For use with solid-state stereolithography (SLA®) systems

A new Stereolithography material with excellent transparency, outstanding durability and low viscosity for virtually colorless parts with a modulus range that bridges two of the most widely used thermoplastics – ABS and polypropylene. 

Features:

·         Exceptional clarity and transparency

·         Lowest viscosity in class

·         Outstanding flexibility and durability

Benefits:

·         Virtually colorless parts to visualize internal structures and simulate lenses

·         Easy drainage and clean up for less waste and lower operating costs

·         Flexible, yet tough, prototypes

Applications:

·         Optical components, including automotive headlamp lenses

• Aesthetic appearance prototypes
• Transparent models to check fluid flow and the fit of assembled components
• Snap-fit assemblies

For use with solid-state stereolithography (SLA®) systems

Get extreme performance and durability with Acccura Xtreme Plastic. 

Features:

·         Look and feel of a durable molded plastic

·         Outstanding durability and impact resistance

·         Thermal Resistance over 60° C

·         Easy to use low viscosity formulation

·         Fully developed and tested build styles

Benefits:

·         Increased application opportunities

·         Suitable for assemblies and functional testing

·         Prototypes withstand modest temperatures without distortion

·         Faster recoating and build times

• Maximize reliability with no user R&D

Applications:

·         Form, fit and function prototypes

• Durable Assemblies
• Snap fit assemblies
• Tough enclosures
• Consumer electronic components
• Master patterns for RTV/Silicone molding
• Replace CNC machining of Polypropylene and ABS

For use with solid-state stereolithography (SLA®) systems

Simulate the properties and appearance of polycarbonate with this clear, tough plastic. 

Features:

·         Durable and stiff

·         High clarity

·         Fast build speed

·         Low viscosity formulation

·         Humidity resistant parts

·         Fully developed and tested build styles

Benefits:

·         Achieve the look and feel of polycarbonate

·         View internal features and passages

·         Increase system throughput

·         Minimize part cleaning and finishing

·         Realize extended part life

·         Maximize reliability with no user R&D

Applications:

·         Tough functional prototypes

·         Automotive design components

·         Consumer electronics (cell phones etc.)

·         Medical instruments, devices and labware

·         Lighting components (lenses etc.)

·         Fluid flow and visualization models

·         Master patterns for urethane castings

·         QuickCast™ patterns for investment casting

·         Transparent assemblies

·         Clear display models

·         Concept and marketing models

For use with Viper and ViperPro solid-state stereolithography (SLA®) systems.

A strong, rigid and thermally resistant SLA plastic for your most demanding application needs.

Features:

• Temperature resistant to 130 °C (266 °F)
• High humidity and moisture resistance
• High rigidity
• Low viscosity formulation

Benefits:

• Suitable for high temperature testing
• Stable mechanical properties over time
• Parts maintain modulus in humid environments
• Extended part life
• Parts are strong and maintain shape
• Fast recoating and cleaning

Applications:

• Automotive Testing
  • Under the hood
  • Fluid flow and visualization
  • Intake manifold design analysis and verification
  • Coolant flow analysis
  • Heating Air duct models
  • Transmission fluid flow analysis
• Electronic controls prototypes
• Aerospace wind tunnel models
• High rigidity models
• Long lived prototypes

For use with solid-state stereolithography (SLA®) systems

Simulate the look and feel of molded ABS with this tough and versatile plastic

Features:

·         Durable and rigid material

·         Look and feel of molded ABS

·         High accuracy with less distortion

·         High production speed

·         Low viscosity formulation

·         Fully developed and tested build styles

Benefits:

·         Produce ABS-like parts without molding or machining

·         Increase market opportunities and acceptance for models

·         Parts produced within tolerance and faithful to CAD data

·         Increase system throughput

·         Minimize part cleaning and finishing labor

·         Maximize reliability with no user R&D

Applications:

·         Automotive interior components

·         Short-run production parts

·         Electronic components

·         Testing of functional assemblies

·         Rigid and durable functional prototypes

·         Concept and marketing models

·         Accurate, durable master patterns for urethane casting

For use with solid-state stereolithography (SLA®) systems

Simulate the properties and aesthetics of polypropylene with this accurate and flexible material.

