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About Us
Fab Lab South West is the South West­’s largest Fab Lab. We pro­vide busi­ness­es, stu­dents and the pub­lic access to the very lat­est in dig­i­tal fab­ri­ca­tion tech­nol­o­gy — giv­ing you the pow­er to turn ideas and con­cepts into real­i­ty. The Fab Lab has recent­ly relo­cat­ed, please vis­it us at our Charles Street entrance.
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Services

Business Business

Busi­ness

Fab Lab South West has reopened in a new loca­tion on the Arts Uni­ver­si­ty Ply­mouth cam­pus. Please con­tact us to dis­cov­er how we can sup­port you in devel­op­ing inno­v­a­tive solu­tions in the areas of advanced man­u­fac­tur­ing and mate­r­i­al research.
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Community Community

Com­mu­ni­ty

Fab Lab South West has reopened in a new loca­tion on the Arts Uni­ver­si­ty Ply­mouth cam­pus mem­bers. If you are an exsit­ing mem­ber and are look­ing to book in, or wish to learn more about our mem­ber­ship offer please con­tact the Fab Lab.
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Education Education

Edu­ca­tion

Fab Lab South West has reopened in a new loca­tion on the Art Uni­ver­si­ty Ply­mouth cam­pus. Stu­dents will be able vis­it and book a con­sul­ta­tion at the begin­ning of the next term.
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News

Aspiring 15-year-old digital designer from Ukraine excels at Arts University Plymouth Aspiring 15-year-old digital designer from Ukraine excels at Arts University Plymouth

Aspir­ing 15-year-old dig­i­tal design­er from Ukraine excels at Arts Uni­ver­si­ty Plymouth

15 year-old stu­dent Mykhai­lo has suc­cess­ful­ly achieved an accred­i­ta­tion in the com­put­er aid­ed design (CAD) soft­ware, Autodesk Fusion 360, with the sup­port of Arts Uni­ver­si­ty Plymouth’s Smart Cit­i­zens Pro­gramme and Fab Lab Plymouth.
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iMayflower: How immersive technology is telling the crucial story of the life force under Plymouth’s waves iMayflower: How immersive technology is telling the crucial story of the life force under Plymouth’s waves

iMayflower: How immer­sive tech­nol­o­gy is telling the cru­cial sto­ry of the life force under Plymouth’s waves

Cre­ative col­lec­tive, Future Mead­ows, uses dig­i­tal fab­ri­ca­tion to share the impor­tance of seagrass
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iMayflower: The laboratory nurturing the creative minds that can help us all lead more sustainable lives iMayflower: The laboratory nurturing the creative minds that can help us all lead more sustainable lives

iMayflower: The lab­o­ra­to­ry nur­tur­ing the cre­ative minds that can help us all lead more sus­tain­able lives

Dis­cov­er how iMayflow­er’s Smart Cit­i­zens Pro­gramme, based at Fab Lab South West, is sup­port­ing sus­tain­able ini­tia­tives across Plymouth
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Projects

The Environmental Futures and Big Data Impact Lab
The Envi­ron­men­tal Futures and Big Data Impact Lab
The Envi­ron­men­tal Futures and Big Data Impact Lab is a part­ner­ship of sev­en Devon-based organ­i­sa­tions, work­ing togeth­er to help busi­ness­es analyse data to cre­ate new prod­ucts and ser­vices, focus­ing on safe­guard­ing the environment.

Get inspired by the past projects that have occurred at Fab Lab South West, and dis­cov­er the cur­rent projects.

Through hackathons, artist res­i­den­cies, bound­ary blur­ring stu­dent col­labs and more, our lab helps the fresh­est ideas become a reality.
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Resources

Meet the team, watch videos, and book a consultation! Meet the team, watch videos, and book a consultation!

Meet the team, watch videos, and book a consultation!

Lisa Sinterit Pro - SLS Printer Lisa Sinterit Pro - SLS Printer

Lisa Sin­ter­it Pro — SLS Printer

Formlabs Form 2 & Form 3 SLA 3D Printers Formlabs Form 2 & Form 3 SLA 3D Printers

Form­labs Form 2 & Form 3 SLA 3D Printers

FDM 3D Printers: Ultimaker fleet FDM 3D Printers: Ultimaker fleet

FDM 3D Print­ers: Ulti­mak­er fleet

Leica BLK360 Environment Laser Scanner Leica BLK360 Environment Laser Scanner

Leica BLK360 Envi­ron­ment Laser Scanner

3D Scanner: Einscan Pro 3D Scanner: Einscan Pro

3D Scan­ner: Ein­scan Pro

Our Fab Lab includes high-tech 2D and 3D dig­i­tal man­u­fac­tur­ing equip­ment that can be found in the best labs across the world.
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