The Australian Education Reporter
3D printers for schools
GILKING School Supplies has been the number one provider of design and technology supplies to Australian schools since 1996.
The company has delivered 3D printers and specialty filaments to schools for over five years, with more than 8000 items available for shipping Australia-wide.
Gilking supplies the Flashforge range of 3D printers, including the new Inventor 3D printer line, a desktop printer specifically geared towards educational use.
The company also exclusively supplies the 3D Industries (3DI) 3D printers which are designed and manufactured in Australia.
The 3DI printers have large bed sizes and come with the option for a bespoke printer to be designed and built to custom requirements.
Several locally developed features include a strong box frame using 25mm RHS steel, heavy duty gantries, an adjustable extruder, a hot end designed by 3D Industries, a high efficiency bed heater, printer control at the printer front panel, and an effective frame mounted anchor point/filament cleaner using sponge refills.
The printers have a two-year warranty and unique anti-clogging features to avoid blocked nozzles, with a free replacement hot end if the nozzle ever blocks.
Printing flexible and very soft filaments can be challenging and often impossible for many printers but Australian 3D Industries 3D printers produce top quality results and are available only at Gilking School Supplies.
3D printing consumables
Gilking School Supplies also carries a full range of 3D printer consumables for every type of 3D printer with a full range of colours for both standard PLA and ABS filaments.
A comprehensive range of speciality 3D filaments includes metal such as stainless, bronze, copper, aluminium, magnetic iron filaments, carbon fibre, conductive or brick type filaments, as well as flexible rubber-like filaments in a range of colours, and light changing glow-in-the-dark filaments which are popular novelty items.
For more information visit: www.gilking.com.au.