FEATURES

·         Look and feel of molded polypropylene

·         High flexibility with excellent shape retention

·         Outstanding feature resolution and accuracy

·         High production speed

·         Fully developed and tested build styles

BENEFITS

·         Increased market opportunities for models

·         Reliable and robust functional prototypes

·         Suitable for master patterns

·         More parts and better system utilization

·         Easy to use with no user R&D

APPLICATIONS

·         Functional components for assemblies and mock-ups for:
- Automotive styling parts — trim, fascia, and other 
   components
-  Consumer electronic components
- Toys
- Snap fit assemblies

·         Master patterns for RTV/silicone molding

·         Replace CNC machining of polypropylene to produce short-run plastic parts

·         Simulate injection molded parts

·         Concept and marketing models

For use with solid-state stereolithography (SLA®) systems

A high stiffness engineered nanocomposite that opens new applications for stereolithography users.

FEATURES

·         Exceptional stiffness

·         High temperature resistance

·         Excellent accuracy

·         High humidity resistance

·         Non-settling formulation

·         Fully developed and tested build styles

BENEFITS

·         Bluestone parts resist deformation even under heavy loads

·         Resists temperatures up to 250 °C, making it suitable for tooling or other demanding applications

·         Part retain their properties over time

·         No expensive mixing equipment required

·         Consistent mechanical properties, even on long builds

·         Improves/enhance demanding applications: windtunnel, soft tooling, injection mold tooling

·         Maximize reliability with no user R&D

APPLICATIONS

·         Wind-tunnel testing for the motorsports and aerospace industries

·         Production of CMM/inspection and assembly jigs and fixtures

·         Lighting design and other applications where heat-generation from electrical components may be a factor

·         Covers and enclosures of electrical and mechanical components

·         Water-handling products, such as pump and impeller design or other components

·         Automotive "under-the-hood" applications

·         Housings and enclosures that require high stiffness and rigidity, such as those for business machines

·         Electronic applications, such as insulating components, connectors, adaptor fittings, bases, sockets, and areas where ceramics might be used

For use with Viper™ SLA® systems

Optimized for the rapid and automated production of patterns and master mold for jewelry manufacturing.

FEATURES

·         Outstanding accuracy

·         Exceptional detail

·         High thermal resistance

·         Deep purple color

·         Low ash formulation

BENEFITS

·         Parts are accurately produced in X, Y and Z

·         Small details are faithfully reproduced

·         Patterns are compatible with high temperature rubber molding operations

·         Produces parts in a high contract color for easy identification

·         Material can be burned out for direct casting

APPLICATIONS

·         Patterns for use with low and high vulcanizing rubber molding

·         High resolution concept models

For use with SLA® 250 systems

A high-speed material, with excellent thermal and moisture resistance for producing functional prototypes in 3D systems' SLA 250 systems.

Features & Benefits:

Fast build speed

·         Provides build speeds that are significantly faster than other resin - up to two times the speed of SL 5170

·         Fast build time results in better utilization of your older SL equipment

·         Build larger parts than were previously practical with other materials

·         Faster delivery to end customers

High temperature resistance combined with good durability

·         Suitable for use at temperatures in excess of 100°C (212°F)

·         Durable enough for limited snap-fit testing

Nylon 6:6 plastic properties

·         Suitable for thin-walled parts that require the stiffness of high performance engineering plastics

Parts retain both accuracy and stiffness even in wet and humid environments

·         Longer part life with out significant degradation

·         Parts that can be used in wet applications such as consumer appliance design, with out excessive softening (or swelling)

Fully developed and tested build styles from 3D Systems

·         Plug & play styles require no user “experimentation”

·         Highly reliable and consistent styles deliver outstanding build success rate

Applications:

·         High temperature testing:
- Automotive "under-the-hood" parts
- Lighting components and accessories
- HVAC components

·         Thin-wall enclosures that require high stiffness and durability

·         Parts involved in water-base or high humidity testing
- Consumer appliance
- Fluid flow/visualization

·         Form, fit and function testing

·         General purpose prototyping

·         Investment casting using QuickCast™ build style

·         Rigid snap-fit assemblies

For use with all Sinterstation™ Pro and Sinterstation™ HiQ™ series SLS® Systems

A new sintering material with the toughness and durability of molded polypropylene.

