投票入围2021 3D Printing Industry Awardsare now open. Who do you think should receive top honors this year? Have your say now.
3D printer manufacturerB9创造has launched a new line of resins that it says can be used to create injection molding-quality plastic molds.
Included in this ‘Robust’ range, is an ABS and polycarbonate (PC) material that features a high heat deflection temperature (HDT), making it ideal for producing smooth, impact-resistant molds. Alongside its ABS/PC thermoplastic, the firm has also released a similarly-resilient engineering-grade ABS, that when used with itsB9 Core Series3D printers, is said to yield strong, stiff, highly-stable parts.
A growing material portfolio
作为自称为3D打印的“创新引擎”，B9Creations为珠宝，原型制作，研究和医疗领域的制造商提供了系统，材料和服务。在过去的十年中，该公司建立了一个广泛的机器投资组合，包括B9 scanner, as well as theB9 Core Med 550和XL3D printers, and its speed-oriented B9 Core Series 530, 550 and XL DLP systems.
什么时候launched back in 2017, the firm’s flagship machine was marketed as having a four times faster than average print speed, and a throughput during an 8-10 hour day of ‘hundreds of models.’ Since then, B9Creations’ printers have continued to find new industrial and medical applications, with the likes ofDing Tool使用它们3D print automotive dent repair toolstwo years later.
More recently, U.S. social services groupBlack Hills Workspartnered with B9Creations to additive manufacturecustom assistive devices对于600多名残疾人。在项目期间，据说该组织具有LCD 3D打印的饮食用具，可穿戴设备，轮椅握把，防水呼叫灯，专业工作场所工具等。
为了继续为其技术解锁应用程序，该公司还投资了增长其材料产品，启动其材料B9CAPTIVATE工具包, before opening a$ 500,000材料研发实验室。现在，这项承诺似乎正在获得回报，就像公司的快速铸造树脂release last year, it’s now launching two more materials, with the aim of making short-run production more feasible.
Introducing the Robust range
Designed specifically for use with its B9 Core Series machines, albeit compatible with its5 Series XL带有一些重新调整，B9 Creations的新材料的系统的特征是相同的抗击力抗性，并以类似光滑的效果产生零件。
然而,尽管健壮的ABS有效模拟strength and stability of ABS plastics when used in a manufacturing environment, the ABS/PC features a higher flexural modulus of 1.6 GPa. As a result, the latter can be used to 3D print alternatives to traditional metal or injection molded molds, potentially enabling manufacturers to reduce their costs for such parts from $5,000 to $10,000, down to just $1-10.
尽管传统的模具最多可能需要六周的时间来设计和生产，但3D印刷的替代品也可以在短短一小时内创建。通过这种方式，采用霉菌不仅可以加强其供应链，而且将其工作流程从原型制作到短期生产，而最终的部分可以使他们能够处理更好地适应其需求的材料。
Already, Robust ABS/PC has been adopted by an unnamed client, that B9Creations deems to be “one of the largest manufacturers in the U.S.” Since it started using the new resin along with B9 Core Series 3D printers, the firm says that it has managed to go from producing five parts with other technologies, to 3D printing more than 100 in the same timeframe.
“I can get high-precision parts in an hour,” said a spokesperson for the manufacturer. “It’s not only enabled our R&D, but it has also on-shored our manufacturing and opened up a wide range of low-volume, custom business we’ve had to say no to in the past because of cost and minimum order quantity requirements.”
Industrializing DLP production
B9创造continues to market its larger B9 Core Series 3D printers as “volume production” machines, but it’s not the only DLP system manufacturer seeking to industrialize the technology. Austrian optical device developerIn-Vision, for example, launched its第一个4K UV轻型投影仪for use with resin-based DLP 3D printers earlier this year, which is built to meet industrial throughput requirements.
早在2020年12月，Stratasysalso strengthened its commitment to the high-throughput DLP market with its1亿美元的原产地收购。The Origin One 3D printer is designed to allow for the mass production of end-use parts, and following the company’s takeover last year, Stratasys CEO Yoav Zeif hailed the machine’s speed for enabling it to capture a “range of in-demand production applications.”
同样地，High Speed Extrusion(HSE) 3D printer manufacturerEssentiumsigned a letter of intentto acquire Collider in July 2021. The latter is developing a ‘Programmable Tooling’ process, which combines additive manufacturing with injection molding in a way that could allow it to meet the needs of those in the automotive, aerospace and medical sectors.
To stay up to date with the latest 3D printing news, don’t forget to subscribe to the3D打印行业通讯or follow us on推特or liking our page onFacebook。
为了深入研究添加剂制造，您现在可以订阅我们的Youtubechannel, featuring discussion, debriefs, and shots of 3D printing in-action.
您是否正在寻找添加剂制造业的工作？访问3D打印作业在行业中选择一系列角色。
特色图像显示了使用B9 Core 5系列XL 3D打印机生产的3D打印珠宝模具。通过B9创建照片。
