cm
16.0 × 18.8 × 33.2 in
Form 3/+
Technology
10 h 47 m
9 h 43 m
10 h 35 m
14.5 × 14.5 × 19.3 cm
5.7 × 5.7 × 7.6 in
27 industry-leading Formlabs materials, or third-party materials using Open Platform.
Clear Resin V5 (left) vs. Clear Resin V4 (right)
Fast Model Resin (left) vs. Draft Resin V2 (right)
85 µm laser spot size, 25 µm XY resolution
Form 3/+ Tank $149
250-800 hours of printing and/or 10-35 weeks exposed to resin, depending on the material.
Approximately 70 prints using Grey Resin V4 and average print time (11 hours) or approximately 20 prints using Tough 2000 Resin and average print time (11 hours).
Original resin cartridge
No camera
Ease of Use
form 4 vs. form 3
Low Force Stereolithography™ (LFS)
- Laser
- Light Processing Unit (LPU)
- Flexible Film Resin Tank
- Intelligent Control Systems
- Automatic Resin Handling
22.4 cm
8.8 in
Not measured
Average: 11 mm/hour across all materials
Range: 4-17 mm/hour depending on the material
31 mm/hour
1.2 in/hour
17.5 kg
38.5 lbs
40.5 × 53 × 78 cm
15.9 × 20.9 × 30.7 in
