voxeljet AG Expands its 3D Printing Materials Portfolio for Direct Parts from High Speed Sintering (HSS) with Polypropylene (...
September 04 2018 - 4:15PM
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News Highlights
- Printing of PP and TPU in High Speed
Sintering (HSS) proven possible
- Evaluation of these materials by
partner customers from the sports and automotive industry has
already begun
- Addresses a broader set of
applications, including automotive interior and exterior
components, sporting goods and consumer products
- Development of VJET XHSS is on track; this new product is geared
towards large-scale, fully automated mass production and is
expected to be launched towards the end of 2019
voxeljet AG (NYSE: VJET) (the “Company”, or “voxeljet”), a
leading provider of high-speed, large-format 3D printers and
on-demand parts services to industrial and commercial customers,
today announced the launch of a number of new speciality materials
for its High Speed Sintering line of 3D printers.
Dr. Ingo Ederer, Chief Executive Officer of voxeljet,
commented: “We are really excited about the speed we see in the
qualification of new materials for our High Speed Sintering
process. In less than nine months we were able to qualify various
grades of Polyamide powders and are successfully printing several
types of Thermoplastic Polyurethane. We are also working on some
very customer specific materials including Polypropylene – which is
one of the most widely used plastic materials in the world.
Polypropylene features extremely interesting properties and
addresses a broader set of applications. We are successfully
printing PP on our smaller VX200 HSS systems and do expect a smooth
transition to our larger and automated production system VJET
XHSS, which we anticipate making
commercially available at the end of 2019.”
R&D to Lead the Industry – Combining Advanced Materials
and Industrial 3D Printing Technologies
Polypropylene is one of those most versatile polymers available
with applications in virtually all of the plastics end-use markets.
PP does not present stress-cracking problems and offers excellent
electrical and chemical resistance at higher temperatures. Bumpers,
cladding, and exterior trim are also available manufactured from
polypropylene. Polypropylene developed for such applications
provides low coefficient of linear thermal expansion and specific
gravity, high chemical resistance and good weatherability,
processability and impact/stiffness balance.
Potential Applications of
Polypropylene
- Automotive applications
- Electrical/Electronic applications
- Industrial applications
- Consumer products
- Household goods
Thermoplastic Polyurethane (TPU) is an elastomer that is fully
thermoplastic. Like all thermoplastic elastomers, TPU is elastic
and melt-processable and allows for the printing of ultra-flexible
objects with very high levels of precision and resolution. But more
so than any other thermoplastic elastomer, TPU can provide a
considerable number of physical property combinations, making it an
extremely flexible material adaptable to dozens of uses such as
construction, automotive and footwear. This versatility results
from the unique structure of TPU and leads to high resilience, good
compression set, plus resistance to impacts, abrasions, tears,
weather, and even hydrocarbons.
Potential Applications of Thermoplastic
Polyurethane
- Sporting goods
- Industrial parts
- Hydraulic seals and gaskets
“We believe these technology and material combinations have the
potential to change our industries in the long-term. voxeljet has
always been committed to bring the best innovations to our
customers at every level and we are doing so in a powerful way,"
Dr. Ederer concluded.
About voxeljet
voxeljet is a leading provider of high-speed, large-format 3D
printers and on-demand parts services to industrial and commercial
customers. The Company’s 3D printers employ a powder binding,
additive manufacturing technology to produce parts using various
material sets, which consist of particulate materials and
proprietary chemical binding agents. The Company provides its 3D
printers and on-demand parts services to industrial and commercial
customers serving the automotive, aerospace, film and
entertainment, art and architecture, engineering and consumer
product end markets. For more information, visit
www.voxeljet.com.
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