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Materials for low volume manufacturing
- 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 parts 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.
Read more about selective laser sintering
- 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. - ABS-ESD7
ABS -ESD7 Is a durable and electrostatic dissipative material suited for End-use components, Electronic products, Industrial equipment and Jigs and fixtures for assembly of electronic components. - 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.
- ULTEM 9085TM
ULTEM 9085TM is a pioneering thermoplastic that is strong, lightweight and flame retardant (UL 94-V0 rated). The ULTEM 9085TM material opens up new opportunities for the direct additive manufacturing of production grade components.
Read more about Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM)
- Rubber-like polyurethanes
- PE-PP-like polyurethanes
- PC/ABS-like polyurethanes
Colours approaching RAL-standard colours are available.
Read more about Vacuum Casting
- PA-like polyurethanes
- ABS-like polyurethanes
- PE-PP-like polyurethanes
Read more about Reaction Injection Moulding
