BIRMINGHAM, England,
Sept. 25, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- The
global material alliance, initiated by the leading 3D printer
manufacturer Ultimaker, results in fully optimized industrial
material profiles for professional FFF 3D printing. Both DSM, a
global science-based company in Nutrition, Health and Sustainable
Living, and Owens Corning (NYSE: OC), global developer and producer
of insulation, roofing, and fiberglass composites, today reveal
their optimized materials for the Ultimaker S5. Ultimaker also
introduces a new print core CC Red 0.6 at the TCT Show in
Birmingham that allows reliable 3D
printing on the Ultimaker S5 with composite materials.
In response to customer demand, leading material manufacturers
have joined Ultimaker's material alliance program to bring a wider
variety of FFF 3D printing materials to the market for
professionals, more rapidly.
DSM: Novamid® ID1030 CF10: similar properties as injection
molding
DSM Novamid® ID1030 CF10, a new carbon fiber filled
grade PA6/66 filament, brings the properties of 3D printed parts
close to what is usually achievable only by injection molding. With
10% carbon fiber reinforcement, it produces stronger, tougher, and
stiffer 3D printed parts for functional prototyping and end-use
applications, at the same speeds as unreinforced plastics.
Hugo da Silva, Vice President of
Additive Manufacturing at DSM: "Together with Ultimaker, we can
contribute to offer a simple hassle-free solution, as their
software and the Ultimaker S5 are fully aligned with our materials
to create unlimited high-demanding parts."
Owens Corning XSTRAND™ filament: strong
mechanical and thermal properties
Owens Corning has created
its own high-end 3D printing material XSTRAND™. This specific
material is designed for functional prototyping and industrial
applications and has strong mechanical and thermal properties
enabled by glass-fiber reinforcement. The material is very durable,
with stiff mechanical properties, a very low thermal expansion
coefficient, and a high working temperature. "We decided to partner
with Ultimaker due to the high performance and reliability of
Ultimaker 3D printers," said Dr. Chris
Skinner, Vice-President, Composites Strategic Marketing at
Owens Corning. "Teaming up with their material experts resulted in
the perfect settings for our materials in Ultimaker Cura.
Prototyping and the creation of production tools becomes much
easier, more accurate, affordable and accessible at the same
time."
Jos Burger, CEO at Ultimaker: "I am extremely proud to see that
our global material alliance with leading material companies such
as DSM and Owens Corning so quickly opened up the possibility to
use very sophisticated engineering plastics on the Ultimaker S5. We
were recently listed as an IDC Innovator for creating important
breakthroughs that address and solve some of the challenges that
end users in a number of industries have identified with. This
alliance will continue to give more professionals access to
high-end materials for all kinds of use cases and industries and
will give each Ultimaker S5 in the field an extra upgrade."
Ultimaker print core CC Red 0.6 and availability
To
enable hassle-free printing of composite materials, Ultimaker also
introduces the new print core CC Red 0.6. The print core features a
0.6 mm diameter nozzle with a specially customized geometry and a
wear-resistant ruby cone to ensure reliable 3D printing with
composite materials.
The new print core CC Red 0.6 will be available in November 2018. Industrial material profiles will
become available in Ultimaker Cura in November 2018.
For more information, please visit www.ultimaker.com or read our
blog.
About DSM
Royal DSM is a purpose-led global
science-based company in Nutrition, Health and Sustainable Living.
DSM is driving economic prosperity, environmental progress and
social advances to create sustainable value for all stakeholders.
DSM delivers innovative business solutions for human nutrition,
animal nutrition, personal care and aroma, medical devices, green
products and applications, and new mobility and connectivity. DSM
and its associated companies deliver annual net sales of about €10
billion with approximately 23,000 employees. The company is listed
on Euronext Amsterdam. More information can be found at
www.dsm.com.
About Owens Corning
Owens Corning (NYSE: OC) develops, manufactures and markets
insulation, roofing, and fiberglass composites. Global in scope and
human in scale, the company's market-leading businesses use their
deep expertise in materials, manufacturing and building science to
develop products and systems that save energy and improve comfort
in commercial and residential buildings. Through its glass
reinforcements business, the company makes thousands of products
lighter, stronger and more durable. Ultimately, Owens Corning
people and products make the world a better place. Based in
Toledo, Ohio, Owens Corning posted
2017 sales of $6.4 billion and
employs 19,000 people in 37 countries. It has been a Fortune 500®
company for 64 consecutive years. For more information, please
visit www.owenscorning.com.
About Ultimaker
Ultimaker has been in operation since
2011, and over the years has grown to become a market leader;
creating powerful, professional, and accessible desktop 3D printers
with offices in the Netherlands,
New York, Boston, and Singapore, plus production facilities in
Europe and the US. Ultimaker's
team of over 350 employees continually strives to offer the
highest-quality 3D printers, software, and materials on the market
to accelerate the world's transition to local digital
manufacturing.
www.ultimaker.com
Media Contact Global
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m.jansink@ultimaker.com
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