| 3D printing manufacturer Stratasys recently officially launched a special additive manufacturing system for carbon fiber-filled nylon 12 materials. The industrial-grade Fortus 380mc carbon fiber 3D printer was first unveiled in March this year and is now officially shipping to the global market. It is reported that the product is sold domestically. The price is 530,000 yuan. The company expects companies that produce tools and fixtures, as well as automobiles, recreational sports equipment, marine equipment, orthoses and prostheses, defense, aerospace, medical equipment, oil and gas industries to take the lead in using the Fortus 380mc CFE 3D printer.  Used to build parts for IndyCar and NASCAR racing. Team Penske used FDM and carbon fiber-filled nylon 12 composites to make prototypes and final parts. Recently, the team used carbon fiber-filled nylon 12 composites for the Nascar racing team. Mirror housing. Due to the use of carbon fiber materials, Team Penske is able to produce lightweight, high impact, high stiffness mirror housings. These characteristics are very important for racing cars, especially the stiffness of these composites can be thin Wall parts do not bend and deform during the aerodynamic loads generated on the track. Similar to typical injection molded carbon fiber reinforced plastic parts, Stratasys nylon 12CF material has a short carbon fiber weight of 35%, which has the highest stiffness to weight ratio compared to all FDM or FFF 3D printed materials. The Fortus 380mc CFE printer prints material in a layer thickness of 0.010 inches. The printer is also compatible with ASA thermoplastics and can print at a layer thickness of 0.010 or 0.005 inches. It uses water-soluble support material and can be used without subsequent manual disassembly. Create a variety of fine and complex geometric shapes. The Fortus 380mc CFE is capable of repeating the production of precisely sized parts. Printed parts do not exhibit significant distortion or shrinkage for tighter tolerances. Stratasys nylon 12CF material is four times more secure on the x and y axes than the equivalent price And can maintain its mechanical properties in a 40% higher temperature environment. The Fortus 380mc CFE printer is 2 to 5 times faster than a carbon fiber 3D printer at the same price. Pat Carey, senior vice president of sales at Stratasys, said: 'Our customers are demanding easier use of carbon fiber materials. They want an affordable, reliable and stable industrial grade system. Therefore, we are introducing a more affordable system based on the Stratasys Fortus 380mc platform. The 380mc CFE can only be filled with carbon fiber filled nylon 12 material and another material, which we can sell at the lowest price of any industrial grade printer. |
