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Formlabs announces Fuse X1, an $84,999 industrial SLS printer, with deliveries expected in Q4 2026
Formlabs announced Fuse X1, an $84,999 industrial laser-sintering printer with a 330 x 330 x 565 mm build volume shipping Q4 2026. Formlabs claims half the part cost and three times the throughput of competing industrial systems. Early users including Tesla, Radio Flyer and Autotiv have already printed over 30,000 parts in four months using pre-production units.
- $84,999 price, 30%+ packing density, 3x throughput of competing systems, 50% lower part cost.
- 330 x 330 x 565 mm build volume with one-hour installation and five-minute print changeovers.
- AI-powered Print Intelligence detects anomalies layer-by-layer using computer vision and thermal imaging.
- Early customers Tesla, Radio Flyer, and Autotiv produced 30,000+ parts in four months pre-launch.