Hi Tlomax, why are you only looking for the projet 4500? Won’t other printers also fit your needs? If you want a quick high quality print for a reasonable price you can check out my hub: www.3dhubs.com/siegen/hubs/Marius 2 I also offer special materials, like wood, bamboo and metal composites. Feel free to contact me for a price estimation. Kind regards, Marius Breuer
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Hi Marius
I checked your site, you have a cool approach I like it especially you can do larger models., I also like your open approach to possibilities of diverse masterials.
To answer your question why the projet pro 4500, on my site you will see I have been workinng with ZCorp printers for the diversity of their colour range, while also working with Voxeljet for larger sculptures.
Recenty I did a project with Stratasys who printed me a couple of sculptures but they soon discovered their connnex 300 could not acheive the colour bending I was looking for throughout the 3D form.
The 3D systems claim their Projet pro 4500 can do this. but so far the bureau I am working with has taken 3 months and the machine keeps failing.(so much for the term RAPID prototyping)!!!.
I would be interested in hearing your comments on this reply.to you.
regards
Tom
Hi Tlomax, Our experience with sculptures are huge, as we are working with art sculptures and students by regular.
Our best practice to make sculptures is to print them with full color Plaster, attached with our special coating material that turn the Plaster 10 times stronger and miraculously makes the colors vivid and brings them alive.
Look at our recent print for a known Art sculpture in NY, our customers are very happy with our new and experienced approach that totally fits their needs as i guess you would be 
looking fwd working with you
3D R’ US Team
Hey Tom,
that’s really cool work!
im interested to find a 4500 in the London area. If you find one, please let us know.
cheers,
AndyL
Hi Andy
Thanks for the comment on the art work. I have be investigating print bureaux using high end colour printers for a year or so now. I am interested in the blending aspect of the 3D systems process. I did think that the Stratasys Connex 3000 would do and they kindly did a test for me, but they then realised the blending would not work , They told me the that the hardware can do it but their software is not up to it and they are developing it have the capability now. The reason for my posting requesting a machine outside the UK is difficult to find out what machines are being used at which bureaux. I have had more response in one hour on this hub than all the hours of emails, websearches and phone calls I have made.
The nearest to London I have found is a company CDG post code GU34 2YT but their Projet 4500 is acting up and so it has been 3 months since I sent files and time is running out for me as I have self impossed deadlines.
I will let you know how things turn out. If you require any other info on this subject please post.
Maybe Matirialise can help you ?
Cheers Kevin.
Hi, sorry to hear that your experience with a bureau is not the best so far.
May I ask you a question, why are you looking for a projet 4500 instead of a 660 or 860?
I wasn’t able to see your work. The link was broken.
Regards,
Sebastian.-
Hey Marius, we really appreciate your feedback and for always helping the community out! Howevercan you please stick to sharing only your Hub profile as a way of contact, from now on? Sharing files is also possible through our platform’s messaging system. Let me know if you had any problems with that and we’ll look into it for you. Cheers
Hi Sebastian
My website address was incorrect it shoulld have read tomlomax not tlomax
The material used on the 660 pro and 860 pro is Visijet PXL which is a plaster based material.
this has replaced ZP151 I believe. I have used this in the passed and had good reslults from it however if the print technician is a little heavy handed you can lose detail and if too tenative, can leave residues in small gaps that is imposible to remove once the cyranoacrlate infiltration is appiled.
I am hoping the plastic material used on the projet 4500 will elimate this.
if you require more information lease ask?
Hi,
ABC Imaging has a projet660 if this helps
Lee