Can prototypes also be printed from soft, elastic material?

Keyence's printers and materials enable 3D printing with soft and elastic materials. Hier finden Sie die ausführliche Anwort.

How quickly can printed prototypes be delivered?

KREMER aims to always be able to offer its customers the Rapid Prototyping (RP) process, which guarantees the greatest potential savings in terms of time and costs. 3D printing is ideal for this: deliveries within 48 hours are possible with the Keyence printer. Hier finden Sie die ausführliche Anwort.

Can prototypes with hard and soft materials also be printed in one process?

3D printing with PolyJet Matrix technology gives us the opportunity to produce detailed, complex, multi-component prototypes for you in the planning and design phase in a time-saving and cost-effective manner - without expensive tools. A delivery time of just a few working days is possible. Property profiles are digitally assigned to the 3D data. The printer stores various acrylic materials and a support material. This means that a wide variety of shore hardnesses and colors can be combined as desired and virtually digitally mixed and processed in one printing process . The acrylic material is not as resilient as the silicone-like materials used in the Keyence printing process. Due to the extremely thin layers of 0.016 mm at a resolution of 600 dpi, the PolyJet matrix technology is currently the most precise RP process . By identifying and correcting any design errors or weak points at an early stage, a sophisticated starting point for series parts can be created using generative manufacturing processes. Unnecessary costs for subsequent error corrections in conventional tools are avoided. 3D printing is used in particular to carry out initial installation tests. Sometimes it is also advisable to simulate movements of seals in advance . The material acrylate is suitable for this . However, acrylate is not suitable for series applications. Hier finden Sie die ausführliche Anwort.

Rapid Prototyping FAQs

Can prototypes also be printed from soft, elastic material?

Keyence's printers and materials enable 3D printing with soft and elastic materials.
[Translate to English:] 3-D Prototypendruck von Dichtungen
They set standards in terms of speed, material properties and price-performance ratio and represent a solid foundation on which we can support you even better in the development phase in the future. The advantages of the prototypes that you can have created at KREMER:

Soft prototypes made of silicone-like material in 35 Shore A or 65 Shore A
Prototypes as functional models – leak tests possible
Ultra-thin material layers of 15 µm for fine details and wall thicknesses of up to 0.6 mm
Smooth, subsequently paintable surfaces are possible
Prototypes with extremely low water absorption (water absorption <0.4%)
Part geometries up to a length and width of a DIN A4 sheet and a maximum height of 200 mm
Silicone-like resistances and properties of the printer material
Heat resistance as with silicone: 65 Shore A Type up to 150°C/35 Shore A Type up to 200°C
How quickly can printed prototypes be delivered?

KREMER aims to always be able to offer its customers the Rapid Prototyping (RP) process, which guarantees the greatest potential savings in terms of time and costs. 3D printing is ideal for this: deliveries within 48 hours are possible with the Keyence printer.
Can prototypes with hard and soft materials also be printed in one process?

3D printing with PolyJet Matrix technology gives us the opportunity to produce detailed, complex, multi-component prototypes for you in the planning and design phase in a time-saving and cost-effective manner - without expensive tools. A delivery time of just a few working days is possible.

Property profiles are digitally assigned to the 3D data. The printer stores various acrylic materials and a support material. This means that a wide variety of shore hardnesses and colors can be combined as desired and virtually digitally mixed and processed in one printing process . The acrylic material is not as resilient as the silicone-like materials used in the Keyence printing process. Due to the extremely thin layers of 0.016 mm at a resolution of 600 dpi, the PolyJet matrix technology is currently the most precise RP process.

By identifying and correcting any design errors or weak points at an early stage, a sophisticated starting point for series parts can be created using generative manufacturing processes. Unnecessary costs for subsequent error corrections in conventional tools are avoided.

3D printing is used in particular to carry out initial installation tests. Sometimes it is also advisable to simulate movements of seals in advance. The material acrylate is suitable for this . However, acrylate is not suitable for series applications.

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