Prototyping solutions

Materials for prototype manufacturing

Stereolithography materials

Tusk 2700 Shampoo bottle for Adimex

  

  • Rigi2200
    Rigi2200 is suited for rigid prototypes, master parts with high tolerances, small and detailed parts, parts for visual and aesthetical applications. It is a humidity-tolerant material.  
  • Poly1500
    PP-like material comparable to engineering plastics; suited for rigid, functional prototypes; large range of applications (e.g. automotive components, electronic housings, medical products,...)  
  • TuskXC2700T/Tusk2700W
    Tusk2700 is suited for strong, water-resistant prototypes with ABS- and PBT-like specifications (e.g. parts for water flow analysis, wind tunnel testing,...)  
  • Flex70B
    Flex resins are extremely flexible rubber-like materials, suited for automotive and mechanical applications (e.g. respirator masks, catheters, sealings, cushionpads,...) 
  • DMX-SL™100
    DMX-SL™100 has a high impact resistance, similar to thermoplastics and is suited for very accurate parts with high feature detail, complex parts with snap fits, rigid yet bendable parts (e.g. packaging applications).
  • Protogen White
    Protogen White is suited for general purpose applications with ABS-like specifications and ideal for markets that demand accurate RTV patterns, durable concept models, highly accurate parts.
Mammoth stereolithography materials

Tusk 2700 bumper prototype for Plastic Omnium

 

  • Poly1500
    The first Mammoth models were built in Poly1500, a resin perfectly suited for rigid, functional, large components.
  • TuskXC2700T/Tusk2700W
    Recently Materialise has successfully introduced a new resin in its Mammoth technology. It is a strong, rigid resin that retains properties over a variety of environmental conditions. Since many of the properties match those of extrusion grade Polybutylene Terephthalate (PBT) and transparent grade Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS), two common plastics used in manufacturing, Tusk2700 has proven to be very suitable for numerous automotive applications.
  • Protogen White
    Protogen White is suited for general purpose applications with ABS-like specifications and ideal for markets that demand accurate RTV patterns, durable models, highly accurate parts.
Next Day stereolithography materials

Tusk 2700 NextDay prototype

  

  • Poly1500
    Poly1500 combines stiffness and toughness. This PP-like material, comparable to engineering plastics is especially useful in applications where durability and robustness are critical requirements (e.g. automotive components, electronic housings, medical products,...)
  • Tusk2700W
    Tusk2700W is the material by excellence for parts with ABS-like specifications. The Next Day models are functional parts with a high resistance.
  • Protogen White
    Protogen White is suited for general purpose applications with ABS-like specifications and ideal for markets that demand accurate RTV patterns, durable concept models, highly accurate parts.

 

 

 

Polyjet materials

Polyjet VeroWhite, remote control prototypes

 

  • Objet FullCure 720
    FullCure 720 is comparable to our Rigi2200. It is a general-purpose material.
  • Objet VeroWhite
    VeroWhite is a general-purpose resin and has a white colour.
  • Objet TangoBlack
    TangoBlack is a flexible rubber-like resin, suited for automotive and mechanical applications. It is a complementary material to Flex65.
  • Objet TangoPlus
    TangoPlus is a flexible rubber-like resin, suited for models that are likely to be exposed to long use or rough handling.

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Selective Laser Sintering materials

Polyamide, One Shot stool for .MGX

 

  • Polyamide (PA)
    The powder, being a solid material, has the attractive feature of being self-supporting for the generated product sections. This makes supports (typical for stereolithography ) redundant. The polyamide material allows the production of fully functional prototypes with high mechanical and thermal resistance.
  • Glass filled polyamide (PA-GF)
    The use of PA powder filled with glass particles (PA-GF) has a much higher thermal resistance and is typically used in functional tests with high thermal loads.
  • Alumide
    Alumide is a blend of aluminium powders and PA powder, which allows metallic-looking, non-porous components to be machined easily and is resistant to high temperatures.

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Z Corp materials

zp®131
zp 131 is a multi-purpose material that delivers the toughest parts, the best resolution and great colour accuracy. It is perfect for fit and functional testing.

Fused Deposition Modelling materials

Polycarbonate, dashboard prototype for BMW Mini

 

  • ABS
    An ABS prototype has up to 80% of the strength of injection moulded ABS meaning that it is extremely suitable for functional applications.
  • ABSi
    ABSi is an ABS type with high impact strength. The semi-translucent material used to build the FDM parts is USP Class VI approved.
  • PC-ABS
    PC-ABS is a blend of polycarbonate and ABS plastic which combines the strength of PC with the flexibility of ABS.
  • PC-ISO
    PC-ISO blends are widely used throughout packaging and medical device manufactures. The PC-ISO material used to build the FDM parts is USP Class VI approved and also ISO 10993-1 rated.
Rapid Tooling & High Speed Milling materials

PC/ABS components for Resqtec rescue scissors

 

  • Suitable mould materials for Rapid Tooling: aluminium & P20-steel.
  • Suitable materials for High Speed Milling are: aluminium, plastics (also fibre reinforced), high-density polyurethane foam and resins.
Vacuum Casting materials

Polyurethane Sander for Bosch

 

  • Casting materials: a broad range of different polyurethanes that are similar to rubber, PP, ABS and PC. Colours approaching RAL-standard colours are available.
R.I.M. materials

Polyurethane prototype for Peugeot

 

  • Casting materials: a broad range of different polyurethanes that are similar to PA, PE, PP or ABS.