Materials
Kimya Supplying Materials for Stratasys’ FDM Systems
Stratasys will offer customers two new materials from Kimya — EN45545–2 certified polycarbon filament (Kimya PC-FR) and a polyetherketone filament made from Arkema’s Kepstan (Kimya PEKK-SC).
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Flexing Thermoset Polymers Into Production 3D Printing
Chromatic 3D Materials develops tough and flexible thermosetting urethanes for additive manufacturing. The resin formulation is only part of the path to scale.
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Formlabs Resins for Creating Tough, Durable 3D Printed Parts
Company says new resins are high-performance polyurethane materials for additive manufacturing which are said to offer users more design freedom, reduced production costs and increased workflow efficiencies.
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Audi Creates 3D Printing Filament from Parts Packaging
The German automotive company is among the leaders in material reuse—which includes making filaments from what might otherwise be considered waste.
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Sandvik’s Osprey Metal Powders for Increased Manufacturing Capacity
Rapid + TCT 2022: Range of Osprey metal powders includes premium titanium alloys and copper powder, as well as nickel-based superalloys, cobalt-chrome and ultra-hard maraging steels.
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Formlabs’ Nylon 12 GF SLS Powder for Stiffness, Thermal Stability
The company says this glass-filled nylon 12 material is well suited for manufacturing and engineering parts in which structural rigidity and thermal stability are critical.
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How to Improve Polymer AM Productivity 20X
A fast cycle time is critical to efficient production 3D printing, but it’s not the only thing. How you choose the right parts for AM, prepare jobs for production, and manage post processing will have just as big an impact on total 3D printing throughput. It all needs to work together to achieve maximum productivity.
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Uniformity Labs’ Stainless Steel Powders Deliver Improved Mechanical Properties
The powders are said to deliver improved mechanical properties at much higher throughput in laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) additive manufacturing.
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Microturbine Relies on 3D Printed Housing to Preheat Fuel
The aluminum housing designed with nTopology and made on a Velo3D laser powder bed fusion system helps realize what its creators say will be the highest-power-density small turbine yet produced.
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BCN3D Lithography 3D Printing Shape Parts in Open Air
Viscous resin is rapidly carried on a laminate to build each layer. LCD screen size, not vat size, is the limit on productivity.
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