Paxis，伊利诺伊州的OEM已宣布与巴斯夫, world’s largest chemical producer, to study advanced applications of Paxis’ Wave Applied Voxel (WAV) 3D printing platform, a novel 3D printing approach currently under development.
As Paxis put it, “WAV currently doesn’t fit within any of the defined ASTM standards for Additive Manufacturing. The standards will need to be re-written to include this entirely new process and technology.”
迈克·利特雷尔（Mike Littrell）, CEO of Paxis, said, “Pairing innovative materials at the earliest stages of designing the WAV technology is critical to meeting the needs of end-users […] Through our early access program our approach is to work with progressive material manufacturers like BASF, as well as commercial manufacturers at the earliest stages of product development in order to push system capabilities and forge future hardware improvements.”
“在启动WAV技术之前开发材料将使最终用户能够将技术迅速集成到其运营中。”
Making WAVs
Paxis grew out ofCIDEAS, a 3D printing service bureau in Illinois. The OEM was founded by Mike Littrell, who is also the President of CIDEAS and co-inventor of WAV (pronounced ‘wave’) 3D printing, along with Fred Knecht, the CTO of Paxis.
第一的在Rapid + TCT 2017引入，申请专利的WAV系统是基于树脂的3D打印机。根据Paxis，WAV的内部测试显示，预计的速度为4倍，8倍和24倍，比当前可用的基于树脂的机器（例如SLA和DLP）快。
目前，Paxis团队正在开发WAV平台的Gen 2版本。通过与巴斯夫Paxis合作，希望探索其3D系统的全部潜力。
Arnaud Guedou, Business Director Photopolymer Solutions, BASF 3D Printing Solutions, said, “The combination of BASF materials and Paxis’s system will revolutionize the way end-applications are designed, manufactured and integrated into production.”
Guedou added further, “With the new WAV technology, Paxis extends the application possibilities of additive manufacturing to a much broader scope than current technologies allow.”
“What’s more, equipment and processes can be adapted to requirements that were previously unimaginable in additive manufacturing. BASF’s innovative photopolymer materials are a perfect match for Paxis’s WAV technology.”
BASF在3D打印中
巴斯夫has been developing a range of3D打印的创新材料for some time. As such the German manufacturer has developed materials likeUltrafuse 316LX，启用金属3D打印在常规FDM/FFF机器上。
这Ultracur3D线，是与起源, a California-based company focused on high volume 3D printing, is a urethane-based photopolymer.巴斯夫的Ultracur3D系列包括LV，低粘度可光的墨水，ST，RG和FL 60，一种具有80％伸长率的弹性体，可用于制造诸如鞋子，自行车手柄和电话盒之类的产品。
In the development stages of the WAV platform, the Ultracur3D ST 45 material will be used to asses the Paxis 3D printing platform for advanced applications in aerospace, automotive and biomedicine. Furthermore, industrial partners will also be invited to address their application requirements.
Oleksandra Korotchuk, Business Development Manager BASF 3D Printing Solutions, said, “The combination of BASF materials and Paxis’s WAV technology will revolutionize the way end-applications are designed, manufactured and integrated into scalable production.”
“BASF’s collaboration with Paxis will enable customers to access a modular additive manufacturing technology, whether they are producing large quantities of small parts, small quantities of very large parts, or anything in between.”
To learn more about Paxis and BASF, visitRapid + TCT 2019从5月20日至23日，在底特律，Cideas（Booth 1441）展示了由BASF Ultracur3D制成的样品。
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特色图像显示了Paxis的WAV平台。通过PAXIS图像。
