Materials specialist Royal DSM has added four additive manufacturing (AM) grades to be used with Digimat-AM simulation software.
The digital versions of these materials will be available as Digimat material models to perform FFF process simulation and part performance prediction. The addition of these grades to the Digimat material database will help engineers improve materials, printers and parts in less time and with less cost compared to the traditional build and test method, DSM says, which will allow DSM AM materials end-users to reduce weight, cost and time-to-market while reducing material testing and prototyping requirements.
The aim is to identify manufacturing issues before printing material using DSM 3D printing thermoplastic grades.
‘Combining DSM materials’ portfolio with Digimat modeling technology will allow to demonstrate the advantages of 3D printing in many applications at affordable costs,’ said Guillaume Boisot, business development manager at e-Xstream engineering.
The four 3D printing grades are:
- Novamid ID 1030 a polyamide 6/polyamide 66
- Novamid ID 1030 -CF10, a 1% Carbon fiber reinforced PA6/66 filament designed for printing functional prototyping and industrial parts
- Novamid ID 1070 PA6 with co-polymer technology
- Arnite ID 3040, engineering plastics with a melting point of 255°C.
This story is reprinted from material from DSM, with editorial changes made by Materials Today. The views expressed in this article do not necessarily represent those of Elsevier.
