ALTANA has introduced a number of new resin-based 3D printing materials at last week’s Formnext event.
The company’s Cubic Ink portfolio has been bolstered with the addition of the Mold 3100 VP and the High-Performance 4-4800 VP EU materials.
Cubic Ink 3100 VP has been developed to allow mechanical, easy-to-break silicone moulds to be created on ‘all commercially available’ DLP, LCD and mSLA printers. The material can be used in audiology applications, for example. ALTANA has also introduced the Cubic Ink Dental 3000 VP for functional prototyping. This material is said to be easy-to-process, capable of producing detailed impression moulds for the manufacture of aligners using thermoforming, and is available in customisable colours.
The Cubic Ink 4-4800 VP EU, meanwhile, has been engineered to offer excellent impact strength and heat resistance, and passes cytotoxicity tests.
At Formnext, ALTANA also presented its technology partnership with SK Industriemodell, a provider of turnkey solutions for 3D printed tool inserts in injection moulding. Together, the two companies enable the production of prototypes and small series with original series materials. Creating reusable or water-breakable moulds, users can process high-performance engineering plastics like PA66 GF, PPS or PEEK, opening up the potential for the production of complex geometries and multi-component parts.
“We are meeting our claim – ‘we give shape to ideas’ – by continuously expanding our product portfolio through the targeted, further development of existing materials and the introduction of new, application-specific 3D printing solutions,” said Dr Max Röttger, Head of Cubic Ink. “Today, we already supply customers worldwide with highly specialised photopolymers, offering maximum performance and are specifically tailored to industrial requirements. As an innovative technology leader, Cubic Ink is leading the way to the next level of industrial-scale additive manufacturing.”
