For the electronics industry, 3DXTECH offers 12 different electrostatic discharge (ESD) filaments ranging from ESD-ABS up to ESD PEEK.Įlectronics housing 3D printed with ESD PEKK from 3DXTECH. We can imagine PEEK, PEKK, and ULTEM™ serving as ideal for the 3D printing of aerospace-compliant housings, fixtures, and other elements that can withstand the rigors of tough environments. Given the nature of the company’s materials, it’s reasonable that the main markets for the Gearbox HT2 have been aerospace, defense, and the electronics industry. Additionally, the system is able to achieve print speed of up to 300 mm/s. Automatic bed leveling means no manual leveling, also improving speed, accuracy, and repeatability. The sheets can be quickly and easily removed to reduce downtime between prints. Other features of the HT2 include vacuum-secured build sheets for optimized layer adhesion and fast turnover between builds. Now, we’ve grown to over 20 different validated profiles for that system ranging from ABS to Ultem and many in between.” Carlson relayed. Our print chamber can reach and maintain these elevated temperatures which allow us maximum freedom of operation. It’s essential for part performance to have a 225☌ chamber when printing Ultem™ 1010. Critical for the proper printing of Ultem™ material – both 10 – is a highly heated build chamber. Once you master that material, then everything else has been a bit easier. So, we set our sights on that material first to prove out our system. ULTEM™ 1010 is the most challenging FDM/FFF material that I’ve encountered. I’ve been in the business for a little over 20 years now. “The first material that we qualified and validated on this machine was ULTEM™ 1010. The filament bay for the Gearbox HT2 3D printer, which features a High Temp Build Chamber from 3DXTECH. Another feature that is essential to printing these high-performance materials is an integrated materials handling system that features four actively dried filament bays to keep materials dry during long prints. This enables the 3D printing of high-temperature materials like PEEK, PEKK, and ULTEM™ PEI. To take advantage of 3DXTECH’s large portfolio of high-temperature materials, the HT2 was engineered with a large actively heated build chamber (18”x18”x32”) that can reach temperatures up to 250☌ and dual extruders capable of reaching up to 500☌. Hardened Drivetrain for Carbon Fiber Materials.High Speed Yaskawa Servo Control System.Four Actively Dried Filament Storage Bays (holds 16kg of filament).Actively Heated Build Chamber (up to 250☌).That’s how the Gearbox product was essentially born.” Gearbox™ HT2 Specifications We worked to incorporate all of our favorite attributes and put them together in a platform that we always wanted. “So, when we decided to bring a printer to market, we really looked at what we liked on each of these printers, from both the high-end industrial side to even the lower end, maker side. “We have dozens of 3D printers in our shop and we’re constantly running them-everything from lower cost Makergears all the way up to Fortus 900s from Stratasys and pretty much everything in between,” Carlson said. Because 3DXTECH has what may be the largest portfolio of composite filaments on the market, the HT2 is designed to process all of them, including CarbonX™ carbon fiber and FibreX™ glass fiber composite materials. Hardened and wear-resistant parts allow the machine to 3D print abrasive materials such as carbon and glass fiber. The result was the Gearbox HT2, which runs on a Yaskawa control system for quick and accurate production. We partnered with several printer OEM’s at the onset, but it became clear that we needed to create our own system if we were going to have the printer focused on high-performance materials in an industrial platform.” A 3D Printer for the Largest Portfolio of Composite Filamentsįor this reason, in 2018, 3DXTECH embarked on developing its own 3D printer through a separate business called Gearbox. “One of the challenges that we ran into was the lack of open material systems that were able to successfully process our high-performance materials. “We started as a materials company specializing in bringing the broadest portfolio of advanced materials to the industry,” Carlson told. However, when the company first commercialized its products, it found that the market wasn’t quite ready for what it had to offer, according to Paul Carlson, Vice President of Sales & Marketing at 3DXTECH. A part 3D printed with glass-fiber reinforced PEEK from 3DXTECH.Ī part 3D printed with carbon-fiber reinforced PEKK from 3DXTECH.Ī 3D printed mold made using Ultem 1010 from 3DXTECH.īecause 3DXTECH’s legacy business is in formulating thermoplastic materials, it has introduced a variety of filaments that can’t be found with Stratasys machines.
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