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BROOKFIELD RAPID SOLUTIONS USES SOMOS® PROTOFUNCTIONAL® RESIN FOR PROTOTYPING APPLE TITANIUM LAPTOP BATTERY CHARGER
25 May 2001 - DSM Somos
| Brookfield Rapid Solutions, a Hudson, New Hampshire service bureau, has utilized a new generation ProtoFunctional® resin, DSM Somos® 7120, to produce prototype models of a P12 battery charger for the Apple Titanium computer.
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Somos® 7120, developed for use with Solid State Lasers, is part of the DSM Somos® 7100 series: humidity-tolerant, high heat-deflection-temperature, low curl, high-speed liquids that produce rigid, minimal bubble, high accuracy parts. It produces exceptional, undistorted, thin walls and down-facing surfaces and exhibits good processing latitude. The P12 battery charger is one of the few commercially available battery chargers using the Dallas chip which identifies the battery chemistry and state of charge resulting in improved safety, charging speed, performance and battery life. The Stereolithography prototyping process was chosen for the speed with which it enables evaluation of functional, marketing, and manufacturing issues. It also enables a very compressed product development process. This product went from concept to full production in only eleven weeks.
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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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