American Banknote Corporation aka ABCorp, expands its Boston-based Center of Excellence capabilities with new materials. The US-based manufacturing services’ provider adds Nylon 11 (PA11) to its catalog of AM materials.
The strong and flexible nylon thermoplastic powder can be used in HP’s Multi Jet Fusion 3D printing process for the production of high-density parts with fine detail and high dimensional accuracy. Ideal for complex assemblies, housings, enclosures and connectors, it delivers excellent chemical resistance to oils, greases, aliphatic hydrocarbons and alkalies.
The ABCorp team will leverage the martial in the company’s Additive Manufacturing Center is located in ABCorp’s 125,000 s.f. (11612,89 square meters) facility.
The latter is equipped with several HP Jet Fusion 5210 industrial systems, Jet Fusion 580 full-color, and Desktop Metal production metal printers. Today, ABCorp offers materials including HP 3D High Reusability PA 11, HP 3D High Reusability PA 12, BASF Ultrasint® TPU01, HP 3D High Reusability PP enabled by BASF, full-color HP 3D High Reusability CB PA 12, and stainless steels of 174PH and 316L. In addition, ABCorp offers finishing with AMT’s PostPro3D smoothing system.
“The past 2 centuries have taught us that listening to the needs of our customers is paramount. When we considered additional materials to complement our existing library of materials, PA11 was a natural fit. Being more ductile and forgiving than other materials, PA11 is ideal for orthotics, living hinges, and numerous other applications,” says Neil Glazebrook, VP of 3D Solutions at ABCorp.
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