Features:

• Polypropylene material
• Tough and rugged
• Excellent chemical resistance
• Good fatigue life and impact resistance
• Optimized for Pro Manufacturing Centers

Benefits:

• Test in realistic and challenging environments
• Properties comparable to molded polypropylene
• Properties are consistent and repeatable
• Create living hinges and self-tapping bosses
• Good feature resolution, detail and surface finish
• Build parts up to 900 mm long

Applications:

• Prototypes where toughness and durability are essential
• Advanced prototypes where actual polypropylene properties are required
• Direct or bridge manufacturing where molded polypropylene properties are desirable

For use with all Sinterstation® Pro and Sinterstation HiQ™ Series SLS® systems

This impact-resistant plastic offers the toughness of injection-molded polypropylene and ABS and is suitable for Rapid Manufacturing.

Tear-resistant living hinges survive hundreds
of open-close cycles.

Features:

• Outstanding toughness
• Excellent impact resistance
• Repeatable mechanical properties
• Easy to process
• Good powder recycling characteristics

Benefits:

• Offers toughness of injection-molded ABS and polypropylene
• Build prototypes that withstand aggressive functional testing
• Produce durable end-use parts without tooling
• Create accurate and repeatable parts as demanded by manufacturers
• Increase market opportunities through enhanced properties

Applications:

• Complex, thin-walled ductwork
  • Motorsports
  • Aerospace
  • Unmanned air vehicles (UAV's)
• Housings and enclosures
• Impellers
• Connectors
• Consumer sporting goods
• Vehicle dashboards and grilles
• Bumpers
• Snap-fit designs
• Living hinges
• Functional prototypes that require end-use performance properties
• Appropriate for low- to mid-volume rapid manufacturing

For use with all Sinterstation® Pro and Sinterstation HiQ™ Series SLS® systems

This impact-resistant plastic offers the toughness of injection-molded polypropylene and ABS and is suitable for Rapid Manufacturing.

DuraForm EX plastic is available in
both Natural and Black colors.

Features:

• Outstanding toughness
• Excellent impact resistance
• Repeatable mechanical properties
• Easy to process
• Good powder recycling characteristics

Benefits:

• Offers toughness of injection-molded ABS and polypropylene
• Build prototypes that withstand aggressive functional testing
• Produce durable end-use parts without tooling
• Create accurate and repeatable parts as demanded by manufacturers
• Increase market opportunities through enhanced properties

Applications:

• Complex, thin-walled ductwork
  • Motorsports
  • Aerospace
  • Unmanned air vehicles (UAV's)
• Housings and enclosures
• Impellers
• Connectors
• Consumer sporting goods
• Vehicle dashboards and grilles
• Bumpers
• Snap-fit designs
• Living hinges
• Functional prototypes that require end-use performance properties
• Appropriate for low- to mid-volume rapid manufacturing

For use with all selective laser sintering (SLS®) systems

Glass-filled polyamide (nylon) material for real-world physical testing and functional use

Gearbox

Manifold

Features:

• Excellent mechanical stiffness
• Elevated temperature resistance
• Dimensionally stable
• Easy-to-process
• Nice surface finish

Benefits:

• Excels in load bearing applications at higher temperatures
• Build prototypes and end-use parts without tooling
• Create accurate and repeatable parts as demanded by manufacturers
• Machinable and paintable for demonstration parts
• Improved isotropic shrinkage due to glass filler

Applications:

• Housings and enclosures
• Consumer sporting goods
• Appropriate for low- to mid-volume rapid manufacturing
• Parts requiring machining or joining with adhesives
• Complex production and prototype plastic parts
• Form, fit, or functional prototypes
• Parts requiring stiffness
• Thermally stressed parts

For use with all selective laser sintering (SLS®) systems

Durable polyamide (nylon) material for real-world physical testing and functional use

Dashboard Console created
with DuraForm PA Plastic

Features:

• Excellent surface resolution and feature detail
• Easy-to-process
• Compliant with USP Class VI testing
• Compatible with autoclave sterilization
• Good chemical resistance and low moisture absorption

Benefits:

• Nicely balanced mechanical properties and processability
• Build prototypes that withstand functional testing
• Produce durable end-use parts without tooling
• Create accurate and repeatable parts as demanded by manufacturers
• Machinable and paintable for demonstration parts

Applications:

• Complex, thin-wall ductwork
• Functional prototypes that approach end-use performance properties
• Appropriate for low- to mid-volume rapid manufacturing
• Medical applications requiring USP Class VI compliance, or biocompatibility
  • Motorsports
  • Aerospace
• Housings and enclosures
• Impellers and connectors
• Consumer sporting goods
• Vehicle dashboards and grilles
• Snap-fit designs

For use with all selective laser sintering (SLS®) systems

Polyamide (nylon) material with metallic appearance for real-world physical testing and functional use.

