As one of the biggest 3D printing events of the year, last week’s RAPID + TCT conference created the busiest news week of 2019 so far. Reporting live from the show, backed by a team covering all of the latest press releases from the event, 3D Printing Industry provided leading coverage of North America’s must-see […]
Origin introduces Origin One 3D printer for high volume production
Origin, a California-based startup focused on bringing mass manufacturing to the additive industry, has introduced its Origin One 3D printer. The Origin One is an SLA/DLP machine which uses a combination of materials, hardware, and software to make high volume 3D printing possible. With the introduction of its new system, Origin has also partnered with […]
Origin and DSM announce partnership to develop new open additive materials
Global science company and material manufacturer Royal DSM, has partnered with San Francisco-based 3D printing startup Origin. The goal of this collaboration is to develop new materials for additive manufacturing, and marks another boost for Origin’s Open Additive Production platform. Specifically the two entities will focus on the optimization of Royal DSM photopolymer materials for […]
Henkel strengthens additive manufacturing materials offering with purchase of Molecule Corp
German chemical manufacturing giant Henkel has acquired American 3D printing and industrial inkjet company Molecule Corp. Illustrative of a strengthening in its additive manufacturing materials portfolio, the new purchase is a step toward Henkel’s aim of becoming a leading brand within the sector. Philipp Loosen, Head of 3D Printing at Henkel said, “Molecule’s strong 3D […]
Somos PerFORM HW: Royal DSM Develops New Material for Origin 3D Printing System
While 3D printing users may often enjoy squirreling themselves away in their workshops or labs, spending hours tinkering just to see what they can come up with next, the industry itself is built on many partnerships and collaboration. As you are busy going about your normal day, scientists and engineers in research and development labs in many different countries are deep in concentration, creating new materials, software, hardware, and systems for 3D printing objects and parts for a wide variety of applications. The latest partnership, between Royal DSM and Origin is a perfect example of such commitments, as they work together in creating new materials and the hardware to use it.
Royal DSM is an expansive, global science-based company headquartered in The Netherlands. With a focus on nutrition, health, and sustainable living, they continue to grow stronger and are very open to dynamic partnerships furthering their mission. For months now, they have been working on a new photopolymer material that was customized for Origin, meant to complement their programmable photopolymerization (P3) technology.
Origin is known for the open ecosystem concepts, which fits right into DSM’s general mission to build an overall 3D printing ecosystem globally—with both attempting to promote accessibility to additive manufacturing and assist in accelerating adoption of the technology.
“The quality and surface finish we’re seeing with Somos® PerFORM HW on Origin’s P3 process are outstanding and unparalleled,” says Noud Steffens, Market Development Director Additive Manufacturing at DSM. “Origin provides an unprecedented degree of control so users can get consistent commercial-grade results using Somos® PerFORM HW and soon other DSM materials.”
DSM’s new Somos® PerFORM HW will not just be incorporated into the Origin lineup, it was specifically optimized for the innovative San Francisco-based company to offer similarities with Somos® PerFORM, with material properties that allow the manufacturing of strong, stiff, temperature-resistant parts—often required for aerodynamic modeling and rapid tooling.
“We’re excited that DSM is joining our open network of material partners and broadening the potential applications available to our users,” says Chris Prucha, Origin’s CEO and co-founder. “DSM is the market leader in world class photopolymers with decades of experience developing unique photo-reactive chemistries. Together we are addressing today’s manufacturing challenges for customers.”
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The two companies announced in their recent press release sent to 3DPrint.com that there will also be more materials available for the Origin platform soon, as they continue to work closely together improving materials and seeking out new applications for use.
As 3D printing flourishes from a relatively unknown technology meant for prototyping into a billion-dollar consumer-driven industry capturing the interest of users around the world, many companies have taken a jack-of-all-trades business model and marketing mentality, offering a one-stop shop for their customers. Others, however, may find one strength and continue reinforcing it in search of excellence—while reaching out to entrepreneurs and organizations to complement what they have created, bringing the full commercial picture together as DSM has done with other partners like Ultimaker, FormFutura, and Adaptive3D.
