The Formlabs Fuse 1+ price starts at £24,298.80, including VAT, positioning it as an industrial-grade Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) printer at a fraction of the cost of traditional systems.
You invest in much more than hardware – this price delivers a complete SLS ecosystem featuring a 30-watt fibre laser that genuinely enables same-day production.
Formlabs Fuse 1+ Price
Unlike typical industrial SLS printers that cost upwards of £200,000, the Fuse 1+30W costs £24,298.80 including VAT, bringing professional powder-based printing capabilities to companies previously priced out of the market.
Your initial investment covers the core printer, which has a powerful 30-watt laser system and a build volume of 16.5 x 16.5 x 30 cm.
The printer arrives calibrated, tested, and ready for immediate production use. Formlabs includes their PreForm software for free, which lets you import STL, OBJ, or 3MF files, orient models, estimate print times, and automatically pack parts for optimised density.
The base package features a removable build chamber, enabling continuous production by letting you start new prints immediately after previous jobs finish.
The complete ecosystem fprice
The Fuse 1+30W Complete Package costs £49,515.60 including VAT and includes the printer plus essential post-processing equipment. It’s a complete system that adds these tools:
- The Fuse Sift extracts parts from unsintered powder in only five minutes. It also enables you to reuse up to 80% of powder in subsequent prints, dramatically lowering material costs.
- The Fuse Blast delivers consumer-grade finished parts in as little as ten minutes through pre-programmed routines, removing the labour-intensive finishing work typical with other 3D printing technologies.
Material costs and efficiency
Formlabs SLS Powders start at £75/kg (ex VAT), with their most advanced carbon-fibre reinforced powder costing £141/kg (ex VAT).
Cost efficiency emerges through three key aspects. First, SLS printing requires no support structures, letting you create complex geometries without wasting material.
Second, the Fuse 1+30W’s patent-pending Surface Armor technology ensures consistent mechanical properties and excellent surface quality.
Third, powder recyclability (up to 80%) combined with optimal packing density creates what Formlabs calls “zero waste printing” – a stark difference from other technologies requiring excessive support structures.
Speed and throughput advantages
A standard print job takes just seven hours, and 95% of fully packed builds are completed within 14 hours. It transforms prototyping capabilities and enables short production runs that previously required traditional manufacturing methods.
Industry-leading rapid cooldown times allow new prints to be started within 75 minutes of completing previous jobs. Coupled with the removable build chamber, this creates continuous production capabilities rarely seen in sub-£100,000 equipment.
The simultaneous ability to pack multiple parts tightly optimises each build for maximum productivity, reducing cost per part.
Long-term value proposition
The actual cost justification appears over time through reduced labour requirements. Compared to other technologies, SLS printing produces parts that need minimal post-processing.
Parts emerge with professional quality directly from the printer, requiring only simple cleaning rather than extensive manual finishing.
The system’s comprehensive monitoring capabilities through cloud-based tools further reduce potential waste from failed prints.
For companies producing functional prototypes, end-use parts, or manufacturing aids, the initial investment spreads across thousands of parts over the machine’s lifetime.
The combination of high throughput, material efficiency, and minimal labour needs creates per-part costs competitive with traditional manufacturing for small to medium production runs.
The Fuse 1+30W ultimately delivers industrial SLS capabilities at roughly 15% of the cost of traditional systems, making professional-grade powder-based printing accessible to engineering firms, manufacturers, and product developers.
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