ADDITIVES | NANOCOMPOSITES
strength and impact resistance compared to carbon-fiber based alternatives. Modovolo has been utilizing Lyten’s filaments since last year to manufacture its Lift Quadcopter-X, a multi-payload, ultra lightweight drone designed to handle commercial, first responder, and defense tasks. Insight Polymers & Compounding produces
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Modovolo is using Lyten’s graphene- reinforced PA filaments to manufacture its Lift
Quadcopter-X
Graphene into commercial thermoplastic formula- tions. In June, the company announced that US-based Modern Dispersions had earned certifica- tion as a qualified HydroGraph Compounding Partner. In July, Michigan, US-based Midland Compounding & Consulting received certification. The latest from Lyten is a polyamide 3D printing filament that contains the company’s Lyten 3D Graphene. The filament is designed for high-perfor- mance applications in automotive, aerospace and industrial applications that require high strength-to- weight performance. The material has 100% greater X-axis and Y-axis strength, 43% higher Z axis strength, and a 500% greater impact strength compared to PA12-CF, the company reported. “We set out to unlock Z axis strength, which has been holding back additive manufacturing from the high-strength market,” said Dan Cook, CEO of Lyten. “By utilizing our 3D Graphene supermaterials, our PA1205 actually improves every metric of strength without compromising on manufacturability.” One use of Lyten’s filaments is in drones. Lyten
collaborated with Modovolo, which has developed a modular 3D printer platform to produce aero- space-grade components at scale for its drones. Lyten’s PA1205 ultra-high strength nylon-based filament has improved temperature performance and faster print speeds with minimal warping. It has higher X-Y axis tensile strength, Z-axis tensile
CNT masterbatches and uses CNTs and graphene, as well as conventional-scale additives, to make electrically conductive compounds. Nano-scale materials, such as CNTs and graphene, are more efficient and can be used at lower levels, with less effect on other properties, such as toughness or viscosity, said AJ Pasquale, Co-founder and Director of Operations at Insight Polymers. Current challeng- es, however, are that these materials are newer and their suppliers need to scale up volume, improve consistency, reduce price and bring them in line with the traditionally used materials, suggested Pasquale. “Graphene or carbon nanotubes from one supplier could be completely different from graphene or carbon nanotubes from another supplier,” he added. “There really aren’t similar uniform evaluations yet for some of these develop- ing, growing conductive additives.” Insight Polymers is experimenting with combin- ing nano-scale materials and conventional additives to balance processing, mechanical, and impact properties that are more optimized for end-use applications that require electrical conductivity.
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