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Will you be attending the RAPID + TCT conference in Detroit from May 20-23? If so, check out Origin’s printer (Booth #2153) and the new optimized materials from DSM (Booth #303) which will be ‘available for sampling’ with the launch of Origin’s new hardware.
[Source / Images: Royal DSM/Origin]
BIG IDEAS in additive manufacturing, insights from AM experts at Ford, Origin and RadTech
Next month experts will gather in California for the BIG IDEAS for UV+EB Technology Conference. The event brings together leaders and enterprises from across the materials industry to discuss applications and science with a view on developments expected in the next decade. This year BIG IDEAS includes a dedicated additive manufacturing track with leaders from […]
Henkel joins Origin’s Open Additive Manufacturing Platform to develop materials for mass production
Origin, a silicon valley additive manufacturing startup, has announced that Henkel, a German chemical manufacturing enterprise, has joined its Open Material Network. As such, Henkel joins BASF, a German chemical company, in Origin’s platform which aims to develop additive manufacturing materials for mass production. The Open Additive network combines modular hardware systems, open materials compatibility […]
3D Printing Industry review of the year November 2018
November was the month of one of the largest additive manufacturing show formnext. 3D Printing Industry team was in Frankfurt bringing our readers the latest news from the exhibition. From formnext 2018 Fillamentum, a Czech 3D printing filament manufacturer worked with František Dvořák, an industrial designer, to 3D print a hood of an electric motorbike. The […]
Interview with Origin 3D Printing CEO Chris Prucha
Origin launched while announcing an “Open Additive Production“…platform…”a new way to build based on open materials, extensible software, and modular hardware” and a simultaneous partnership with BASF to develop materials for it. They mentioned a “combination of surface finish, mechanical strength, and throughput that is unmatched in the industry” without any data to back it up and also that they’d been working with “material partners for a year” on resulting in “some of the toughest and most resilient materials in additive manufacturing.” The company also announced that to date it had received $12.3 million in funding. All in all, it was a bit confusing and muddled. If its open why didn’t you announce it to everyone? And why only work with BASF? And how is this open platform ecosystem different than the open platforms of UnionTech’s? Or RPS? Or Atum3D? Whereas claims such as “application specific materials” and “exceed injection molded strength consistency and durability at a competitive cost” did resonate and “programmable photopolymerization (P3) to turn materials into isotropic parts and products ready for end-use” was exciting, on the whole, I had doubts. There was little in the way of evidence and images. Why so few images and data? Why a lot of claims but no fundamental explanation of their technology? Photopolymers that were tougher than Carbon Fiber polyamide or more resilient than PEEK? I doubt it. Resins with higher chemical resistance, wear resistance and strength than PEKK or PPSU? Have they magically found a way to make photopolymers less brittle and more resistant to UV degradation? Is it smoother than DLP? Less brittle and more UV resistant than FDM materials such as ASA? Befuddled we asked Origin CEO Chris Prucha some questions.
How fast can you print parts?
We currently have a range of materials that can print as fast as anything on the market today, and work closely with material partners to increase speed over time. One of them, for example, recently figured out how to 4x the rate of printing a given object by making a series of small changes to the chemistry after a period of rapid experimentation. Beyond print speed, our post-processing requires a quick 2-3 min bath in solution, followed by a 5-10 min exposure to light in additional wavelengths. This is much faster than the typical multi-hour post processing required by enterprise systems, and makes Origin a much more scalable system than alternatives.
How accurate are printed parts?
“Accuracy” can mean different things, so let me describe a couple of things. Our system has a native resolution down to 50 microns in the X/Y plane and as low as 1 micron in the Z (vertical) dimension (although 20 microns is usually high-enough for our target markets). When we’ve compared printed items like a dental mold to the STL file, we’ve seen that the vast majority of the surface of the printed object is within 20-50 microns of the STL file we used to generate the print and depends on the material.”
How is this different from the existing open desktop FDM ecosystem?
