X.I.P. CHOOSES SOMOS® PROTOFUNCTIONAL® RESINS TO REPLICATE POLYPROPYLENE FOR UNIQUE UTILITY KNIFE

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X.I.P. CHOOSES SOMOS® PROTOFUNCTIONAL® RESINS TO REPLICATE POLYPROPYLENE FOR UNIQUE UTILITY KNIFE
25 May 2001 - DSM Somos

X.I.P. Company, Cincinnati, Ohio, has selected a new generation ProtoFunctional® resin, DSM Somos® 9100, to produce prototype models of its new, unique Safe-T-Cutter: a utility knife that allows the user to safely open all types of corrugated packages while also reducing damage to packaged contents.

Somos® 9100 was chosen because it replicates polypropylene’s tensile strength and elongation at yield, thereby enabling X.I.P. and its service bureau, Morris Technologies (www.morristech.com), also of Cincinnati, to accurately test form and function relative to the actual material in which the finished product will be molded.

The resins in the Somos® 9100 series are high-speed liquid photopolymers that produce robust, functional, and accurate parts using sterolithography machines. Each resin has a wide processing latitude and excellent tolerance to a broad temperature and humidity range during and after build as well as offering superior chemical resistance. The Somos® 9100 series offers a good balance of properties between rigidity and functionality. These materials are especially useful in applications where durability and robustness are critical requirements, such as automobile components, electronic housings, medical products, large panels and snap-fit parts.

The Safe-T-Cutter was designed to create a safe and efficient workplace via an advanced cutting system that increases cutting ability with the twin blade concept (single housing with front and rear cutting capabilities) and the twin wing protection (one end of housing has wings). The inventive twin wings act as a guide allowing for accurate cuts of corners and help reduce the amount of product damage. The wings also provide the user with better stability, which allows for a controlled cut.

By virtue of design innovation, the Safe-T-Cutter has incredible multi-purpose uses making it ideal for easily cutting single and double wall corrugated containers, multi-depth scored, tops of boxes, twine, string and plastic strapping, and in-house packaging displays

Of equal importance to the product’s performance innovations, Safe-T-Cutter offers core safety solutions that can reduce on the job injury and absenteeism. Traditional razor knives can cause cutting hazards such as lacerations and puncture wounds due to exposed blades that must be retracted manually. Traditional knives do not always offer the most controlled cuts that result in damaged products as well as employees.

Unique Safe-T-Cutter design differentiation ensures that spring-loaded blades automatically retract when not in use, eliminating blade exposure that may cause cuts and punctures. Recessed thumb levers activate blades help to reduce worker injury or accidental product damage Also, blade carriages are designed so that they are nested into each half of the housing. Blade carriages will not fall out when replacing blades. Springs are also housed in a manner that they cannot become lost.

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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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