The traditional markets for glass fiber-reinforced thermoplastics remain stable. Thermoplastic composites are gaining fast with 3D-printing and hybrid processing techniques. The fiber composite industry is tackling the recycling issue with pragmatic ideas.

The Oechsler Drivematic drive actuator can be integrated into the 3D-printed CFRP monocoque frame of an Arevo „e-bike“

The Manifold New Collection of Reactive Systems and Thermoplastic Composites

Glasfasern / -matten

Kunststoff Werkstoffe

Verstärkungsstoffe

Reaktionsharze

Duroplaste

Kohlenstofffasern / -matten

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Fasern

Halbzeuge und Zwischenprodukte

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Verbundwerkstoffe / Werkstoffverbunde

Aramidfasern

Harzsysteme für Composite-Herstellung

Phenolharze

Harzwerkstoffe

Andere Werkstoffe

Werkstoffe für additive Verfahren

Harze, Epoxid

Duroplastische Werkstoffe

Faserverbundwerkstoffe

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Thermoplaste

Fiber-Reinforced Plastics

More than 690 exhibitors with a booked gross exhibition space of over 50,000 m² have already registered to exhibit at the world‘s leading trade fair dedicated to additive manufacturing and modern industrial production.

Formnext 2022 will open its doors in Frankfurt from November 15 – 18.

16:9

Verfahren für die additive Fertigung

Anlagen Additive Fertigung / 3D-Druck, andere

Anlagen für die Additive Fertigung

Anlagen Additive Fertigung / 3D-Druck, Kunststoff

Additive Fertigung

Continued Success with Considerably More Exhibitors

Production is becoming ever more flexible, diversified and decentralized. Without doubt, additive manufacturing processes make a crucial contribution to this, also initiating the transformation from production-based design to design-driven production. In this article, the 3D printing service provider FIT outlines a best-practice panorama of current technologies.

The biggest ever 3D-printed lattice structure was assembled along over 2000 precisely fitting joints into an 8 m-high retable

What Additive Plastic Manufacturing Can Do. The View of a Full-Service Provider

Anlagen für die Stereolithografie, Kunststoff

Anlagen Selektives Lasersintern, Kunststoff

3D-Druck-Anlage, pulverbettbasiert, Metall

Anlagen Additive Fertigung / 3D-Druck, Metall

SLA (Stereolithografie) Kunststoff

Flüssigmaterialverfahren

3D-Druck-Anlage, strahlbasiert, Metall

Selektives Lasersintern von Kunststoff, Metall, Keramik

Pulverbettverfahren

3D-Drucker (für FDM, FFF, etc.)

Fused Deposition Modeling Kunststoff, Glas, Karbon, Metall

Freiraumverfahren

Finer, Bigger, Faster

In addition to numerous new developments of the exhibitors, especially the versatile and extensive supporting program should convince the visitors.

Verbände, Institutionen, Messen

Dienstleistungen

Almost at Pre-Pandemic Levels

Solid Edge Technology includes the Swiss SLS 3D printers in its product range and becomes the first distributor of Sintratecin South Africa.

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kunststoffe.de

Sintratec 3D Printers Reach South Africa

In a joint project, the Fraunhofer Plastics Technology Center Oberlausitz, the University of Zittau/Görlitz, KraussMaffei and Elbe Flugzeugwerke, have enhanced an extruder-based method for additive manufacturing of large-format plastic parts using a flexible melt pipe.

Thermal analysis of the deposited plastic strand in the large-format, extruder-based 3D printing process

An Alternative Approach to Large-Format 3D Printing with Plastic

Granulate

Extruder

Kunststoffverarbeitung: Maschinen und Komponenten

Extrusionsanlagen

Large but still Economical

Würth Additive Group is now a partner for the distribution of the Freeformer in the USA and Canada.

“The Freeformer and APF process allow us to open up completely new possibilities in the field of industrial additive manufacturing,” said AJ Strandquist, chief executive officer for Würth Additive Group.

Spritzgießen

Kunststoffverarbeitung: Verfahren

Machines for the USA and Canada

Both companies aim to open up market access to new large-scale industrial applications in the higher temperature range.

Component made from Evonik’s Infinam PA 6005 P material and produced on a Farsoon system

Evonik and Farsoon Strengthen Collaboration

Italian manufacturer Roboze has equipped its Argo 500 3D printer with automation technology from B&R. The printer offers repeatable high precision and full process control. This reduces lead times and lowers the cost of creating custom metal-replacement components

Roboze uses B&R technology to integrate its 3D printer into industrial production. Customized high-performance plastics can now be processed faster and easier

Steuerungen (Hardware und Software)

Automatisierungstechnik

High-Precision 3D Printing

Rehau is developing an additive manufacturing process that can turn out large polymer manholes in single-unit batches.

