TECHNOLOGY | 3D PRINT COMPOUNDS
Right: Arburg’s large capacity Freeformer 750-3X uses pellet materials and is espe- cially suited to hard/soft combinations
its LNP Thermocomp AM glass-filled 3D print materials beyond black and natural. Customers can now select from a broad range of colours, with the ColorXpress service providing custom colour matches for the grades. SABIC has also launched the Material Finder website to assist customers in exploring and selecting additive manufacturing materials. The company says it is focusing this initia- tive on medium-format printers and new use cases.
Technology moves Stratasys group company MakerBot, producer of the Method and Method X line of 3D printers, merged with 3D FDM print machine producer Ultimaker to form a new entity called UltiMaker. The collaboration seeks to advance easy-to-use desktop 3D solutions for professional, industrial applications. The new company will maintain headquarters in both the Netherlands and New York, US. The new UltiMaker has developed its first
machine, the UltiMaker S7 FDM 3D, with a print volume of 330mm by 240mm by 300 mm. Print cores, motion system and materials are similar to the preceding Ultimaker S5 model but the new machine features an air manager that improves temperature control in the print chamber by regulating exhaust fan speed based on a thermom- eter reading. Air filtration is also incorporated in the new machine design. UltiMaker has also replaced the glass plate in the print chamber with a steel sheet with a PEI coated surface to eliminate incidences of part failure due to poor first layer adhesion. The company says this has been reduced by 50%.
Solutions provider 9T Labs has completed a second composite technology project with Oris, a Swiss manufacturer of luxury mechanical watches, in which its Red Series Additive Fusion Technology (AFT) was used to produce the case for Oris’ ProPilot Altimeter wristwatch model. The companies previously worked together on the Coulson watch case. 9T Labs applied its Red
Series AFT platform to produce the carbon fibre reinforced composite watch case based on a 70% continuous carbon fibre reinforced PEKK polymer. The case is 70g lighter and 1mm thinner than the original stainless-steel case. �
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Other features include an updated and expanded materials library and capability for wireless commu- nication. A built-in camera allows for remote viewing of the build.
Injection moulding and additive manufacturing machinery maker Arburg last year introduced its largest ever industrial 3D printer and will premier it in North America at the Rapid+TCT exhibition in Chicago later this month. The Freeformer 750-3X model is designed to print industrial parts quickly, precisely, and eco- nomically using pellet materials. It is suitable for manufacturing parts for applications including aerospace and medical and is especially suited to the production of functional components in hard/ soft combinations. The Freeformer 750-3X has a build chamber area , which is around 2.5 times larger than the
of 750cm2
Freeformer 300-3X but in the same external dimensions. The larger build chamber area enables the unit to produce larger functional components or to manufacture small batches industrially. Arburg says the data processing and its Gestica controller have been further optimised in terms of process stability, component quality and build time.
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