Outstanding detail and fine features that will withstand support removal
Clear amber color in order to view parts such as facial sinuses
Durable resin which preserves delicate structures such as the floor of the orbit and the nasal concha
Fast overall build time to final model enables use for trauma or tumors
Ability to cut and fix plates and screws on to model
PolyJet Advantages in Medical Applications
Surgery simulation
Production of surgical guides over bones
Reduction of surgical risks
Reduction of time and hospital costs
Production of personal prostheses
Communication to patient
Planning without patient presence
Regulatory Approval Update:
FullCure720 now comprises a set of medical regulatory approvals, having passed a number of tests including:
Irritation
Sensitization
Cytotoxicity
USP Class VI
Metal Coating
The metal coating application is based on primary
metallizing of the model and covering any non-conductive spots. Models
then are sanded and coated copper and nickel.
Advantages Electroless Nickel coating:
High Hardness
Low Friction
Excellent Corrosion Resistance
Applicable For Non-Metal Models
Vary coating thickness
Uniform Coating Thickness
Good Wear Resistance
Low temperature Process
Typical Applications for Electroless Nickel™
mechanical components
plastic moulds, dies, screws and fittings
household equipment
automotive components
medical components
aerospace components
Dying
To add color and preserve the translucency to
PolyJet models, apply a penetrating, aniline dye. Within a short time
and non-expensive process, one can finish models with vibrant,
translucent color.
Color brings life to many models and applications,
and there is no simpler way to add color than using aniline dye with
PolyJet models. Smooth surfaces and fine resolution eliminate the time
and effort of sanding the model. Combined with the speed of the PolyJet
process, showpieces are ready the same day that the design is complete.
The unique solution is made possible by the translucency of the
FullCure material.
In comparison, applying dye is much easier and faster than painting models.
No
skill is needed for this one-step process. Additionally, the aniline
dye does not add any material to the surface of the parts, so the
model's dimensional accuracy is not changed.
Aniline dye comes in a wide range of colors and
cost. Sold as a stain for leather or wood, the dyes are readily
available from most leather working and woodworking supply stores.
Vacuum Forming
Vacuum forming or thermoforming is one of the most
common methods for processing plastic materials. Vacuum formed products
are all around us and play a major part in our daily lives.
The
process involves heating a plastic sheet until soft and then draping it
over a mould. A vacuum is applied sucking the sheet into the mould. The
sheet is then ejected from the mould.
Vacuum forming offers several processing advantages
over other forming processes. Low forming pressures are used thus
enabling comparatively low cost tooling.
Since the process uses low pressures, the moulds can
be made of PolyJet materials and mould fabrication time can be
reasonably short. Prototype and low quantity requirements of large
parts, as well as medium size runs therefore become economical.
Silicon Molds
Silicon molds are a fast inexpensive technology,
which provides excellent detail reproduction. It also allows bridges
the gap between rapid prototyping and hard tooling:
Option of using multiple materials
Good material properties, close to that of thermoplastics
Undercuts
Good for up to about 50 parts
The PolyJet technology is ideal for all silicon molds applications for the main advantages of:
Excellent accuracy
Crisp details
Thin walls and smooth surfaces
Fast overall build to get master
Rapid Tooling with PolyJet
Models produced with PolyJet technology produce
durable parts with outstanding feature detail and excellent surface
characteristics.
How does it work?
Convert
model drawing into Mold using a tooling function, a standard feature in
solid modeling software. 4 alignment pins and holes are then
added, to ensure that the two halves of the mold line up
perfectly. Some CAD Modeling software program give automatic
parting lines while in others, these parting lines must be
chosen. In this particular application, no other special features
needed to be added such as draft angles.
The two parts are then manually fit one onto the other (no vacuum chamber, due to the press fit, no air bubbles are created)
This
technique can also be used for more sophisticated parts with undercuts
by adding space for overflow resins and additional inserts.
Aluminum Epoxy Molds
Using of
Aluminum Epoxy molds allows the use of PolyJet part as master for high
production. This technique provides inexpensive and relatively fast way
to produce up to a few hundred copies.
One can produce copies with
thermoplastic, engineering materials, where it is ideal for low to
medium complexity models Note that high complexity models requires many
metal inserts
Metal Spin Casting Applications
One of the most exciting modern applications of spin casting technology is its use in rapid prototyping and product development. It is ideal for quickly and economically producing numerous fully functional, fragile parts in high-strength metal or plastic from computer-generated RP models.
Penetrating Dye for Translucent Color
Color brings life to your models, and there is no simpler way to add color and preserve translucency than using aniline dye with PolyJet™ models.
RP Tempering Applications
A new process called RP Tempering speeds up processing time, reduces costs, and produces a stronger RP part.
Painting of PolyJet™ Parts
For sales samples, photography or finished models, painted PolyJet™ parts produced using Objet 3-Dimensional Printing Systems will give your customers a compelling preview of your newest products.
Jewelry Molds Using VLT Rubber Process
The recent introduction of Castaldo® VLT™ [Very Low Temperature] molding rubber opens the way to a new time-saving process for jewelry molding using Objet Eden™ 3-Dimensional Printing Systems.
Creating Clear or Translucent Models
Not all plastic parts are opaque. For clear parts such as lenses, containers, covers, panels and a variety of other applications, Objet’s PolyJet™ Technology offers the advantages of rapid prototyping while also enabling the translucency required for the application.
