Built by designers, for designers
As a 20-year-old product design and development firm, we know how much you can learn by getting your designs off the computer and onto the table. We think 3D printing isn't just a visual tool. It's an essential part of the design process – a way to cheaply, quickly, and confidently test your ideas, so you can build products that work in the real world. We designed Spark with a simple goal: to build a tool to aid your design process.
SPARK+
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Experience
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Community
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Technology
Experience
Designed with you in mind
We use 3D printers every day to build functional prototypes for clients in industries from consumer electronics to sporting goods. We understand the power of a tangible functioning prototype of a design. The power if a 3D printer is not just to print downloadable trinket but to also CAD up and test a design.
Experience
Guided setup
Spark ships fully assembled. After you plug it in and download Cura, the multi-touch interface will help you start printing over WiFi or USB in minutes.
Removable build platform
Spark's durable ABS print bed magnetically snaps into place and helps your parts adhere during the critical first layer of printing. Flex the platform to pop them off when they're done.
Experience
Built in storage
Keep your workspace organized with space for 3D printing tools and accessories.
Tech
Powered by robust technology
Spark is designed to build more than trinkets. It's for designers and engineers who want to flush out ideas and move you design process to the next stage.
Tech
Variable print quality
Cura lets you select a build quality thats right for moment. Faster builds get the part in you hand after to test where fine builds might be what you want for presentation. You have choices.
Tech
Bed leveling system
Its all about the first layer. Bed leveling is critical and we designed a probe that deploy and stow and reads the bead accurately. The amount of points it reads is customizable.
Tech
Eco-friendly filament
We chose to make PLA our filament of choice. We believe the earth doesn't need more harmful material in landfill and we made a conscience effort to select a more sustainable material.
Tech
Recyclable materials
Cradle to cradle is a design mantra and we chose to make almost every part in Spark recyclable. Each part is marked with its recycling number so at the end of Sparks life it can be recycled.
Spark is designed to be updated even after its parts leave the factory floor. The printer's software and firmware can be refined and customized by anyone, anywhere.
Community
Industry leading software
Jump from digital to tangible in a few clicks with Cura, the world's most popular 3D printing software, designed for interns and experts alike.
Community
Customizable firmware
Write and download our Marlin code to tweak Spark's settings to fit your needs, from temperature to bed leveling and nozzle offset. We want to see what you can do.
How it works
Step 01
Plan
Export your part from 3D modeling software (SolidWorks, OnShape, Fusion360) to Cura as an STL file. Chose you quality and start printing
Step 01
Design
Design is the first step in making something you can print. Start modeling your sketch in CAD and once ready export to STL for Cura.
Step 02
Process
Use Cura's default or robust custom settings to prepare your part for printing. (3 lines)
Step 03
Build
We added WiFi to spark so allow you to set up stark on the networkSend your Cura file to Spark over WiFi or via USB and
Step 04
Validate
Get your prints into the real world to see if they work as designed.
Tech specs