Features:

• Metallic appearance with nice surface finish
• Good powder recycle characteristics
• Excellent mechanical stiffness
• Easy-to-process
• Dimensionally stable

Benefits:

• Excels in load bearing applications at higher temperatures
• Build prototypes and end-use parts without tooling
• Create accurate and repeatable parts as demanded by manufacturers
• Machinable for demonstration parts
• Improved isotropic shrinkage due to aluminum filler

Applications:

• Housings and enclosures
• Consumer products
• Appropriate for low- to mid-volume rapid manufacturing
• Parts requiring machining or joining with adhesives
• Complex production and prototype plastic parts
• Form, fit or functional prototypes
• Parts requiring stiffness
• Thermally stressed parts
• Plastic parts requiring a metallic appearance\

For use with all selective laser sintering (SLS®) systems

Thermoplastic elastomer material with rubber-like flexibility and functionality.

Create complex gaskets and seals

Features:

• Durable with good tear resistance
• Vary Shore A hardness without changing material
• Easy-to-process
• Good powder recycle characteristics
• Good surface finish and feature detail

Benefits:

• Withstands repeated bending and flexing
• Build prototypes that withstand functional testing
• Produce durable end-use parts without tooling
• DuraForm® FlexSeal infiltration offers array of colors
• Polyurethane infiltration creates watertight barrier and improves burst strength

Applications:

• Athletic footwear and equipment
• Gaskets, hoses and seals
• Simulate thermoplastic elastomer, cast
• urethane, silicone and rubber parts
• “Soft-touch,” overmolded grips
• Parts requiring rubber-like flexibility and durability
• Form, fit, or functional prototypes
• Parts that require joining with adhesives
• Complex production and prototype plastic parts
• Appropriate for low- to mid-volume rapid manufacturing

For use with Sinterstation® HiQ™ series and other SLS® systems

Create complex metal parts suitable for Rapid Tooling and Rapid Manufacturing

Features:

• Good surface finish
• Compatible with machining, EDM processing and polishing
• High surface hardness
• Excellent thermal conductivity
• Good “green” part strength

Benefits:

• Fast —from STL file to metal parts in less than 4 days
• Outstanding repeatability
• Eliminates human errors made in conventional metal and toolmaking processes
• Tooling inserts can improve molding cycle time by up to 40%
• Creative design possibilities

Applications:

• Complex tooling inserts for injection molding and die-casting
• Conformal cooling or heating channels integrated into tool designs
• Smaller and complex geometry metal parts
• Low volume metal part manufacturing

For use with all selective laser sintering (SLS®) systems.

Directly produce complex investment casting patterns without tooling

Cylinder head cover courtesy of Kegelmann.

Features:

• Functions like foundry wax and is “foundry friendly”
• Low residual ash content (less than 0.02%)
• Short burnout cycle
• Easy-to-process plastic
• Good plastic powder recycle characteristics

Benefits:

• Create complex patterns without welds or joints
• Reduce lead times resulting in faster time-to market
• Compatible with autoclaves, low-temperature furnaces, and vacuum plaster casting methods
• Easy to assemble and repair patterns
• Rapidly test new designs in iterative process

Applications:

• Create patterns directly rather than through indirect methods
• Complex investment casting patterns
  • Reactive metals like titanium
  • Low melt-temperature metals such as aluminum, magnesium and zinc
  • Ferrous and non-ferrous metals
• Economic, low-volume production castings without tooling
• Smaller parts can be joined to create very large patterns
• Sacrificial, expendable patterns

The iPro 8000 SLA Center is a high-productivity, mid-range system that offers all the benefits of 3D Systems’ latest generation iPro Stereolithography Systems with a compact footprint. The iPro 8000 SLA Center quickly and economically builds parts with unprecedented surface smoothness, feature resolution, edge definition and tolerances that rival the accuracy of CNC-machined parts.

iPro 8000 Advantages

• Flexible. Mid-range system builds small to large parts using a smaller footprint.
• Proven. All the features of high-definition iPro SLA technology.
• Accurate. Smooth surface finish and precise, ready-to-use parts with little post processing.
• Consistent. Reliable and fast output with SteadyPower™ imager system.
• Intelligent. Newest generation part preparation and control software.
• Economical. Improved yields and built-in Quality Control.
• Productive. Easy to operate and maintain.

