Essentium & Lehvoss Group are currently collaborating to produce high-performance 3D printing materials.
Essentium is a US-based manufacturer of extrusion-based 3D printing processes. Its 3D printers required high performance materials that can enable the fabrication of parts in demanding industries including the aerospace, automotive, oil and gas, biomedical and electronic manufacturing sectors.
The only thing is that the high cost of these materials sometimes happens to be a hurdle in their adoption, which results in the use of low performance materials by operators.
At present, manufacturers are looking for polymers they can trust and that allow for certified standards in their applications.
According to Thomas Collet, Director 3D Printing Materials & Marketing, LEHVOSS Group: “Partnering with Essentium is a win-win for our industrial customers. Essentium is at the forefront of material science and together we will create a wider range of 3D printing materials certified to meet the performance standards they expect in their end-use parts. Not only will this speed time-to-market and lower the cost to produce the highest quality parts, it will also spur innovation for new additive manufacturing applications.”
The two partners are going to leverage LEHVOSS’ extensive experience in thermoplastic high-performance compounds and Essentium’s expertise in polymer and composite chemistry.
The US-based specialist affirms that there is already a strong demand for the materials it has developed with LEHVOSS’ LUVOCOM 3F compound. The line of PEEK and High-Temperature Nylon (HTN) materials created with this compound, offers easy printability and non-warping properties, as well as heat and chemical resistance and high mechanical strengths, enabling end-parts that can withstand the rigors of the factory floor.
Essentium Co-founder Brandon Sweeney, PhD, added: “While there are many compounding companies that optimise materials for 3D printing, few can rival LEHVOSS’ manufacturing knowledge and their approach for designing compounds specifically for extrusion-based 3D printing processes. With LEHVOSS we have a true partner who shares our passion in applying material science innovation to accelerate industrial-scale additive manufacturing. We have already seen strong demand for our PEEK and HTN materials and look forward to developing new materials that give manufacturers the trust and confidence to shift from prototyping to full-scale production using 3D printing.”
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