founder maxim lobovsky david cranor and natan linder headquarters somerville massachusetts united states website formlabs.com formlabs is a somerville massachusetts based company that was founded in september 2011 . formlabs designs and manufactures desktop 3d printers and is well known for raising nearly 3 million in a kickstarter campaign and creating the form 1 and form 2 3d printers . 1 contents 1 history 2 products 2.1 form 1 2.2 form 1 2.3 form 2 2.4 preform 2.5 materials 3 documentary 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit formlabs was founded by maxim lobovsky natan linder and david cranor who met as students at the mit media lab while taking the how to make almost anything class . the founders also drew on their experience with mit s center for bits and atoms fab lab program as well as lobovsky s experience with the fab home project at cornell university . formlabs was officially founded in september of 2011 to develop an easy to use and affordable desktop stereolithography 3d printer . formlabs received early seed funding from investors including mitch kapor joi ito and eric schmidt s innovation endeavors . in november 2012 formlabs was sued by the industrial 3d printing giant 3d systems that claimed rights to the stereolithography technology that the form 1 uses . 2 in october 2013 formlabs closed an additional 19 million series a round of financing led by dfj growth joined by pitango venture capital innovation endeavors and returning angel investors . 3 in august 2016 formlabs raised 35 million in series b funding led by foundry group . 4 products edit form 1 edit in october 2012 formlabs publicly announced its first product the form 1 3d printer in a kickstarter campaign that raised a record breaking 2.95 million in funding 5 making the form 1 one of the most highly funded crowdfunding projects of all time . form 1 3d printers began shipping to backers in may of 2013 . 6 the form 1 uses a 3d printing process known as stereolithography wherein liquid resin is cured or transformed into a solid material by the application of laser light . although previously available in larger more expensive machines the form 1 offers stereolithography in a smaller more affordable desktop class device . form 1 edit on june 10 2014 formlabs released the form 1 3d printer which replaced the form 1 in their product line . improvements include speed print quality and reliability . 7 form 2 edit on 22 september 2015 formlabs announced the form 2 printer including a larger build volume and a wiper . 8 preform edit formlabs provides a free software package called preform designed to prepare 3d models for printing on the form 1 form 1 and form 2 . some of the features of preform include automatic model orientation and support structure generation . 9 materials edit formlabs currently sells several resins that are compatible with the form 1 and form 1 . their general purpose hard plastic resin is available in four colors clear white grey black . in addition the company sells a resin specialized for casting a flexible resin a tough resin and a resin for intraoral surgical guides . 10 documentary edit formlabs is featured in print the legend 1 a documentary that tells the stories of several leading companies in the desktop 3d printer industry . the film premiered at sxsw in march 2014 and was released internationally on netflix 11 on september 26 2014 . see also edit 3d printing list of 3d printer manufacturers stereolithography references edit a b formlabs a leader in desktop 3d printing . tech gen mag . 8 november 2014 . retrieved 4 february 2016 . http www.wired.com 2012 11 3d systems formlabs lawsuit formlabs maker of desktop 3d printers collects 19 million in fresh funding . boston.com . 24 october 2013 . retrieved 18 may 2014 . formlabs raises 35 million series b announces autodesk partnership . techcrunch . august 4 2016 . retrieved august 4 2016 . form 1 an affordable professional 3d printer . kickstarter . retrieved 18 may 2014 . formlabs ships first form 1 3d printer kickstarter backers should see theirs next week . engadget . 17 may 2013 . retrieved 18 may 2014 . formlabs reveals the form 1 a faster and more reliable sla 3d printer . gigaom . 10 june 2014 . retrieved 15 july 2014 . http formlabs.com products 3d printers form 2 http formlabs.com products preform materials formlabs . formlabs . retrieved 15 july 2014 . netflix acquires 3d printing documentary print the legend . variety . retrieved 20 july 2014 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title formlabs & oldid 743250313 categories companies based in massachusettscompanies established in 2011computing output devicesmanufacturing companies of the united statesrobotics companies3d printer companies2011 establishments in massachusetts navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view 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