Italian 3D printing service provider CRP Technology moved a step ahead in improving its services by introducing a new rubber-like composite material for the SLS process called Windform TPU.
The new composite material is a versatile thermoplastic polyurethane which is extremely elastic, flexible and soft because of its greater than 400% elongation at break value. This feature makes the new 3D printing material suitable for use in 3D printed parts manufacturing for all industries.
With the launch of Windform TPU, CRP Technology has increased its portfolio of TOP-LINE 3D printing materials for Selective Laser Sintering to 11.
The white-colored thermoplastic polyurethane Windform TPU is flexible and resistant to impact. It can be used for creating 3D-printed parts from different sectors like transport, robotics, fashion, footwear, and sports. In the automotive industry, for instance, applications include interior components, air cleaner covers, snap fits, connectors, gimbal bellows, houses, joints and grips. In the sports sector, Windform TPU application lies in enhancing running shoe outsoles as the 3D printing material has high abrasion resistance.
The new composite material’s low temperature withstanding property makes it suitable for manufacturing 3D printed parts that have to be used in solvents, greases or oils.
Speaking about the newly launched 3D printing material Windform TPU, the CEO of CRP Technology, Franco Cevolini said “With Windform TPU, the number of rubber-like materials of the Windform TOP-LINE range, rises to two. We can satisfy many more customers’ needs, as they are two rubber-like SLS materials with different characteristics: Windform RL – the first of the Windform range – is a TPE, and it is more rigid, whereas Windform TPU is a thermoplastic polyurethane and it is softer, more flexible.”
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