The iPro 8000 MP SLA Center manufactures small, precision custom parts that rival the accuracy and detail of CNC milling.

Equipped for automated, push-button data processing of hundreds of parts at a time, the iPro 8000 MP SLA Precision Center is ideal for the rapid mass customization of medical parts, including orthodontics, implant drill guides, dental restorations, hearing aid shells and ear molds.

iPro 8000 MP Advantages

• Custom. Rapid mass customization of medical parts with push-button data processing on this shallow build platform (2 in. high).
• Proven. All the features of high-definition iPro SLA technology.
• Accurate. Smooth surface finish and precise ready-to-use parts without post processing.
• Consistent. Reliable and fast output with SteadyPower™ imager system.
• Intelligent.Newest generation part preparation and control software.
• Flexible. Quick resin change, lot tracking and quality control with closed-loop, integrated material management system.
• Productive. Easy to operate and maintain.

The Viper SLA system lets you choose between standard resolution mode, for the best balance of build speed and part resolution, and high resolution (HR) mode for ultra-detailed small parts and features -- all from a controlled high speed scanning system with a single, solid-state laser that delivers 100 mW of available power.

The highly productive iPro 9000 SLA Center enables users to economically produce hundreds of finely featured or a few extra large plastic parts with the precision and quality usually associated with CNC-machined parts.

iPro 9000 Advantages

• Flexible. Multiple configurations & upgradeable for diverse applications.
• Accurate. Smooth surface finish and precise ready-to-use parts without post processing.
• Consistent. Reliable and fast output with SteadyPower™ imaging.
• Intelligent. Newest generation part preparation and control software.
• Economical. Built-in Quality Control and improved yields.
• Productive. Easy to operate and maintain.

The iPro 9000 XL builds large, single-piece parts up to 60-inches long with all of the performance attributes and accuracy that users have come to expect from 3D Systems' high-definition Stereolithography process. This system delivers extra-large parts with no seams for aesthetic superiority, one-piece durability, resulting in reduced labor and decreased cost.

iPro 9000 XL Advantages

• Flexible. Build multiple large parts or one extra-large part with the extra-large build platform (59 X 30 X 22 in.)
• Accurate. Smooth surface finish and precise ready-to-use parts without post processing.
• Consistent. Reliable and fast output with SteadyPower™ imager system.
• Intelligent. Newest generation part preparation and control software.
• Economical. Improved yields and built-in quality.
• Productive. Easy to operate and maintain.

Sinterstation® Pro
DM250 SLM System

Sinterstation® Pro
DM100 SLM System

Photo courtesy of Royal Perth Hospital - Australia

• Functional testing of production-quality prototypes
• Economical manufacturing of organic or highly complex geometries
• Rapid low-volume manufacturing of metal parts
• Examples:
  • Custom medical implants
  • Lightweight aerospace and motorsports parts
  • Efficient heat sinks
  • Injection mold inserts with conformal cooling channels
  • Dental caps, crowns and bridges

Sinterstation® HiQ™ Series SLS® System

Technology: Selective Laser Sintering (SLS™) process
Material Classes: Powder - Thermoplastics, Thermoplastic Elastomers, Metals, Composites

Properties

Condition

Maximum Temperature

Up to 1070°C (1958°F) 

Electrical

Supply Voltage: 240 VAC, 3 phase, 50/60 Hz

Power

18.9 kVA peak; 11.3 kVA average

Inner Size

61 cm diameter x 46 cm high (24 in diameter x 18 in high)

Footprint

1.3 m x 1.52 m (54 in x 60 in)

Footprint with Clearance

3.35 m x 3.05 m (132 in x 120 in)

Crane Lift Capacity

136 kg (300 lb)

Nitrogen Requirements

99.998% purity, 30 lpm (64 scfh)

Facility Cooling and Exhaust
Requirements

Remove heat at rate of 63 megajoule per hour (60,000 Btu/Hour)