Frame width4.4 tenths m
2.2Brick lengths
36.7Aspirin tablets
880Tardigrade body lengths
Photo from Wikimedia Commons
3D Printer (Creality Ender 3)
The desktop factory that launched a million prototypes/Technology
The Creality Ender 3 is one of the most popular consumer 3D printers ever made. It melts plastic filament at around 200 degrees Celsius and deposits it layer by layer, turning digital models into physical objects. Its build volume is modest but its ambitions are not.
Measurements
Frame depth4.1 tenths m
2.7 tenthsStandard pool noodles
1.7 tenthsGolf cart lengths
Frame height4.7 tenths m
1.9 tenthsPhone booth heights
1.55Lily pad diameters
Weight7.8 kg
25.2Sneakers
312 millionthsLoaded garbage trucks
Build volume1.1 hundredths m^3
1.9 millionthsGoodyear blimps
36.6 billionthsOil tankers
261 millionthsLiving rooms
220 x 220 x 250 mm
Max nozzle temp533 K
1.46Hot Pocket centers
4.2 tenthsKiln firings
1.57Laptop surfaces
260 degrees Celsius
Power consumption270 W
54USB chargers
223 billionthsFlux capacitors
208Human hearts