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Royal DSM announces a partnership with Nexa3D to fast track the availability of Nexa3D’s QLS-350 systems with DSM’s supply chain-approved laser sintering powders for series production. Under this collaboration, Nexa3D plans to immediately include DSM’s first-ever PBT laser sintering material, Arnite® T AM1210 (P), with every Quantum Laser Sintering QLS™ 350 system it sells commercially starting in the first quarter of 2021.
Accelerates Sustainable Additive Manufacturing
The partnership underscores both companies’ strong commitment to accelerate the adoption of sustainable
additive manufacturing for series production of electrical connectors, automotive electronics and lighting applications through innovative collaborations that are designed to unlock the full potential of additional performance polymers for additive manufacturing.
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We are very excited to partner with Nexa3D, the company that is breaking traditional additive manufacturing (AM) speed and productivity barriers, to deliver our first ever PBT laser sintering material through their ultrafast QLS 350 system,” said Hugo da Silva, VP of Additive Manufacturing at DSM.
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We are thrilled to partner with a company of the caliber of DSM, one of the world’s leading providers of additive manufacturing performance polymers, to jointly deliver the next generation of series production capabilities to our customers," said Avi Reichental, co-founder and CEO of Nexa3D.
The use of laser sintering PBT materials is expected to increase exponentially over the next decade, driven primarily by accelerating innovations in the automotive, electrical, and electronics industries. This trend is especially observed in the automotive industry, where the need for lighter, more sustainable, lower maintenance materials rules future designs. The use of engineer-grade materials, such as PBT is expected to increase due to the need to minimize issues surrounding the corrosion of metals and their associated high costs.
Arnite® T AM1210 (P): PBT Powder for Laser Sintering
Arnite® T AM1210 (P) is the first ever PBT powder for laser sintering and is, since its launch in 2019, highly desired and well-known for its series production performance in making end use parts, such as automotive electronics and applications, that need to function under high temperatures.
Arnite® T AM1210 (P) has the same dielectric properties as material used in injection molding processes, making it a material familiar to engineers. Developed for a wide sinter window, the powder is extremely easy to print. Additionally, Arnite® T AM1210 (P) is environmentally friendly with a high reuse rate of >60 percent and recyclable to the extent that the material can be brought back to the powder bed process.
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We believe that this collaboration is essential given our combined capabilities to improve polymer production performance orders of magnitude and that this is the right time to realize the combined potential that this partnership unlocks for the benefit of our expanding customer base in the innovative automotive and electronic industries,” said Reichental.
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Source: Royal DSM