Frequently Asked Questions
Before you trust us with your proprietary CAD data, you need straight answers. We stripped away the marketing fluff to address your most critical technical questions with radical honesty. No overpromising. Just physics, material science, and hard facts.
Can FDM PLA hold tight enough tolerances for press-fit bearings (H7/p6)?
No. Thermal extrusion physics simply cannot reliably hit the micron-level tolerances required for precision bearing fits. Anyone in this industry who promises you an FDM press-fit straight off the printer is lying.
Our Engineering Solution: Design your bearing bores undersized by 0.5mm. We will print the surrounding walls with 100% solid infill, allowing your machinists to use a standard chucking reamer post-print to achieve a true, CNC-grade press fit.
Is your PLA biodegradable and eco-friendly?
Technically, yes, but only inside industrial composting facilities at 60°C. It will never degrade on your office desk or inside a server rack. The true engineering advantage of PLA over ABS is strict EHS (Environmental Health & Safety) compliance. PLA is completely odorless and virtually free of toxic VOCs. This makes it the only structural polymer safe for unventilated cleanrooms, testing labs, and corporate offices.
How do you guarantee dimensional consistency for large batch orders (500+ parts)?
Through print farm architecture and centralized G-code deployment.
We never just put an operator in a room with a USB drive. For volume production, we utilize automated print management software to deploy your verified G-code simultaneously across dozens of identical, strictly calibrated machines (like our Bambu Lab X1E arrays). This ensures Part #1 has the exact same thermal history, layer adhesion, and dimensional accuracy as Part #500. You receive your entire batch in days, not weeks.
Should I specify 100% solid infill for maximum structural strength?
Absolutely not. It is a waste of your budget and actually increases the risk of part failure due to internal thermal stress. The mechanical rigidity of an FDM part is governed by the moment of inertia. This means structural strength comes entirely from the outer walls (perimeters), not the solid core.
Our Engineering Advice: Instead of 100% infill, specify 4 to 6 solid perimeters (shells) paired with a 30% to 40% Gyroid or Cubic internal lattice. This yields superior bending strength, eliminates warping, and cuts your part cost by up to 40%.
How do you prevent large, flat PLA parts from warping off the build plate?
By controlling the thermal gradient. Even though PLA has a low shrink rate (~0.2%), a 400mm long part will inherently experience thermal contraction forces capable of ripping it off a standard glass bed. We print massive geometries inside enclosed, climate-controlled chambers using PEI spring-steel build plates and proprietary adhesion compounds. If your design features sharp 90-degree corners on a large footprint, our DFM engineers will flag it and recommend adding 3mm sacrificial adhesion brims to the corners to guarantee a perfectly flat bottom surface.
My CAD files contain unreleased, proprietary IP. How is my data secured?
We operate under a strict default non-disclosure policy. Your proprietary files never sit on a public cloud server. We process all STEP and STL uploads on heavily encrypted, localized slicing workstations. Once your physical parts ship and pass verification, your CAD files and G-code are permanently purged from our active print nodes.
Require formal paperwork? We will gladly execute your company’s custom Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) before you transmit a single byte of data. Route your documents directly to our legal desk.
Do you have a Minimum Order Quantity (MOQ)?
Zero MOQ. Infinite Scalability. You can order a single, $30 functional prototype today to test a mechanical snap-fit. If it works, you can order 2,000 units tomorrow for a bridge-production run, and we will distribute the G-code across our print farm to deliver them in days.
Note: To maintain our industrial-grade service and QA processes, our minimum project billing value is simply $50.
