SABIC RAPID TCT
Thermoplastic technology company, SABIC has unveiled a new portfolio of high-performance filament grades for FDM 3D printing at RAPID+TCT.
SABIC say the new products address a growing global demand for grater material choices in the industrial filament market, and lay the groundwork for the company’s strategy to help drive additive manufacturing from a prototyping technology to full-scale production.
The filaments have been designed for use with Stratasys Fortus printers and offer the same composition as the company’s injection moulding grades. SABIC’s new filaments are based on three of its leading resins: ULTEM polyetherimide (PEI); CYCOLAC acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS); and LEXAN polycarbonate (PC).
Manufacturers can implement SABIC’s new filaments to produce high-performance, durable end-use parts.
SABIC’s six new materials, which offer improved performance, are being presented at RAPID+TCT from Booth #2537. These include:
• ULTEM™ AM9085F filament – This is a high-performance PEI product manufactured from ULTEM™ 9085 resin. This product provides high heat resistance and mechanical strength, is UL94 V-0 compliant at 1.5 and 3.0 mm, and meets FAR 25.853 and OSU 65/65 requirements with low FST evolution. It is available in black and natural (unpigmented) colours.
• CYCOLAC™ AMMG94F filament – This is a general-purpose ABS product manufactured from CYCOLAC™ MG94 resin. It provides a balance of properties suitable for a wide variety of applications, and is UL94 HB compliant at 3.0 mm. It is available in black, white and natural (unpigmented) colours.
• LEXAN™ AM1110F filament – This general-purpose PC product is manufactured from LEXAN™ HF1110 resin. It provides thermal properties higher than those of general-purpose ABS filaments, is UL94 V-2 compliant at 3.0 mm and is available in white.
“The launch of our first six new filaments, backed by SABIC’s world-class portfolio of high-performance engineering thermoplastics, will help us establish a pathway to introduce future breakthrough material solutions for additive manufacturing,” said Lori Louthan, director, Mass Transportation, SABIC. “We are applying our extensive materials and processing expertise to create new filaments with higher performance than current offerings with the goal of expanding their use into the development of production parts.
“Just as we’ve done for other plastics conversion processes in the past, SABIC aims to make an important contribution to the growth and success of our customers and the additive manufacturing industry through advanced materials and processes.”
SABIC is also showing applications printed from its disruptive, developmental materials that have been designed for fused deposition modelling and can offer improved performance versus currently available products. These materials include:
- High impact strength polycarbonate filament for more robust performance during processing and secondary operations, as well as the ability to withstand high impact end-use conditions.
- Polycarbonate and ULTEM healthcare filaments made with SABIC healthcare grade resins, enabling printed parts with excellent mechanical performance, sterilisability and biocompatibility.
- High-impact strength ULTEM filament designed with the benefits of ULTEM 9085 resin but with greater toughness.
- Flame, smoke and toxicity compliant polycarbonate filament for use in demanding aerospace applications.
- EXTEM thermoplastic polyimide filament with heat resistance exceeding that of ULTEM filament.
- Breakaway support materials for SABIC’s ULTEM, PC, and ABS filaments, providing additional choice in filament material supply.
SABIC is presenting its new portfolio of materials at RAPID+TCT from Booth #2537.