It’s different in 3 major ways:
1) Different target customer: We’ve developed an enterprise system, which is much more precise, consistent, feature-rich, and has better materials than consumer printers.
2) Different chemistry: Our ecosystem is focused on thermosets vs thermoplastics. The latter requires extrusion (like a glue gun) to shape parts with existing materials vs carefully controlling a chemical reaction with new materials. Our system, combined with new chemistries, allows us to form parts at high through-put with unique properties like high resolution textures and superior mechanical properties like toughness, impact strength, and resilience.
3) Different software model: “Open” consumer printers often have open source software that users can go in and modify the source code, Our software is highly adaptable but the source code is not open to customers to modify, though we offer an open API to extend the capabilities of our software and are working with other software companies to integrate with us.
Why should I work with Origin?
World-class materials: You can incorporate amazing application-specific materials from our open network of partners.
Commercial-Grade Parts: You can print parts that match or even exceed injection molding in strength, consistency, and durability at a competitive cost.
Additive Mass Production: You can seamlessly test, iterate, and scale production at a competitive cost with our open approach and modular system.
What is the open ecosystem that you’re developing?
Origin is reshaping additive manufacturing and creating an open ecosystem, with new chemistries that will allow choice and product customization so companies can scale and meet demand in their market with the material of their choice.
Origin works with a network of material companies to develop new material for its system, equipping them with additional tools and expertise to accelerate their R&D and new material discovery. Most enterprise printer companies only offer limited unconfigurable software.
We believe “open additive production” will enable manufacturers to customize and thereby scale additive production, which will create a virtuous cycle of increasingly better and lower cost material, software and hardware, and higher volume production, and ultimately accelerate the adoption of additive throughout manufacturing.
Doesn’t the BASF partnership mean that your ecosystem is not very open to other polymer companies?
The partnership with BASF is not exclusive. We work with several other partners who have also developed new materials for our customers and we present the best option to customers when they describe a specific need vs offering a “favored partner” option. We look forward to announcing more partnerships in the coming months.
3D Printing News Briefs: November 13, 2018
We should really call today’s 3D Printing News Briefs the formnext 2018 Briefs, as announcements from the show are numerous this week. EnvisionTEC, XYZprinting, BASF, and DSM all introduced new 3D printing materials at the event in Frankfurt today, and in the only news not related to formnext, Imerys Ceramics has announced a new range of ceramic feedstocks.
EnvisionTEC Debuting First 4K 3D Printing System
At formnext, 3D printer manufacturer EnvisionTEC debuted the industry’s first DLP-based 3D printer that uses a true 4K projector with UV optics tuned to the 385 nm wavelength. Available in three production-ready variations, with a gray body and a 2560 x 1600 pixel projector resolution, the Perfactory P4K 3D printer delivers highly accurate parts with an ultra-smooth surface finish. Additionally, the Perfactory P4K, has access to the rest of the Perfactory line’s versatile materials portfolio for production capacity.
“The P4K is the highest resolution advanced DLP printer with the largest build envelope and deploys artificial intelligence in pixel modulation to deliver the highest accuracy parts with the smoothest available surface finish in the 3D printing space. This will deliver the next level of production-grade 3D printing solutions,” said Al Siblani, the CEO of EnvisionTEC.
The new Perfactory P4K will be on display at formnext all week.
XYZprinting Introducing New 3D Printing Materials
Another company introducing new materials at formnext this week is desktop 3D printing brand XYZprinting. In order to expand the capabilities of both domestic and professional grade 3D printers, the company is launching a new antibacterial PLA material, along with copper metallic PLA and Carbon PLA materials. The first of these can destroy up to 99% of bacteria, including E. coli and Staphylococcus aureus, and comes in four colors: white, red, yellow and neon green.
The copper metallic PLA, made of 65% copper powder, is a good alternative for hobbyists when it comes to sculpting metal for ornamental models. The material is being launched in conjunction with XYZprinting’s new nozzle, made of carbon hardened steel. Finally, the new Carbon PLA, which is also compatible with this new nozzle, is made of 10% carbon fiber, and its matte finish is ideal for showing off fine details. You can learn more about these new materials at XYZprinting’s booth D10 in Hall 3.1, where it will also be exhibiting its latest 3D printer, the da Vinci Color AiO, with a 3D scanner and optional laser engraver.
