Makerbot Classroom Lab

The Best Price to Performance Ratio in the Extra-Large, Professional 3D Printer Category.

Massive Build Volume for Expert-Level Projects

With a massive build volume and the best price to performance ratio in the extra-large, professional 3D printer category, the MakerBot Replicator Z18 3D Printer solution is ideal for hands-on and technically adept users. The MakerBot Replicator Z18 seamlessly integrates with the growing MakerBot 3D Ecosystem of hardware, software, materials, and accessories. It’s powered by the user friendly, app- and cloud-enabled MakerBot OS, enabling you to remotely monitor your important 3D printing projects.

• Massive build volume
• The best price-to-performance ratio in the professional 3D printer category
• Seamlessly integrated with the growing MakerBot 3D Ecosystem of hardware, software, materials, accessories, and solutions.
• Powered by the user-friendly, app- and cloud-enabled MakerBot OS that’s regularly enhanced with software updates.
• USB, Ethernet, or Wi-Fi connectivity creates a seamless production workflow.
• MakerBot Replicator Smart Extruder is easy to swap or replace and is designed to help youminimize downtime and quickly adapt to improvements in materials without replacing entire printer.
• Save with high-quality, low-cost consumables with consistently round diameters to help ensure consistent flow through the extruder nozzle and smooth, even layers.
• 100-micron to 200-micron layer resolution
• Create professional-quality, high-resolution prototypes and complex models.
• Refine designs at a faster pace with Real-Time Prototyping™ technology

Advantages to using 3D Printing for Teachers

• Satisfy Curriculum: 3D printing and design offer a rich way to enhance and reinforce science, technology, engineering, art, math, and design skills already being taught in the classroom.
• Engage Students: 3D Printers engage students in the process of design and making all while enhancing their ability to solve problems through creative and collaborative solutions.
• Prepare Students for STEAM degrees and careers: Today’s professionals use 3D printing to advance product development cycles. It also provides students with tangible, hands-on experience in STEAM subjects and engineering fundamentals.
• Involve the Community: 3D printing is an excellent way to reach out to the community (i.e. student project showcases, fundraisers, student-run classes)

What is the return on investment?

K-5

• Inspire curiosity in STEAM
• Create tactile learning models for complex concepts
• Establish spatial reasoning
• Early engineering concepts and process

6-8

• Develop design thinking skills
• Learn through iteration
• Hands-on engineering principles
• Deepen history lessons through re-creating artifacts

9-12

• Learn professional 3D design skills
• Simulate real-world engineering problems
• Develop college-readiness through advanced design thinking