Large-format FDM 3D printing from a UK additive manufacturer — big, rigid, engineering-grade parts without the tooling bill. Rapid FDM 3D printing across the full volume ladder — prototyping, batch production and low-volume series production — in carbon- and glass-filled nylon and high-temperature polymers, printed up to 500 × 500 × 900 mm in one piece. No tooling, no minimum order, with next-day and express lead times available. Industrial 3D printing UK-wide, from our own ISO 9001 facility.
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900mm
Max part height
10
Engineering materials
1–3d
Express lead time
100+
Production machines
Specifications, envelopes & lead times
FDM 3D printing specifications & lead times
Two build envelopes, one process, ten engineering-grade polymers — shown to the same scale so you can see exactly what fits.
Large-format envelope
500 × 500 × 900 mmAll standard grades — PA6-CF, PA12-CF, PA6-GF, PA6/12-CF COPA, PETG-CF, ASA, ABS. Big brackets, ducts, enclosures, jigs and fixtures in one piece.
High-temperature envelope
340 × 320 × 340 mmHeated chamber for PPA-CF, PET-CF and PC-FR — the grades that need real heat to print, and hold up to it in service.
Bigger than the bed?
Split, printed, bonded & inspectedWe split oversized models, print the sections, bond them and inspect the finished assembly — so part size doesn’t cap the design.
Materials
10 engineering-grade polymersCarbon- and glass-filled nylons, high-temperature and flame-retardant grades, plus technical styrenics.
Lead time
Next-day & express, 1–3 working daysRapid, next-day and express FDM turnaround on many parts; standard lead times otherwise. Confirmed at quote.
Finishing
Painting, threaded inserts, bondingPriming and A-class painting, threaded insert installation, bonding and inspection of oversized assemblies — all under one roof.
Volume
One-off prototyping to series productionNo minimum order — a single prototype, a batch, or repeat series production. Unit price falls as quantity rises; instant online pricing throughout.
Our FDM platform
The machines behind the two envelopes
Large-format work runs on our LANDR machines, which give the full 500 × 500 × 900 mm envelope — the largest bed we run, and the reason a full-size duct, enclosure or bracket can be printed in one piece rather than split and bonded.
Alongside it sits a dedicated heated chamber at 340 × 320 × 340 mm for PPA-CF, PET-CF and PC-FR. Those grades need a hot, stable chamber to print without warping — which is also why they hold their dimensions once the part is in service.
Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM), also called Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF), builds a part by melting an engineering thermoplastic filament and laying it down layer by layer. It’s the most direct route to big, load-path parts in real engineering polymers — carbon- and glass-filled nylons, high-temperature grades and flame-retardant polycarbonate — without paying for a mould.
Where FDM earns its place is size and material. Our large-format bed prints parts up to 900 mm tall in a single piece, and a dedicated heated chamber runs the high-temperature grades that would warp or creep on an open machine. Support structures are used where overhangs need them and removed in finishing.
How does FDM 3D printing work?
Slice. Your CAD is sliced into layers and toolpaths, with the grade, wall count and infill chosen for the load the part will see.
Heat & extrude. Filament is melted and deposited layer on layer; fibre-reinforced grades lay carbon or glass along the print path for stiffness.
Support where needed. Overhangs are supported during the build, then the supports are removed — unlike SLS, FDM needs them for steep geometry.
Large-format or heated. Standard grades run on the 900 mm large-format bed; PPA-CF, PET-CF and PC-FR run in the heated chamber.
Finish. Bead blasting, smoothing, priming or A-class paint as ordered.
Inspect. Dimensional inspection before the parts — or the bonded assembly — ship.
Technical data
FDM material properties
Ten engineering-grade polymers — zero hobby plastic. Typical values; properties vary with geometry, wall count and build orientation, so treat these as a guide rather than a guarantee.
Carbon-filled nylon
PA6-CF
The workhorse grade. 20% carbon-fibre-reinforced PA6 for high stiffness and strength-to-weight. Also known as carbon fibre nylon, PA6 carbon, CF nylon.
Heat deflection
215 °C
Tensile strength
109 MPa
Elongation at break
2.1%
Impact, notched
11 kJ/m²
Best for: load-path brackets, mounts, jigs and functional prototypes.
Tough carbon co-polyamide — impact resistance with low moisture pickup, trading a little stiffness for real toughness. Also known as COPA, carbon co-polyamide.
Heat deflection
175 °C
Tensile strength
92 MPa
Elongation at break
2.6%
Impact, notched
8.1 kJ/m²
Best for: tough parts needing impact resistance alongside stiffness and stability.
Printed, finished and inspected under one roof — so you don’t chase separate vendors for print, finish and QC.
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Painting & A-class finish
Filled, primed and spray-painted to an A-class cosmetic finish — colour-matched for show models, visible enclosures and customer-facing parts.
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Threaded insert installation
Brass heat-set and press-fit inserts installed in-house, so your FDM parts take repeated bolting and assembly without stripping the thread.
