3D Printing Basics

Mar 20, 2024 | Printing

Welcome to the world of 3D printing! This guide is designed to provide you with the fundamental knowledge and skills necessary to print the designs that are first designed (see the guide for the basics of 3D design). Whether you’re a hobbyist, student, or...

Concentrator/Evaporator in Biology

Mar 13, 2024 | @UR, Design, Printing, Research

Information Services is currently working with a Biology Dept faculty member to design a feature-rich yet inexpensive concentrator/evaporator to be used to facilitate the preparations of biological samples for characterization and other experiments. As shown in the...

Electrophoresis Comb and Holder

Mar 8, 2024 | @UR, Design, Printing, Research, SketchUp

Gel electrophoresis is a lab method used to separate mixtures of DNA, RNA, or proteins according to molecular size, and it is used in both teaching and scholarship here at UR. Dr. Omar Quintero needed help designing electrophoresis combs (and their associated holder)...

Multi-material 3D Printing

Feb 12, 2024 | @UR, In the News, Printing

One of the most advances in the 2020’s has been the incorporation of multiple materials.  In the 2010’s, there were few printers under $10k that could work with multiple materials reliably and economically.  In fact, the UR Information Services Ultimaker 3...

Bad Firmware?

Nov 15, 2023 | Printing

Just noticed the following problem within a day of updating the firmware to version 5.3.0.  The problem is that after every print job, the screen splits in half, and the only solution is cycling the power to the printer. Update January 5, 2024: this behavior...