Rapid manufacturing plastic offers durability

DuraForm EX Black Plastic parts remain tough and exhibit very consistent mechanical properties regardless of orientation, including the Z direction

3D Systems has released DuraForm EX Black Plastic, a new rapid manufacturing material for its Sinterstation Pro SLS rapid manufacturing systems.

DuraForm EX Black Plastic is an easy-to-process, durable material that offers the toughness of injection-moulded polypropylene and ABS and is ideal for a variety of rapid manufacturing applications.

Offering users the opportunity of directly producing black-coloured parts, this material provides users with more flexibility in design, while reducing secondary operations needed when painting a part.

DuraForm EX Black Plastic is nonsloughing, eliminating unintended colour transfer rub-off to other surfaces.

DuraForm EX Black plastic parts built on a Sinterstation Pro SLS System overcome a traditional limitation of additive layer manufacturing.

The parts remain tough and exhibit very consistent mechanical properties regardless of orientation, including the Z direction.

DuraForm EX Black Plastic retains its toughness at -54C, a critical functional requirement for many aerospace and automotive applications.

With the addition of DuraForm EX Black Plastic, 3D Systems now has three commercially available rapid manufacturing materials for use in its Sinterstation Pro SLS System, a rapid manufacturing system that delivers large parts with good feature definition, surface quality and accuracy.

"We are pleased to expand further the range of our engineered plastic materials for Sinterstation Pro Systems", noted Abe Reichental, 3D Systems' President and Chief Executive Officer.

"Our customers have been asking us for injection-moulding performance for a long time".

"The combination of DuraForm EX Black Plastic and the Sinterstation Pro manufacturing system delivers on that requirement".

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