Low volume manufacturing

Materials for low volume manufacturing

Selective laser sintering materials

Alumide

  • Polyamide (PA)
    The powder, being a solid material, has the attractive feature of being self-supporting for the generated product sections. This makes supports (typical for stereolithography) redundant. The polyamide material allows the production of fully functional prototypes with high mechanical and thermal resistance. 
  • Glass filled polyamide (PA-GF)
    The use of PA powder filled with glass particles (PA-GF) has a much higher thermal resistance and is typically used in functional tests with high thermal loads. 
  • Alumide 
    Alumide is a blend of aluminium powders and PA powder, which allows metallic-looking, non-porous components to be machined easily and is resistant to high temperatures.

 

Fused deposition modelling materials

Flama Zentrum coffee maker in polycarbonate

  • ABS 
    An ABS prototype has up to 80% of the strength of injection moulded ABS meaning that it is extremely suitable for functional applications.
  • ABSi 
    ABSi is an ABS type with high impact strength. The semi-translucent material used to build the FDM parts is USP Class VI approved.
  • PC-ABS
    PC-ABS is a blend of polycarbonate and ABS plastic which combines the strength of PC with the flexibility of ABS.
  • PC-ISO 
    PC-ISO blends are widely used throughout packaging and medical device manufactures. The PC-ISO material used to build the FDM parts is USP Class VI approved and also ISO 10993-1 rated.

 

Vacuum casting materials

Pilipili Quattro onboard computer in a PC/ABS-like polyurethane

  • Rubber-like polyurethanes
  • PE-PP-like polyurethanes
  • PC/ABS-like polyurethanes

Colours approaching RAL-standard colours are available.

R.I.M. materials

Front cover of Krypton measuring system in PP-like polyurethane

  • PA-like polyurethanes
  • ABS-like polyurethanes
  • PE-PP-like polyurethanes

Tooling materials

DontSnore® device

  • Materials for the mould : aluminium & P20-steel
  • All possible tooling materials are available