Submitting Jobs To The EOS Formiga
mHUB uses a submission site for estimating and ordering 3D prints from our industrial machines. Find "3D Printing Services" on the left-hand side bar under "Prototyping Shop," or click here.
You will need to make an account which is distinct from your mHUB member portal credentials. Use this site for Formiga (SLS) and Stratasys (FDM) job submission, and paying for Formlabs (SLA) prints.
For SLS orders, specifically, our production schedule for orders totaling between $500 and $700 is weekly. Pay for an order by 6am Thursday morning, and the prints will typically be available for pick up the following Monday at noon. In rare cases, the prints will be delayed because of machine failure or high demand. Please plan accordingly, and if you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact Shop Staff by emailing shop@mhubchicago.com.
Production Jobs
The SLS printer is a true additive manufacturing resource; it can be used to fulfill a short run of parts instead of injection molding or milling. There is no up-front tooling or set up cost. Designs can be revised during the production run with little disruption or added cost.
mHUB accommodates production use of the SLS without disruption to the scheduled weekly job. You should contact Shop Staff and provide files through our submission portal well in advance of your part deadline so we can schedule your production run. Once alerted to your request, we will respond with a schedule to deliver your parts.
If your total print cost is over $1000, or if you require a part quantity over 100, it is likely we will run your parts outside of the weekly member build. There is no price discount for production jobs. We may require that you provide post processing labor for large production jobs.
On-Demand Jobs
We accommodate rush SLS jobs in the following way: if your rush job includes enough parts to reach $700 in charges, we will run your parts right away, and you can expect your job to be ready for pick up as soon as we unpack and post-process the build.
A user can also "buy the build" where they agree to pay a minimum of $700 in order to have a small volume of parts run right away.
We need to be contacted by email before committing to any on demand job. We will not disrupt the regular weekly schedule. Some part orders simply take too long to print and cool down to be printed on demand. We will communicate with you about our capabilities and schedule. If you have any questions, please reach out via shop@mhubchicago.com, or on Slack.
