In the age of Google, university libraries are working to redefine their mission in order to stay relevant. On college campuses today, not only are libraries places for storing books and to study, but they are now providing team meeting spaces as well as Makerspaces. 3DPrint.com had a great article this past week that provided an in-depth exploration into 3D Printers university library makerspaces.

“Companies like Fusion3 didn’t develop their 3D printers for a home or a garage maker who would use it on weekends; they were created for extremely high-demand and high-volume manufacturing and are capable of being run virtually non-stop, day and night. Based on the speed, build volume and print quality, one Fusion3 F306 could easily do the job of three or four standard desktop printers.”

Many Fusion3 customers were featured and some great coverage of the value of our printers as well.

To read this, just visit 3DPrint.com or click on the image to view the article in PDF form.

The use of 3D printers in education has been one of Fusion3’s biggest growth areas. What started with sales to university researchers has blossomed into a wife variety of use cases.

At the university level, we’re seeing college / university libraries embracing 3D printing with the creation of student makerspaces.

Community Colleges and Tech Schools see 3D CAD/CAM design and 3D printing as new skills for students

3D printing is now becoming valuable at the Elementary, Middle and High School Level and having a printer that’s durable and able to operate for thousands of hours is key for school applications.

Catawba County (North Carolina) Library recently purchased our F306 printer with a custom plexiglass enclosure as part of their TechConnect space, an open makerspace for all the students and members of their community.

Take a read from the Charlotte Observer about the great services they’re providing to their county with the help of the F306 3D printer.

Make Magazine, a print and online publication focused on the ‘maker movement’ for consumers and hobbyists, recently published a great review of our F306 printer.

For those that don’t know, the F306 is a commercial-grade 3D printer and suited for commercial and education customers, so we knew going into the reviews that our product wasn’t quite the right fit for the maker movement. That said, we love it when the 3D print media get the opportunity to use our printer.

Make Magazine uses a thorough, quantitative assessment of each printer they test and the F306 had the 3rd highest score of all printers mentioned, and only 2 points off the winner. The F306 might have gotten a few more points and been in the winner’s position as a few of their tests actually penalize printers with the faster speed of the F306.

Despite this, we were very pleased with the review and received a number of glowing compliments from Tom Burtonwood, the reviewer;

“The F306 is a thing of beauty and will delight 3D printer enthusiasts. It’s an entrancing machine, with the open frame design, brightly lit build area, mirrored platform, and nylon thread movements. The printing seemed effortless and graceful, and it scored highly over the weekend testing.”

“The overall excellent construction of this machine is evident in its exquisite attention to detail.”

“A good choice for anyone looking to make big prints quickly without compromising quality or reliability.”

Chris spent Monday morning with Tracey of the WFMY News team!

They discussed how 3D printing works, what it can be used for, and how Chris got his start with it.

Fusion3 Founder & CEO Chris Padgett recently spoke with Triad Business Journal reporter Matt Evans on how Fusion3 is doing. Matt’s excellent article can be found here

Thank you Matt for taking the time to cover us!