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Bonding & assembly
Oversized models split, printed, bonded and inspected as a finished assembly — so part size never caps the design.
Why FDM
Benefits of FDM 3D printing
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Full-size, one piece
Parts up to 900 mm printed in a single build — no redesigning a part just to fit a smaller bed.
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Real engineering polymers
Carbon- and glass-filled nylons, high-temperature grades and flame-retardant PC — not shelf-grade plastic.
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No tooling, no minimum
Rigid, load-path parts without the mould, the minimum order or the weeks of tooling lead time.
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Prototyping to series production
Rapid FDM 3D printing from a single fit-check prototype to batch production, low-volume series production and bridge parts that hold up in service — the same process the whole way up.
Applications
FDM applications: tooling, brackets, enclosures & large parts
Large ducting, intake components, brackets and interior parts in carbon-fibre nylon — full-size in one piece.
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Aerospace & defence
Load-path brackets, UAV airframe parts and heat-exposed fixtures in PPA-CF and PET-CF.
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Manufacturing & tooling
Jigs, fixtures, weld fixtures and end-of-arm tooling that hold tolerance in heat and humidity.
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Robotics & automation
Large end effectors, guards and frames consolidated into single printed parts.
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Electronics & enclosures
Protective casings in flame-retardant PC-FR and UV-stable ASA for indoor and outdoor use.
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Industrial equipment
Ducts, housings, guards and low-volume bridge parts ahead of tooling.
Case study · Longbow
We FDM 3D printed the entire exterior body of the Longbow Speedster demonstrator
Automotive 3D printing at RYSE 3D — the entire exterior body of the Longbow Speedster driving demonstrator, large-format FDM 3D printed and A-class painted in-house.
Longbow, the British “featherweight” electric sports-car maker, hand-builds sub-1,000 kg cars in the UK. For the Longbow Speedster driving demonstrator — the car it took to public reveal — RYSE 3D 3D printed the entire exterior body using large-format FDM, then finished the body panels in-house to an A-class painted standard: filled, primed and colour-matched to the deep metallic green you see here. It’s automotive 3D printing at full vehicle scale.
A full 3D printed car body, additively manufactured — no body tooling, no minimum, no waiting on moulds. Printed, painted and inspected under one roof, on the prototype demonstrator’s timeline. It’s the clearest proof of what large-format FDM 3D printing and in-house A-class finishing can do together: bodywork good enough for a show stand.
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Entire exterior body
Full car body panels 3D printed by large-format FDM in engineering-grade polymer.
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A-class paint
Filled, primed and colour-matched in-house to a show-stand cosmetic finish.
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No body tooling
Straight from CAD to painted bodywork — right for a one-off demonstrator.
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Under one roof
Print, paint and inspection in-house, delivered to the build timeline.
FDM is a genuine route to big, load-path parts without the tooling bill — no mould to pay for, no minimum order, no penalty for changing the design between batches. A full-size bracket, duct or enclosure can be in your hands in 1–3 working days rather than the weeks a mould or a machined billet takes.
Injection moulding still wins on unit cost at very high volumes on a frozen design, and machining still wins where you need metal tolerances. Everywhere else — large parts, fibre-reinforced engineering polymers, prototyping, tooling, jigs, fixtures and batch or low-volume series production — FDM is usually faster and cheaper all-in, printed full-size in one piece up to 900 mm.
Not sure FDM is the right call? Send us the CAD and we’ll confirm it fits — or point you straight to SLS, SLA or MJF. No sales call, no obligation.
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The usual way
Redesign the part just to fit a smaller bed. Wait weeks — and thousands — for tooling. Settle for brittle, prototype-grade plastic. Chase separate vendors for print, finish and inspection.
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With RYSE 3D
Print it full-size — up to 900 mm, in one piece. No tooling, no minimum order, no wait. Real carbon- & glass-filled engineering nylons. One team prints, finishes and inspects it.
Ordering
How to order FDM parts online
CAD to confirmed order, mostly online. Engineers step in exactly where a part needs them.
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Upload & review
Send a STEP or STL. We confirm it fits, flag anything for design review, and advise on splitting if it’s bigger than the bed.
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Material & spec
Pick the grade — or tell us the load, heat and environment and we’ll spec it free with your quote.
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Print & finish
Printed on the large-format or heated machine, then painted and fitted with threaded inserts as ordered.
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Inspect & ship
Dimensional inspection, then the part or bonded assembly ships across the UK.
Trade accounts
Trade accounts & dedicated account management
If you specify FDM parts regularly — repeat tooling, a growing BOM or a bridge-production run — a trade account gives you a named engineer who knows your parts, not a queue.
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A dedicated account manager
One named contact who knows your programme, your tolerances and your deadlines.
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Repeat orders, no re-quoting
Your part history sits on the account — reorder a proven batch without re-specifying.
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Volume pricing that scales
Unit price falls as quantity rises, reviewed with you as your volumes grow.
