KIMYA offers a bespoke solution to producers seeking to integrate additive manufacturing within their business: Kimya Lab. To this end, the company has established an industrial production site and dedicated R&D support. The technical platform is equipped with the latest generation of 3D printers, including MiniFactory, Ultimaker and MakerBot by Stratasys. The teams are composed of multi-disciplinary experts and engineers able to offer manufacturers support for all types of issues and more precisely:
• R&D: formulation and application studies using all types of materials dedicated to additive manufacturing.
• Characterization: chemical analysis and characterization of materials and polymers.
• Bespoke production: recovery of raw materials and transformation into materials for additive manufacturing.
KIMYA has developed a range of 25 technical and high-performance filaments distributed in some 20 different countries. Thanks to its expertise in formulation chemistry, KIMYA produces a wide range of technical filaments, emanating from its own R&D and designed in partnership with major chemical companies such as Arkema, DuPont, Sabic and Solvay. 3D filaments are used in FDM (Fused Deposition Modeling) manufacturing. Multiple polymer families are used: ABS, HIPS, PEI, PEKK, PET, TPU and PLA. These technical filaments address specific applications, are compatible with the additive manufacturing process and offer specific properties (mechanical, thermal, electrical and chemical). KIMYA subsequently bases its distribution strategy on reseller partners based in each country.
Kimya Factory offers the market a production solution for small runs of finished parts based on Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) technology, exploiting high-performance materials. This new service offered by KIMYA meets a high level of demand among industrial partners Not always wishing to integrate production of the first finished parts within their own services, but preferring to receive support from KIMYA, which is able to guarantee the quality of the part through the Kimya material selected. This service solution is a first in the market: design firms currently use SLA technologies (stereolithography - modeling via deposition of resin layers) or SLS technologies (selective laser sintering - powder based), but not yet using the FDM process.
