polyetheretherketone
Evonik Launches New PEEK Filament for Industrial 3D Printing Applications
As one of the top specialty chemicals companies, with activity in more than 100 different countries around the world, Evonik knows a thing or two when it comes to 3D…
Antero PEKK 3D Printing Qualified for Boeing: An Interview with Stratasys
Recently, Stratasys reported that its Antero 800NA material, a form of polyether ketone ketone (PEKK), has been qualified by Boeing. Boeing qualified the material under the spec: BMS8-444. Potentially this…
3D Printing PEEK Disks Coated with Antibacterial Agents
In the recently published ‘Preparation and Characterization for Antibacterial Activities of 3D Printing Polyetheretherketone Disks Coated with Various Ratios of Ampicillin and Vancomycin Salts,’ Taiwanese researchers are experimenting with innovative…
WASP Bringing PEEK Pellet 3D Printer, and Others, to formnext 2019
Italian company WASP (World’s Advanced Saving Project) always manages to surprise me with the multitude of unique 3D printers it develops. At last year’s formnext event, the company introduced its…
Chinese Startup Meditool Gets Investment From Evonik
Last year Evonik opened a new production line for specialty PA [polyamide] powders at the Marl Chemical Park in Germany, increasing the company’s annual capacities by 50%. It also released a…
Tunisia: Researchers 3D Print Optimized Car Leaf Spring out of Carbon PEEK
Authors Amir Kessentini, Gulam Mohammed Sayeed Ahmed, and Jamel Madiouli have performed research and analysis after 3D printing a car part, with their findings outlined and recently published in ‘Design…
Shandong University Researchers Working on Optimal Parameters for 3D Printing PEEK
In their recently published paper, ’Experimental study on parameters of 3D printing process for PEEK materials,’ researchers from Shandong University of Technology conduct experiments regarding the use of PEEK 3D…
Electrically Conductive PEEK Composites for FDM 3D Printing
Fused deposition modeling (FDM) is a 3D printing method that can easily meet the requirements for small series industrial manufacturing. However, there aren’t a lot of commercially available materials that…
3D Printing News Briefs: April 1, 2018
On this first day of April (happy Easter!), we’re starting out 3D Printing News Briefs with a little business, before moving on to education and the results of a competition….
3D Printing News Briefs: March 2, 2018
We’ve got a lot of business announcements for you today in 3D Printing News Briefs, plus some news about software and materials, so let’s dive right in. First, BASF 3D…
Roboze Customer Integrates Roboze One+400 3D Printer Into Factory Supply Chain for PEEK 3D Printing
Italian 3D printer manufacturer Roboze is known for releasing desktop machines that can print using high-performance, industrial-strength materials, like PEEK and PEI. Last year, the company revamped its affordable Roboze One+400 3D printer…
3D Printed PEKK Structures Shown to Offer Superior Antibacterial Properties for Orthopedic Implants in Comparison Study with PEEK
Connecticut-based Oxford Performance Materials, Inc. (OPM) first commercialized its proprietary OsteoFab process back in 2013; two years later, the company received 510(k) clearance from the FDA for its 3D printed…
Take a PEEK at the Competition: Solvay Group Launching International Additive Manufacturing Challenge for University Students
Everyone enjoys a good 3D printing contest. A lot of them come from the likes of Pinshape, Stratasys, and NASA, and recently a new challenge was launched from a rather unexpected source…
