Objet Gives A Peak at New Materials for 2011

February 8, 2011

Exciting new 3D Printing materials to be released this year by Objet, let us know if there are any you would like to see added to the range of materials currently available on Shapeways? I can only the imagine the amazing potential of the clear…

Update Thanks to Jan Boon:

With More details…

Comments

• jeff bare
  February 8, 2011 at 11:59 am
  yes, clear please!

• Jan Boon
  February 8, 2011 at 12:19 pm
  Here’s a longer video with some more explanation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-3sBPFJd_8

• Scott Ryan
  February 8, 2011 at 2:42 pm
  Oh, yes, clear! We must have the clear! We wants the clear, we does! Yesssss…

• Bob Davies
  February 8, 2011 at 3:13 pm
  Clear certainly

• Jed
  February 8, 2011 at 4:20 pm
  I want them all, but clear is certainly the big one. Also, what are the chances that we’ll get composite printing or rubber-like materials? There are a few Objet features that I’ve been wanting to play with for a long time.

• Tom van der Zanden
  February 8, 2011 at 8:57 pm
  Currently, the puzzle people use WSF because it’s strong and cheap. However, it’s not very smooth and we would appreciate a material that’s a nice glossy black, like mass produced puzzles. Detail (somewhat) has the nice finish we want but it’s not nearly strong enough for making some more delicate puzzles. This new “ABS-like” material that Objet is introducing could be gold. Strong and with a nicer surface finish.

• Mark Pitcavage
  February 9, 2011 at 5:44 pm
  Why is there no written text here? I can read in seconds what I have to wait for minutes to see play out on video. Should I really have to watch 23 minutes worth of videos to get this information?

• Glenn Slingsby
  February 9, 2011 at 5:50 pm
  I want them all!! Seriously, I have been wanting materials that are smoother and capable of more detail for a long time. Hopefully the ABS-like will fill that need. I also liked the material – whatever it was – that the weird vase-like thing was made of; looked like ceramic but wasn’t… Oh, and of course the Clear!

• Lukas Süss
  February 9, 2011 at 7:30 pm
  That ABS-like material is quite something. I always thought printing scissors is just impossible or will at least remain impossible for a long long time.

• berky93
  February 10, 2011 at 3:40 am
  I really like all of those materials. Scissors are something I never thought could be printed feasibly, both due to the sharp blades and the extremely precise needs. But there you go!

• Luis Commins
  February 10, 2011 at 10:17 am
  The clear looks very good, especially for cases. +1 on the Composite printing: With a rubber print on plastic we can start making waterproof/resistant cases, non-slip bases, etc. We would need to know what the ‘adhesion’ is like.

• Marcus
  February 10, 2011 at 10:15 pm
  Add one more vote for the clear!

• Fredrik Bräutigam
  February 11, 2011 at 2:59 pm
  Both the Clear and ABS-like materials look very interesting, but I’d like to know more about surface smoothness and level of detail.

• Anon
  February 12, 2011 at 7:59 pm
  Yes yes yes! All of these new materials expand the functional capacity of 3D printing, in opposition to the recent number of aesthetic capacity improvements. Time for 3D printing’s ‘tick’ after a lengthy ‘tock’.

• Richard Gain
  February 15, 2011 at 8:59 am
  Materials with higher rigidity and strength would be great for me. WS&F is the material I currently use for most of my puzzles because it is really strong – but it is also quite flexible, and sometimes it’s important to be able to make parts that will not bend easily.

• QuailStudio
  April 9, 2011 at 12:33 pm
  Clear would be great of course but I would also love to see the new VeroWhitePlus take over the current VeroWhite (White Detail).

• patleaver
  May 4, 2011 at 5:01 am
  I would like to see the TangoPlus Full Cure materials.