Kevin Winter (left) and Jonas Wilfert from Rehau in their 3D printing production environment. Components can have a maximum diameter of 1.2 m and height of 85 cm

Additive Manufacturing Process Revolutionizes Process Chain in Civil Engineering

Hoch- und Tiefbau

Bauwesen

Baubetrieb / Bauwirtschaft

Large Components Custom-Built  in One Week

Over the four trade-show days in November, Formnext 2021 transformed the metropolis of Frankfurt am Main, Germany, into an international innovation center of global additive manufacturing and modern industrial production. At the plastics side, some of the focuses were on the manufacture of voluminous parts, the use of injection molding pellets as a material basis, and the processing of high-performance plastics.

A high-strength carbon fiber-reinforced polyamide is printed on a plasma-treated stainless steel sheet.

Formnext 2021: Successful Relaunch as a Face-to-Face Show

Doriat, Clemens, Dr.

High-Performance 3D Printing

Additive manufacturing has the potential to manufacture tablets individualized for the particular patient, and thereby further digitalize the pharmaceutical industry. In medication development, the properties of a tablet, such as its shape, dosage or release of the active substance, can be individually tailored – by making just a few changes to the digital 3D print file. Merck scientists have used a Freeformer for their lab tests.

Merck researcher Dr. Thomas Kipping (right) and Nabil Lamrabet value the advantages that the Freeformer offers as an open system.

The Freeformer Allows a Tailor-Made Combination of Several Active Ingredients

Medizintechnik

Arburg Kunststoff Freiformen

Patient-Specific Tablets

New printers and Nylon carbon fiber material expand applications for additive manufacturing on the factory floor.

New 3D-printers and Nylon carbon fiber material expand applications for additive manufacturing on the factory floor.

New 3D-printers and Nylon carbon fiber material from Stratasys expand applications for additive manufacturing on the factory floor.

Two New Composite-Ready 3D-Printers

Researchers have developed software that can adjust important parameters during the printing process.

Miaozi Huang‘s team uses intelligent software in 3D printing to optimize the properties of plastic components.

Software Optimizes Properties of the Components

The pathways to plastics can be many – even metalworking in the case of AIM3D. That is what first got this start-up up and running. Fast forward to now and the young Rostock company can cover both bases.

Versatile: the 3D printer developed by this young company can process virtually all fusible materials.

Start up

Wirtschaft

Unternehmen und Unternehmer

When We Break through  Material Boundaries

Stereolithography Printer, Material and Curing Oven

3D Systems has developed the SLA 750 stereolithography solution for additive manufacturing of large products or high quantities. It comprises the 3D printers SLA 750 and SLA 750 Dual, as well as the new material Accura AMX Durable Natural and the Post Cure 1050 secondary finishing system.

The SLA 750 Dual, a system for 3D synchronous printing with two laser units, offers up to twofold higher printing speeds and up two threefold faster throughput than SLA printers of the previous generation. The SLA 750 is a single-laser configuration that offers up to 30 % higher printing speeds and can be retrofitted to the SLA 750 Dual on the spot. The units are available from the second or fourth quarter of 2022. Both 3D printers have a 15 % larger build chamber and a smaller footprint than the previous models.

The systems have a self-calibrating Dual Rail Recoater, intended to improve the reliability of the printing process and the mechanical properties of the end product. Both models make use of hyper-scan vector technology. According to the manufacturer, the proprietary scanning algorithm increased important speed and productivity elements, such as laser focus and performance, as well as the kinematics of the vector motor in order to increase the printing speed and throughput.

The SLA-resin Accura AMX Durable Natural was tested acc. to ASTM D4329 and ASTM G194 for its mechanical performance in interior spaces for up to eight years and its weathering resistance outdoors for up to 18 months. The material is claimed to have a load capacity and durability similar to conventional thermoplastics.

The curing times of the secondary finishing system Post Cure 1050 should be much shorter than with comparable units. The 360° light distribution allows multiple parts to be cured within a short time without the need for manual intervention. LED light sources, automatic identification and warning in case of light failure, as well as a one-step light output calibration routine ensure the parts have consistent properties.

3D Systems GmbH  

https://www.3dsystems.com

Resistant material: Accura AMX Durable Natural is suitable for applications with high elasticity and high impact strength. © 3D Systems

High-speed synchronous 3D Printer SLA 750 Dual with two lasers. © 3D Systems

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