- Loctite 3D IND405™ Black and Loctite 3D 3843, two popular
photopolymers developed and produced by Henkel, are now qualified
on the ETEC Xtreme 8K
- Loctite 3D IND405™ Black is a rigid, high-strength, high
elongation material with outstanding impact resistance and surface
finish – properties that make it ideal for a wide range of end-use
parts and products
- Loctite 3D 3843 is a rigid, high-strength engineering plastic
with excellent surface finish, making it a good general-purpose
material for end-use products
- The ETEC Xtreme 8K offers the world’s largest DLP build area
for 3D printing extremely large parts, such as automotive armrests
and bicycle helmets, or a high volume of smaller parts, such as
snap-fit joints, fasteners, brackets, housing and more
- 3D printing IND405 Black on the Xtreme 8K saves time and money
for manufacturers by eliminating the need to use expensive tooling
that can take weeks to produce for the final production of
injection molded plastic parts
- Desktop Metal’s ETEC brand and Henkel have partnered to drive
adoption of production 3D printing since 2020 and are now expanding
the collaboration to development and qualification of materials for
new DLP approaches, including top-down DLP featured on the Xtreme
8K
Desktop Metal, Inc. (NYSE: DM), a global leader in additive
manufacturing technologies for mass production, today announced
that it is expanding its partnership with Henkel on photopolymer
material development, beginning with the qualification of Henkel’s
Loctite® 3D IND405 Black and Loctite 3D 3843 for use on the Xtreme
8K, the world’s largest DLP printer for high-volume production of
end-use parts.
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This bicycle helmet was 3D printed on the
ETEC Xtreme 8K in Loctite 3D IND405™ Black while the clip was
printed in Loctite 3D 3843. These two popular photopolymers,
developed and produced by Henkel, are now qualified on the ETEC
Xtreme 8K, the world’s largest DLP printer. (Photo: Business
Wire)
Both popular engineering materials in the 3D printing industry
at large, Loctite 3D IND405 Black and Loctite 3D 3843 are both
stiff, strong and durable – making them ideal for a wide range of
end-use manufacturing parts and consumer goods. Parts produced in
IND405 have outstanding impact resistance and can be machined,
tapped and polished.
Loctite 3D IND405 and 3843 are already offered in the ETEC
Envision One desktop DLP printer, along with high-temperature
photopolymers (Loctite 3955 HDT 280 FST, IND 147, and IND 406),
elastomers (Loctite 475 and IND 402), and Loctite Med 413, a
biocompatible plastic ideal for medical devices and equipment.
Now, customers will be able to print Loctite 3D IND405 and 3843
on the Xtreme 8K, which features a market-leading build area of 450
x 371 x 399 mm (17.72 x 14.61 x 15.71 in). This new combination of
a trusted and popular material on an extremely large printing
platform will enable users to deliver all-new sizes and throughput
of parts without tooling.
“Our team is delighted to partner with Henkel and offer their
Loctite materials on our truly differentiated DLP printing
systems,” said Ric Fulop, Founder and CEO, Desktop Metal. “By
printing Loctite 3D IND405 HDT50 High Elongation and Loctite 3D
3843 HDT60 High Toughness on the ETEC Xtreme 8K, manufacturers will
be able to produce on-demand end-use parts in all-new sizes and at
higher throughputs that help drive down the per-part cost. What’s
more, they won’t need to pay for, or wait for, tooling to get the
job done affordably.”
“A while back, I saw the Xtreme 8K before its release and knew
it would excite the industrial additive space with the large build
volume. I am pleased with our teams' work to bring Loctite resins
to the platform with initial workflow validations," added Sam Bail,
Head of Business Development Management and Partnerships for
Loctite 3D Printing at Henkel.
Benefits of Top-Down DLP Printing
Digital Light Processing, or DLP, harnesses the power of light
from a video projector to cure liquid resins into part designs
layer by layer, one quick flash at a time. It is one of the most
mature methods of 3D printing, and it’s been used for high volume
manufacturing for years.
While most DLP printers feature a video projector below a build
tray, where parts must be suspended hanging down from a build plate
as they are printed, manufacturers interested in high-volume
throughput have begun to appreciate the challenges with this
approach to DLP. Extremely large parts, especially those with
heavier or elastomeric properties, are difficult to suspend from a
build plate. This build strategy also requires more support
structures that must be removed, a challenge when processing a
higher volume of parts.
The ETEC Xtreme 8K, which is already used today to manufacture
end-use parts for consumer goods, is one of the 3D printing
industry’s few commercially available top-down DLP printers, with
two overhead industrial video projectors. The different approach
allows extremely heavy parts to be 3D printed on a tray in a vat
with thicker viscosity materials. This simplifies throughput
workflows, as parts do not require mechanical removal from the
build plate.
What’s more, this approach allows the light or energy from the
projector to directly penetrate the photopolymer, eliminating the
barrier of a tray that exists in bottom-up DLP printing. This
allows processing of different types of materials, which can
deliver new properties.
In addition to Loctite IND405 and 3843, the Xtreme 8K prints an
all-new category of durable, highly resilient DuraChain™
photopolymers that deliver two-part material strength in a single
pot, such as FreeFoam™, Elastic ToughRubber™ and Soft ToughRubber™.
DuraChain materials are available exclusively on ETEC printers.
To learn more about the ETEC Xtreme 8K, Loctite 3D IND405, and
Loctite IND 3843 and other available materials, visit
etec.desktopmetal.com.
About Desktop Metal
Desktop Metal, Inc., based in Burlington, Massachusetts, is
accelerating the transformation of manufacturing with an expansive
portfolio of 3D printing solutions, from rapid prototyping to mass
production. Founded in 2015 by leaders in advanced manufacturing,
metallurgy, and robotics, the company is addressing the unmet
challenges of speed, cost, and quality to make additive
manufacturing an essential tool for engineers and manufacturers
around the world. Desktop Metal was selected as one of the world’s
30 most promising Technology Pioneers by the World Economic Forum
and named to MIT Technology Review’s list of 50 Smartest Companies.
For more information, visit www.desktopmetal.com.
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