Evonik, a number one specialty chemical compounds firm, and LEHVOSS Group, a chemical and mineral specialties group, are coming into right into a strategic partnership within the discipline of business 3D printing. The core content material of the collaboration consists of two key initiatives. Firstly, based mostly on Evonik’s PA613 polymer chemistry, LEHVOSS will develop its personal 3D printing formulations beneath its personal LUVOSINT product branding. Secondly, LEHVOSS will embody Evonik’s polymer powder INFINAM PA 6005 P (PA613) in its personal product portfolio from September 1, 2023. Via this partnership, each trade companions intention to open up the best way to new functions within the automotive sector.
Materials consultants
“The collaboration with LEHVOSS may be very particular for us, as a result of that is the primary time in our three-decade historical past that we’re coming into right into a partnership with one other materials producer. The professional staff at LEHVOSS is properly positioned to provide specialty formulations that allow new 3D functions,” stated Sylvia Monsheimer, head of business 3D printing at Evonik.
INFINAM PA 6005 P is a polymer powder from Evonik based mostly on polyamide 613 and is designed for 3D printing applied sciences akin to selective laser sintering (SLS). The polymer is produced utilizing Evonik’s particular precipitation course of on the Marl Chemical Park, in Germany, and is appropriate for 3D functions within the larger temperature vary. In comparison with different difficult-to-process supplies of the polyamide 6 household, INFINAM PA 6005 P has an impressively low water absorption fee – lower than 3% – which has constructive results on each the processability within the 3D printing course of, and the dimensional stability of the printed element.
New PA613-based formulations
LEHVOSS has developed a carbon fiber-reinforced powder variant for laser sintering created from Evonik’s PA613 base polymer. Marketed beneath the model identify LUVOSINT PA613 9711 CF, the product options particular carbon fibers compounded into the person polymer particles. Carbon fibers bonded on this approach are compliant with relevant occupational security rules. Moreover, by together with Evonik’s unreinforced INFINAM PA 6005 P into its personal product distribution portfolio, LEHVOSS now gives prospects each of those formulations – all from one provider.
“Partnering with Evonik and utilizing their wonderful base polymer made it simpler to develop a personalized product for our prospects’ technical functions,” stated Dr. Stefan Schulze, 3D printing staff chief at LEHVOSS.
With the LUVOSINT and LUVOCOM 3F product traces, the LEHVOSS Group gives revolutionary and customised plastics for 3D printing. These merchandise are tailored to the most typical manufacturing processes, akin to Powder Mattress Fusion (PBF), Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF), and Fused Granulate Fabrication (FGF). These merchandise are characterised by good processability and wonderful materials properties.
