3D Printing Materials

Unprecedented Range Of High-Performance 3D Printing Materials

Long-fiber fabrics bonded with thermoplastic matrix materials

How Long Fiber Changes the Game?

Our proprietary CBAM technology is the only AM process that combines long-fiber fabrics (versus short or chopped fiber) of carbon or glass with high-performance thermoplastic matrix materials to make composite parts. Long-fiber (fibers measuring at least 12mm in length), can offer significantly improved performance in strength, toughness and durability, in addition to other properties like dimensional stability and heat and chemical resistance. Long-fiber reinforced composite parts can be used to up-engineer from lower cost plastics, lightweight metal parts, or create entirely new parts that aren’t otherwise possible.

The use of long-fiber materials is one of many reasons that makes our composite technology work harder than any other AM technology in the field today.

3D Printing Material Combinations Available on the CBAM-2

Carbon Fiber/PEEK

• High strength (>130 MPa)
• Extraordinary heat performance (MP 343° C)
• Very high chemical resistance
• Exceptional strength to weight ratios
• High impact and wear resistance
• Stronger than equivalent injection molded parts
• No warpage, shrinkage or sink marks
• Excellent flame retardance
• Biocompatible
• Can replace metals in many applications

Carbon Fiber/Nylon 12

• High strength (>100 MPa)
• Great strength to weight ratios
• Excellent temperature performance (MP 180° C)
• Good chemical resistance
• Stronger than equivalent injection molded parts
• No significant warpage, shrinkage or sink marks
• Lower cost

Glass Fiber/PEEK

• High strength
• Excellent temperature performance (MP 343° C)
• Excellent chemical resistance
• Good strength to weight ratio
• Excellent heat resistance
• Lower cost than Carbon Fiber

Glass Fiber/Nylon 12

• Lower cost
• High strength
• Excellent temperature performance (MP 180° C)
• Good chemical resistance
• Good strength to weight ratio
• Excellent heat resistance
• Good abrasion resistance
• Stronger than many metals by weight

SW Systems is an Impossible Objects 3D printer and printing materials sales representative company in the states of Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana.