Keerthika Technologies,
2-39/1/B, Beside DENA
Bank, Gowthami Nagar,
Chandanagar, Hyderabad,
India - 500050
Tell us what you're making and we'll point you to the right process — FFF, IDEX, Pellet, SLA, SLS, Metal, Food or Bio — then to the right Garuda3D printer or printing service, the right material, and a quote.
Every Garuda3D project follows the same path. This guide covers steps 02 and 03; the Material Selection Guide covers step 04.
What are you making, how big, how many, and does it need to be printed for you or on your own printer?
Start the selector → 02FFF, IDEX, Pellet, SLA, SLS, Metal, Food or Bio — the process that suits your part.
Compare technologies → 03Buy the right Garuda3D printer, or let us print it for you on our in-house service.
See the line-up → 04Pick the exact grade in our Material Selection Guide and datasheets.
Material Selection Guide → 05Send your file and requirement — our engineers confirm every choice before quoting.
Get a Quote →Answer what you can — the recommendation, printer or service, material and next step build up as you go. Your top priority counts double.
Six rules of thumb that settle most technology choices in one step.
Buy the printer to print in-house, or use our printing service. SLA, SLS and Metal are available as services only.
| Technology | Printers |
|---|---|
| FFF | |
| IDEX | |
| Pellet / FGF | GF500Industrial pellet · 500 × 500 × 500 mmGF1000Large-format pellet · Coming soonPellet + Filament IDEXHybrid · pellet head + filament head |
| Food | |
| Bio | |
| SLA · SLS · Metal |
Headline capabilities of each Garuda3D printing service. Select a technology for its full profile.
| Capability | FFF / FDM | Pellet / FGF | SLA | SLS | Metal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max build size | 500 mm | 500 × 500 × 500 mm | See service page | 340 mm | See service page |
| Resolution / layer | 0.1 mm | 0.4–2 mm | 25 µm | 100 µm | 20–80 µm |
| Accuracy | On request | ±0.5 mm or ±0.1% | ±0.1 mm | ±0.3 mm | ±0.1 mm as-built |
| Support structures | Required | Breakaway | Required | Not required | Required |
| Surface finish | Visible layers | Coarse layers | Smoothest | Fine matte | Rough — machinable |
| Relative part cost | ₹ | ₹ (lowest per kg) | ₹₹ | ₹₹ | ₹₹₹₹ |
| Lead time | 2–5 days | 2–5 days | 3–7 days | 5–10 days | 7–14 days |
| Materials | 8 filaments | 9 pellet grades | 6 resins | 2 nylons | 8 alloys |
What each technology does best, where it falls short, which materials it runs, and whether it's a printer, a service, or both.
View All Services →Melts thermoplastic filament through a fine nozzle, layer by layer. The most versatile and cost-effective route for functional prototypes, jigs and fixtures, with the widest range of engineering plastics and composites.
| Max Build | 500 mm |
| Resolution | 0.1 mm |
| Supports | Required for overhangs |
| Lead Time (service) | 2–5 days |
Available as a Garuda3D printing service — view FFF service.
An FFF printer with two independent extruders on separate X-carriages. Print two materials or colours in one part, or pair a build material with a breakaway or soluble support for complex overhangs and internal cavities.
| Printers | DP300 · DP500 |
| Build Area | 300 × 300 mm / 500 × 500 mm |
| Extruders | 2 independent |
| Materials | Engineering filaments |
Available as a Garuda3D printing service — view IDEX service.
Feeds raw thermoplastic pellets through a heated auger screw instead of filament. Large nozzles and high flow make big parts fast and cheap — ideal for tooling, moulds, foundry patterns and large prototypes.
| Max Build | 500 × 500 × 500 mm |
| Layer Height | 0.4–2 mm |
| Accuracy | ±0.5 mm or ±0.1% |
| Lead Time (service) | 2–5 days |
Available as a Garuda3D printing service — view Pellet service.
A UV laser cures liquid photopolymer resin layer by layer. Produces the smoothest surfaces and finest detail in our range — the choice for visual prototypes, dental and jewellery work, and clear parts.
| Resolution | 25 µm |
| Accuracy | ±0.1 mm |
| Post-Process | IPA wash + UV cure |
| Lead Time (service) | 3–7 days |
Available as a Garuda3D printing service — view SLA service.
A laser sinters nylon powder, with the surrounding powder supporting the part — so no support structures are needed. Produces strong, isotropic parts comparable to injection moulding, and nests many parts per build for batch runs.
| Max Build | 340 mm |
| Accuracy | ±0.3 mm |
| Supports | Not required |
| Lead Time (service) | 5–10 days |
Available as a Garuda3D printing service — view SLS service.
A laser fully melts metal powder to produce dense parts (>99.5%) matching wrought properties. For aerospace, medical, tooling and high-temperature parts where only metal will do.
| Part Density | > 99.5% |
| Accuracy | ±0.1 mm as-built |
| Alloys | 8 engineering alloys |
| Lead Time (service) | 7–14 days |
Available as a Garuda3D printing service — view Metal service.
Dedicated extrusion printers for edible media and bioinks.
View All Printers →Food-safe extrusion for pastes, creams and chocolate — from café to factory scale. Garuda3D builds dual-head, multi-head and dedicated chocolate food printers.
| Printers | NEXUS Q2 · NEXUS Q4 · Cocoa-3D |
| Heads | Dual-head / Multi-head |
| Media | Pastes, creams, chocolate |
Bioink extrusion systems for pharma, research and tissue-engineering applications. Garuda3D builds three bio 3D printers — Bio ATOM, Bio MORPH and Bio PRO.
| Printers | Bio ATOM · Bio MORPH · Bio PRO |
| Media | Bioinks and hydrogels |
| Sectors | Pharma, research, tissue engineering |
The Technology Guide answers which process — and which printer or service — you should use. The Material Selection Guide then answers which exact material grade to print in. Use them in that order.
For small and medium parts, FFF has the lowest cost per part. For large parts, pellet (FGF) printing is cheapest because raw pellets cost 50–85% less than the equivalent filament.
Buy a printer if you print regularly, need parts in-house, or want to develop your own process. Use our printing service for occasional parts, or for SLA, SLS and metal, which we offer as services rather than printers.
When one print needs two materials — rigid and flexible, two colours, or a build material with a soluble or breakaway support. For single-material parts, a standard FFF printer is simpler.
Our FFF and pellet processes build parts up to 500 mm. Larger parts are printed in sections and bonded or mechanically assembled.
No. It's a starting point based on typical capabilities. Send us your CAD file or requirement and our engineers will confirm the technology, printer, material and finishing before quoting.
Send us your design file and requirement — our engineering team will recommend the right technology, printer or service, material and post-processing at no extra cost.
