Royal DSM has brought its 3D Printing activities into its Materials cluster with a focus on partnerships for additive manufacturing.
Royal DSM produces Somos resins for stereolithography and Digital Light Processing, which has strengthened its offering in 3D Printing.
DSM will offer Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) as well as experience from years of research in Selective Laser Sintering (SLS), Multi Jet Fusion, Ink Jet and Binder Jet processes.
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Royal DSM fused filament production
Hugo da Silva, VP of Additive Manufacturing at DSM, said: “Somos has provided us with a deep understanding of key market segments and end-customer needs in the AM space.
“We continue to introduce major innovations in SLA and DLP materials, but this is only a part of the total AM picture, and we want to cover the entire area.”
“Right now, there is a lot of excitement around Fused Filament Fabrication and DSM has a growing portfolio of materials for this technology, including Novamid polyamide and Arnitel thermoplastic elastomer. But we intend to go much further, extending our innovation efforts – supported by technology partnerships and industry collaboration – to develop new solutions for SLS, Multi Jet Fusion, Ink Jet and Binder Jet. We also want to explore new and emerging technologies in AM as they graduate from research, giving us the industry’s broadest solutions portfolio.”
DSM Additive Manufacturing is exhibiting at formnext 2017, showing intelligent manufacturing solutions, taking place in Frankfurt, Germany.
