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DSM INTRODUCES SOMOS® 10120 WATERCLEAR™ A UNIQUE STEREOLITHOGRAPHY RESIN FOR OPTICALLY CLEAR PROTOTYPES.
01 August 2001 - DSM Somos
| DSM Somos®, world leaders in innovative materials technology for the rapid prototyping industry, announces the availability of Somos® 10120 WaterClear™: a new stereolithography resin providing the optical clarity of many polycarbonates. |
The resin, designed to work with solid-state lasers, was beta tested on a wide variation of stereolithography equipment including everything from 3D System's SLA-7000 system to the new Viper si2 SLA system. Somos® 10120 WaterClear™ is a unique new material composite of many desirable engineering properties mimicking the flexural strength and modulus of polycarbonate, the notched izod impact strength of Nylon 66, and the tensile strength of ABS. Its transparent appearance may be dyed, in a secondary step, for color tint. According to Dan Mickish, Ph.D, R&D Manager, DSM Somos®: 'Somos® 10120 WaterClear™ was developed in less than one year as a direct response to demands in the market place for this type of next-generation, high-performance SL resin. Focus groups, including both end-users and service bureaus, repeatedly asked for a general purpose material that would combine high clarity, low color, toughness and rigidity.' Michelle Wyatt, DSM Somos® Account Manager, further notes that the high level of enthusiasm from beta test sites coupled with avid industry interest indicates that Somos® R&D has developed a product that meets urgent market needs. Wyatt states: 'Service bureaus and their customers have responded with uniformly positive feedback to Somos® 10120 WaterClear™ and its diverse application potential for building see-through models for the purpose of evaluating product assemblies. This is ideal for engine components, powertools, light pipes, bottles, lenses, and any application where it is essential to visualize flow of liquids or gasses.' In addition to delivering optical-clarity, Somos® 10120 WaterClear™ prototypes ensure exceptional durability, toughness, and impact strength. Users have reported that this unique new material solves challenges encountered with other available grades of stereolithography resin that are too soft or too brittle for many functions including incorporation into models of screws or press fit bearings.
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About: DSM Somos
DSM Somos is an unincorporated division of DSM Desotech—a world leader in the development of UV-curable materials—and a member of the global DSM family.
DSM Somos is currently the world's second largest materials supplier to the rapid prototyping industry, providing stereolithography liquids and
selective laser sintering powders used for the creation of three dimensional models and prototypes directly from digital data. Somos' patented ProtoFunctional materials are used by a variety of industries, including automotive, aerospace, medical and telecommunications. DSM Somos has developed a full line of rapid prototyping materials that replicate the performance parameters of production materials, saving both time and money in new product development. From thermoplastic elastomers to polyethylene and polypropylene, DSM Somos has stereolithography and selective laser sintering technologies. The Somos business has been actively involved in the development of rapid prototyping materials since the late 1980s, from the introduction of the first commercial Somos stereolithography resin in 1992. DSM Somos is part of DSM Desotech, a leading innovative formulator and manufacturer of high quality ultraviolet and electron beam (UV/EB) curable materials. DSM Desotech is a business unit of DSM - an international chemicals and materials group headquartered in The Netherlands, with annual sales of EUR 8.1 billion and a work force of approximately 22,000 employees at more than 200 sites worldwide. DSM is active worldwide in life science and nutritional products, performance materials and industrial chemicals. The company specializes in innovative products and services that help improve the quality of life and DSM products are currently used in a wide range of end markets and applications such as human and animal nutrition and health, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, automotive and transport, coatings, housing and electrics & electronics (E&E). The group has annual sales (pro forma including the recent acquisition - renamed DSM Nutritional Products) of approximately EUR 8 billion and employs about 26,000 people around the world. Ranking among the global leaders in many of its fields, DSM is headquartered in the Netherlands, with locations in Europe, Asia and the Americas. |
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