Xact Metal, Join3d bring metal 3DP to Spain, Portugal

Xact Metal announced an exclusive sales and service partnership in Spain and Portugal with Join3d to expand access to metal 3D printing (3DP) for small-to-medium companies and decentralize additive manufacturing (AM) at large organizations.

Join3d provides deep knowledge of 3DP through its line of products, including resin 3DP, FDM 3DP, and 3D scanning, as well as experience in the research and manufacturing sectors.

Xact Metal
IMTS 2024 booth #433232

Enhanced accessibility to industrial 3DP

Materialise expanded their additive manufacturing (AM) portfolio with the introduction of polyamide 12S (PA 12S), polyamide 11 (PA 11) for multi jet fusion, and carbon fiber reinforced polyamide (PA-CF) for fused deposition modeling (FDM). This expansion will help companies leverage 3D printing (3DP) for serial production and prototyping. With these additions, Materialise now offers more than 38 materials.

The new materials offer a range of benefits including strong mechanical properties, durability, and versatility, making them ideal for a range of industrial applications across various sectors.

Materialise Manufacturing is among the first adopters of polyamide 12S for HP multi jet fusion. The material is a strong option for volume prototyping and parts requiring good surface quality with minimal post-processing needs.

PA-CF for FDM brings a notable advancement in lightweight, high-strength components. Consisting of a thermoplastic filament reinforced with 35% chopped carbon fiber by weight, PA-CF offers exceptional flexural strength, leading to a great stiffness-to-weight ratio. This combination makes it a favorable alternative to heavier metal components in industrial machinery, aerospace, and automotive, particularly for tooling, prototyping, and end-use part applications.

Materialise
IMTS 2024 booth #433223

ASA and carbon fiber materials for 3D printers

Method XL 3D printers with firmware 2.3 release support three new materials: ASA, Nylon 12 carbon fiber, and SR-30 support material. Improvements have been made to the notification system and user interface, including faster response times and smoother navigation, to enable a better user experience.

UltiMaker also released the Cura 5.7 beta version, including Universal Cura Projects, to share models and print settings. The printer-agnostic project files allow selectively sharing print settings common across nearly all printers. In Cura 5.7, Method X and Method XL now fully support cloud printing using UltiMaker Digital Factory. Users can slice a file through Cura and send it directly to the printer via the cloud, or send it to Digital Factory for additional features, including file storage and organization, print job monitoring, and print management.

UltiMaker

EOS M 290 1kW metal AM system

The EOS M 290 1kW is suitable for a wide range of industries including space, energy, and mobility/transportation. These industries typically leverage copper and copper alloys, where the challenge of 3D printing copper applications, such as heat exchangers and inductors, is overcome with the powerful laser, other technologies, and materials working together. At launch, EOS Copper CuCP and EOS Copper CuCrZr materials are fully qualified on the system, and additional materials will be added to the machine compatibility portfolio later in 2024.

IMTS 2024 booth #432302