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primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . january 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message ultimaker industry 3d printing founded 2011 founder martijn elserman erik de bruijn and siert wijnia headquarters geldermalsen netherlands products ultimaker original ultimaker original ultimaker 2 ultimaker 2 ultimaker 2 go ultimaker 2 extended ultimaker 2 extended website www.ultimaker.com ultimaker is a 3d printer manufacturer . their product line includes the ultimaker 2 family and the ultimaker original . the company started out as an open source printer company . contents 1 history 2 products 2.1 ultimaker original 2.2 ultimaker 2 2.3 ultimaker 2 go 2.4 ultimaker 2 extended 3 specifications 4 see also 5 references history edit ultimaker bv is a dutch 3d printer company which was founded in 2011 by martijn elserman erik de bruijn and siert wijnia . 1 ultimaker started selling their products in may 2011 . the company s foundation was laid at protospace utrecht where siert wijnia organised two workshops to build the reprap darwin 3d printer . erik de bruin and martijn elserman assisted at those workshops . frustration from their inability to get the darwin design to work led to the inspiration to create their own design . instead of sticking to the reprap principle that their printer should be able to print its own parts they designed their printer to be built mostly of lasercut plywood parts that could be produced orders of magnitude faster than printed parts at the time . their first prototypes bore the name ultimaker protobox but newer prototypes were just titled ultimaker . two beta workshops were organised at protospace utrecht starting in september and december 2010 each consisting of 10 monday evenings . in march 2011 ultimaker ltd. released their first complete product the ultimaker renamed in 2013 to ultimaker original under a creative commons by nc license . their first software ran under a modified version of replicator g. they changed this later to cura due to the fact that more and more users started using this software in favor of replicator g which was originally produced with makerbot in mind . 2 when the lead developer for cura started working for ultimaker cura became the lead software product for ultimaker . 3 products edit contrary to the reprap project founded by adrian bowyer ultimaker is not focused on an end goal of self replication . their product is designed to make high quality prints . ultimaker currently sells the ultimaker original family as a diy kit and the ultimaker 2 family pre assembled . ultimaker s 3d printers currently print using acrylonitrile butadiene styrene abs and polylactic acid pla . ultimaker s printers also can print with other thermoplastics such as nylon and acrylic pmma but this is not recommended . ultimaker original edit ultimaker 3d printer ultimaker original is a predecessor of ultimaker 2 and was released a few months after the company was founded . ultimaker original can be modified to the user preference . in 2012 the ultimaker original was awarded fastest and most accurate 3d printer available by make magazine . 4 ultimaker 2 edit ultimaker 2 printing an object . ultimaker 2 is the successor to the ultimaker original and was released in september 2013 . make magazine classified the ultimaker 2 as the best open architecture 3d printer of 2014 and named it runner up in the category prosumer fff . 5 6 ultimaker 2 go edit the ultimaker 2 go is a compact and portable design that comes with a travel case for easy transportation . released date april 2015 . 7 this printer along with the ultimaker 2 extended are the newest additions to the ultimaker family of printers . recently awarded 2nd place in the most portable category in make magazine s digital fabrication shootout 8 2015 . ultimaker 2 extended edit released date april 2015 . 7 awarded 1st place in the best large format category in make magazine s digital fabrication shootout 8 2015 . rated as a top 5 3d printer by 3dforged . com . 9 specifications edit variant ultimaker original ultimaker 2 ultimaker 2 go ultimaker 2 extended release date march 2011 september 2013 april 2015 april 2015 build volume 21 cm 21 cm 20.5 cm 23 cm 22.5 cm 20.5 cm 12 cm 12 cm 11.5 cm 22.3 cm 22.3 cm 30.5 cm layer resolution up to 20 microns print speed 30mm 300mm s travel speed 30mm 350mm s filament diameter 2.85 mm recommended nozzle diameter 0.4 mm operating nozzle temperature 180 c 260 c operating heated bed temperature 50 c 100 c 50 c 100 c frame dimensions 35.7 cm 34.2 cm 38.8 cm 35.7 cm 34.2 cm 38.8 cm 25.8 cm 25 cm 28.75 cm 49.3 cm 34.2 cm 68.8 cm printer technology fused filament fabrication fff software cura supplied see also edit makerbot list of 3d printer manufacturers polylactic acid acrylonitrile butadiene styrene references edit about us ultimaker http replicat.org developed software cura magazine make 2012 . make ultimate guide to 3d printing make special issue ed . . sebastopol calif o reilly media . isbn 978 144935737 5 . http makezine.com magazine guide to 3d printing 2014 3d printer overview how they compare ultimaker komt met nieuwe 3d printer . tweakers in dutch . retrieved 2015 10 12 . a b ultimaker is proud to reveal the ultimaker 2 go and ultimaker 2 extended at ces las vegas ultimaker . ultimaker.com . retrieved 2015 11 05 . a b the winners from make s digital fabrication shootout make . make diy projects how tos electronics crafts and ideas for makers . retrieved 2015 11 05 . the best 3d printers for 2016 3d forged . 3d forged . retrieved 2016 02 17 . wikimedia commons has media related to ultimaker . v t e 3d printing technologies vat photopolymerization continuous liquid interface production film transfer imaging solid ground curing stereolithography heliolithography material jetting liquid metal jet printing plastic jet printing multi jet modeling binder 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