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Engineering support built in
DfAM review, material selection and first-article inspection from the engineers who run the machines.
Datasheets only tell you so much. Our free sample pack puts real printed parts and finishes in your hand — so you can judge surface, stiffness and detail before you commit a run.
Real printed partsMultiple finishes side by sideFree to UK addressesNo sales call
Our large-format bed prints parts up to 500 × 500 × 900 mm in a single piece across all standard grades. Bigger than that and we split the model, print the sections, bond them and inspect the finished assembly — so part size doesn’t cap the design.
Which FDM materials do you offer?
Ten engineering-grade polymers: carbon-filled nylons PA6-CF and PA12-CF, glass-filled PA6-GF, carbon co-polyamide PA6/12-CF COPA, high-temperature PPA-CF and PET-CF, flame-retardant PC-FR, and technical grades ABS, ASA and PETG-CF. Tell us the load, heat and environment and we’ll spec the grade free with your quote.
How much does FDM 3D printing cost in the UK?
FDM pricing depends on part size, material, wall count/infill, finish and lead time. Upload a STEP or STL to our instant quote tool for GBP pricing, with no tooling and no minimum order — one part to low-volume batches.
What is the difference between FDM and SLS 3D printing?
FDM extrudes engineering filament layer by layer and excels at big, load-path parts in carbon- and glass-filled nylons and high-temperature grades, using support structures for overhangs. SLS fuses nylon powder with no supports, for complex geometry and finer detail at smaller sizes. Send the CAD and we’ll tell you which fits better.
Can you FDM print high-temperature and flame-retardant parts?
Yes. A dedicated heated chamber runs PPA-CF and PET-CF (up to ~205 °C heat deflection) and flame-retardant PC-FR for parts where ignition, not heat, is the constraint.
Do you offer carbon fibre 3D printing?
Yes — carbon-fibre-reinforced PA6-CF, PA12-CF, PPA-CF, PET-CF and PETG-CF, plus glass-filled PA6-GF. These give high stiffness and strength-to-weight for load-path brackets, mounts and functional parts that would otherwise need machining or tooling.
What finishing is available for FDM parts?
Priming and A-class paint, threaded insert installation, plus splitting, bonding and inspection of oversized assemblies. Printed, finished and inspected under one roof.
Can you install threaded inserts and paint FDM parts?
Yes — both in-house. We install brass heat-set and press-fit threaded inserts so parts take repeated bolting without stripping, and we fill, prime and spray to a colour-matched A-class paint finish for visible and customer-facing parts. Specify inserts (type and size) and colour at quote and we’ll build them into the job.
Where can I find a 3D printing service near me in the UK?
RYSE 3D is a UK FDM 3D printing service based in Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire — central for the Midlands, Coventry, Birmingham, Oxford, London and the South East, and shipping FDM parts UK-wide on next-day carriage. If you’re searching for a “3D print service near me” or “3D printing service near me”, upload your CAD from anywhere in the UK and we’ll print, finish and ship to you — no need for a local bureau.
Do you offer next-day 3D printing?
Yes — next day 3D printing is available on many parts, with next-day and express FDM turnaround, alongside standard 1–3 working day turnaround. Lead time depends on part size, material and finishing, and is confirmed when you get your instant quote. For urgent work, call us on 024 7736 0144.
Can FDM make production parts, not just prototypes?
Yes. FDM production parts are a core use — low-volume and bridge production in carbon- and glass-filled nylon, high-temperature and flame-retardant grades that hold up in service. The same instant quote covers a single prototype through to repeat production batches, with unit price falling as quantity rises.
Do you offer rapid FDM 3D printing in the UK?
Yes. Rapid FDM 3D printing is what the instant quote is built for — upload a STEP or STL, get GBP pricing in seconds, and choose next-day or express turnaround. All printed, finished and inspected at our own UK facility, so there’s no brokering and no offshore wait.
Can FDM handle batch and series production, not just prototyping?
Yes. FDM covers the full volume ladder — prototyping, batch production and low-volume series production. With 100+ machines we run repeat batches and ongoing series production of engineering-grade parts, with unit price falling as quantity rises and part history held on your account for easy reorders. For very high volumes we’ll also advise where SLS or MJF is the better route. One instant quote covers a single prototype through to a production series.
Do you offer trade accounts for 3D printing?
Yes — regular buyers get a trade account with a dedicated account manager, part history held on the account so repeat batches don’t need re-quoting, and volume pricing that scales. Talk to us or call 024 7736 0144.
Where can I download FDM material datasheets?
Our FDM capabilities brochure carries the full property tables for all ten grades — heat deflection, tensile strength, elongation at break and notched impact — plus both build envelopes and finishing options. Free to download, no form.
Upload your part for instant FDM pricing, or send us the files and we’ll quote it back. Large-format, engineering-grade, printed and finished in the UK.
Printed, finished and inspected at our own ISO 9001 facility in Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire. Over 2 million parts produced since 2017. Call us on 024 7736 0144.
