Since its founding in 1987, Austrian company APS GmbH has built a solid bedrock of knowledge in the areas of robotics, automation and composite materials.

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In recent years, the company has channeled this expertise towards the development of a versatile composite 3D printing platform, the Wizard 480+, which (after several years of development) was launched in early 2020. The system is unique within the landscape of composite 3D printers, offering a hybrid model for fused filament fabrication (FFF) and continuous filament fabrication (CFF) that is compatible with many (and we mean many) types of material.

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This versatility is owed to the Wizard 480+’s dynamic tool change system, which enables up to four different print heads to function at once. These print heads are also designed for easy changing: they can reportedly be swapped out in under three seconds using the printer’s automated system. The patent-pending print head configuration gives users the ability to print parts with up to four materials, including conventional FFF plastics (like ABS and PLA), high performance plastics (like PEEK and PEKK), continuous fiber materials (like carbon […]

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