Sculpteo has launched the PA12 Blue materials, a food-grade polymer that has been designed to fulfill the necessities of commercial environments the place hygiene, traceability, and security are priorities.
Designed for essential purposes, the high-performance polyamide combines robustness, reliability, and compliance with European meals security requirements, notably Regulation EC 1935/2004 and EC Directive No 2023/2006.
In keeping with Sculpteo, PA12 Blue stands out for its shiny color and is ready to facilitate the speedy identification of any residual fragments throughout quality control. Its color additionally holds significance, because the color blue is never current in pure meals, making it simple to identify any unintentional contamination.
Manufactured utilizing selective laser sintering (SLS) know-how, PA12 Blue is claimed to be characterised by wonderful mechanical efficiency; elevated resistance to put on, tear, shocks, and thermal stresses; and excessive dimensional stability. Furthermore, its compatibility with intensive cleansing environments, notably attributable to its resistance to chemical brokers, makes it appropriate for industries topic to strict hygiene protocols. Along with its uncooked model, PA12 Blue may be improved with chemical smoothing, a course of that enhances floor end by making it smoother and extra watertight.
Though developed for food-related makes use of, PA12 Blue has technical traits that make it related for quite a few industrial purposes. These embody parts for processing tools, comparable to gears and reducing guides, and containers, storage units, customized manufacturing instruments and industrial security tools.
Sculpteo, beforehand a BASF enterprise, is presently a part of Ahead AM, a spin out of BASF which final yr filed for insolvency. The insolvency proceedings are understood to nonetheless be in progress.