BASF 3D Printing Solutions Presents New Products at formnext
Germany-based BASF 3D Printing Solutions GmbH (B3DPS), a 100% subsidiary of BASF New Business GmbH, is also at formnext this week, to introduce several new materials for photopolymer and laser sintering methods, in addition to announcing some new partnerships and alliances. First, B3DPS is introducing flame-resistant Ultrasint Polyamide PA6 Black FR, Ultrasint PA6 Black LM X085, which is suitable for most current SLS 3D printers, and Ultrasint PP, a polypropylene with great plasticity, low moisture uptake, and resistance to liquids and gases. Additionally, B3DPS has also grouped its photopolymer materials under the new Ultracur3D brand name.
András Marton, Senior Business Development Manager at B3DPS, said, “Our Ultracur3D portfolio enables us to offer customers various UV-curable materials for 3D printing that provide far better mechanical properties and higher long-term stability than most available materials.
“These materials have been developed for functional components that are subject to high stress.”
The subsidiary also announced that it’s partnering with California company Origin and 3D printer manufacturer Photocentric to develop photopolymers and photopolymer 3D printing processes, and working with Chinese 3D printer manufacturer Xunshi Technology, which operates in the US under the name SprintRay, to open up new applications for the Ultracur3D range. Additionally, B3DPS subsidiary Innofil3D is partnering with Jet-Mate Technology in China and US-based M. Holland to distribute plastic filaments. Visit B3DPS at formnext this week at booth F20 in Hall 3.1.
DSM Announces 3D Printing Product Launches
Vent cover used for PIV windtunnel testing, printed in Somos PerFORM Reflect
In today’s final formnext news, science-based company DSM has unveiled two new high-performance materials for 3D printing structural parts. Somos PerFORM Reflect is a groundbreaking new stereolithography material for wind tunnel testing with PIV (Particle Imaging Velocimetry), and saves more than 30% post treatment cost by eliminating the need to apply PIV coatings to printed parts. In addition to helping customers conduct iterations and collect data more quickly, the resin could actually help break speed records for wind tunnel testing.
“Speed is crucial, whether in automotive, aerospace or other transportation design. Eliminating the need to apply PIV coatings is a major breakthrough for customers who are using PIV wind tunnel testing. It allows them to speed up their aerodynamic design optimizations. We are thrilled that our strategy of focusing on helping customers create their applications have enabled us to deliver such tremendous value. Overnight, Somos® PerFORM Reflect will not just set new speed records but new industry standards,” said Hugo da Silva, Vice President of Additive Manufacturing at DSM.
The company’s second new material is the thermoplastic copolyester (TPC) Arnitel ID2060 HT, which is perfect for the FDM 3D printing of structural parts for automotive applications. The material features a balance of prolonged high temperature resistance, flexibility, and chemical resistance against exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) condensate.
Imerys Ceramics Introduces EZ Print 3D Range of Ceramic Feedstocks
As part of the Imerys group, Imerys Ceramics designs, produces, and markets high-performance mineral solutions for the ceramic industries, and is making ceramic 3D printing easy with its new, unique range of ceramic materials called EZ Print 3D.
EZ Print 3D is available as a plug & play cartridge, so users can enjoy efficiency and ease of use when it comes to 3D printing. The materials are also available as a “ready to fill” ceramic feedstock, and have been tested on several 3D printers currently on the market. EZ Print 3D has a low firing temperature of 1220°C that’s compatible with most kiln temperature limits, and the genuine low porosity (<0,5%) of a porcelain. The technology is perfect for tableware and giftware applications, and the company plans to expand EZ Print 3D accordingly as 3D printing adoption grows. Imerys Ceramics also provides technical support and a dedicated team that’s competent in 3D printing to help customers.
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