New plastics materials for e-Manufacturing

EOS presents four further plastic materials at this years’ EuroMold. The number 1 manufacturer of laser-sintering systems offers new materials with advanced mechanical properties at its booth F70 in hall 8. New are also a grey and a black material. With the development of the new powders, the company is opening up additional applications of laser-sintering for series manufacture, so-called e Manufacturing.
PrimePart DC is a new impact resistant plastic material from EOS. The natural coloured polyamide offers an elongation at break of 50 percent. That is about twice as high as those of previously available materials. With a tensile strength of 48 MPa and a Young’s modulus of 1,550 MPa, the other mechanical properties are comparable to those of the proven PA 2200. PrimePart DC is therefore especially impact resistant. ”We see a high interest for automotive applications that require good impact behaviour like interior parts”, states Thomas Mattes, Vice President for plastic laser-sintering at EOS.
A further new material is PrimePart ST. It is a flexible material that reaches an elongation at break of up to 250 percent. Potential applications are shoe soles, sealings and hoses.
In future, EOS will also offer a wider choice of colours: PA 2202 black is a polyamide material containing black pigments. The resulting parts are coloured throughout their whole volume, which makes them resistant against scratches, abrasion and dirt. The parts are thus very well suited for mechanically stressed applications or dirty environments. The polymer in black will be the first choice for industries where this colour of parts is relevant. This is for example the case for many components in the automotive industry, especially under-bonnet parts. PA 2203 grey is a further alternative in light grey.

EOS GmbH Electro Optical Systems
Martina Methner
Robert-Stirling-Ring 1
D-82152 Krailling
Tel: +49 89 893 36-134
Fax: +49 89 893 36-288
Email: martina.methner@eos.info
Homepage: www.eos.info

EOS was founded in 1989 and is today the world leading manufacturer of laser-sintering systems. Laser-sintering is the key technology for e-Manufacturing, the fast, flexible and cost-effective production of products, patterns or tools. The technology manufactures parts for every phase of the product life cycle, directly from electronic data. Laser-sintering accelerates product development and optimizes production processes. EOS has completed its business year 2006/2007 with preliminary revenues in laser-sintering of approximately 60 million Euro, which is an increase of 14 percent compared to the previous year.

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