MakerBot announces its return with the Makerbot Method

The manufacturer MakerBot has launched its new FDM 3D printer; the Method. A machine mixed between an industrial solution and desktop 3D printer. The American company, founded in 2009 and bought by the giant Stratasys in 2013, has not launched new products in recent years. This new printer announces the great return of one of the pioneers of FDM 3D printing. The MakerBot Method is a double extrusion Fused Deposition Modeling machine , available from $ 6,499.

We all know the MakerBot brand and its history; considered a leader in 3D printing at the beginning of its adventure then bought by Stratasys, the manufacturer has experienced some difficulties, including significant layoffs (20% of its workforce in 2015) and problems related to its “smart” system extrude, causing the failure of its fifth generation of MakerBot printers. Since then, the manufacturer has been trying to restore its image, particularly in the education sector. Now 10 years after its creation, they have launched a new professional machine called the MakerBot Method, perhaps signalling its return to the additive manufacturing market.

What are the features of the MakerBot Method?

More expensive than its big sisters, the Method have been designed to bridge the gap between Stratasys’ expensive industrial solutions and MakerBot’s small office machines. The new 3D printer is twice as expensive as a Replicator +. And this difference in price is explained by the new features offered by the Method. If we look more closely at its technical specifications, we see that it has a print volume of 190 x 190 x 196 mm, a printing speed of 500 mm / second and a layer resolution of 20 to 400 microns.