Stratasys & Shin-Etsu launch general-purpose silicone materials for Origin DLP 3D printing system

Stratasys has launched the P3 Silicone 25A materials developed by a strategic collaboration with Shin-Etsu, a world chief in silicone science.

Designed completely for the Stratasys Origin DLP platform, the companions say the fabric is a high-performance and general-purpose silicone that’s appropriate for the manufacturing of versatile components. In addition they say it is ready to match the efficiency of historically moulded silicone.  

In accordance with Stratasys, the fabric will tackle a ‘longstanding hole’ within the industrial 3D printing sector. This hole is the perceived want for ‘real silicone components’ that supply ‘precision, sturdiness and repeatability with out the time and value constraints of injection moulding.’ Along with that, P3 Silicone 25A is alleged to ship chemical resistance, thermal stability, and the mechanical behaviour of typical silicones, whereas it has additionally been validated in thermal getting old checks as much as 1,000 hours at 150°C and handed biocompatibility and flame retardancy certification. 

“The proliferation of additive manufacturing in manufacturing environments relies on specialty supplies that carry out to the requirements of conventional strategies,” mentioned Wealthy Garrity, Chief Enterprise Unit Officer at Stratasys. “Our collaboration with Shin-Etsu delivers exactly that. P3 Silicone 25A provides producers the pliability of additive with the trusted efficiency of true silicone—backed by repeatable outcomes and real-world knowledge.”

“We’re excited and proud to be working with Stratasys, the worldwide chief in additive manufacturing, to convey 3D printable true silicone to market and develop collectively,” added Makoto Ohara, Head of Gross sales and Advertising Division S4, Shin-Etsu Silicones Europe B.V. “P3 Silicone 25A combines glorious bodily properties and long-term reliability with detailed and exact printability. It will possibly rightly be thought-about ‘true silicone’ in each composition and efficiency.”

P3 Silicone 25A is straight away out there in EMEA and APAC, and will likely be made out there within the Americas later this yr. Stratasys has additionally mentioned the fabric is the primary in a deliberate portfolio of silicone supplies co-developed by Stratasys and Shin-Etsu, with further hardness ranges and application-specific variants anticipated sooner or later.