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Simultaneous Multi-material 3-Dimensional Printing

Developing products requires multi-material combinations for maximum functionality. This vastly complicates the development process as product prototypes also must combine multiple materials in a single part.Objet’s patent-pending PolyJet Matrix™ Technology, the first technology to allow jetting of multiple materials simultaneously, fully solves this challenge. Available on the Connex family of 3D Printing Systems, this technology offers the unique ability to print parts and assemblies made of multiple materials, with different mechanical properties, all in a single build. Multi-material and mixed part printing with PolyJet Matrix Technology opens up unlimited opportunities. The ability to create diverse product models enables simultaneous modeling and testing of multiple variations of a design, and cost effective modeling of products at the earliest of stages. This can dramatically reduce the risk of error, particularly when creating complex molds for double injection.

The PolyJet Matrix Process Digital MaterialsFullCure

PolyJet Matrix Technology works by simultaneously jetting two distinct Objet FullCure
® photopolymer model materials in preset combinations. The dual-jet process combines these materials to produce multi-material parts and create new composite materials, called Digital Materials™ , that have the desired mechanical and physical structures. The two FullCure model materials are jetted from designated print head nozzles according to location and model type, providing full control of the structure of the jetted material and its mechanical properties. The materials are jetted in ultra-thin, 16-micron layers onto a build tray, layer by layer, until the part is completed. Each photopolymer layer is cured by UV light immediately after it is jetted, producing fully cured models that can be handled and used immediately, without post-curing. The gel-like support material is easily removed by hand or waterJet.Dedicated Objet Studio for Connex™ software manages the process and allows you to assign different materials, handle multi-material STL files and create files that combine different materials, assemblies and model characteristics. Digital Materials™ are multi-phase composite materials based on a combination of different FullCure modeling materials, which are created on-the-fly using PolyJet Matrix Technology. This rich set of new materials enhances the mechanical and physical properties of the original materials, providing new values of tensile strength, flexural strength and Shore A values.The ability to fabricate Digital Materials to provide specific properties opens up vast opportunities for many applications. It brings you much closer to realizing the final product by enabling feasibility testing and over-molding process simulation at an early stage.
Print Heads Material A Material B DM8120G4

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VeroWhiteDM_9110 – Shore80 DM_8120 – Gray40 V Wh it DM9110 – Shore80 ®

Family of Materials

® 720 V General purpose VË Transparent Vero Materials VË Improved mechanical properties VË Opaque colors VË Excellent detail visualization Durus Materials VË Polypropylene simulation Tango Materials VË Rubber-like flexible VË Multiple elasticity options FullCure
® 705 VË Universal Support for all model materials