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Consumer products and electronics
Our Advanced Bio-Circular (ABC) materials with flagship Rilsan® PA11 are the material of choice for powder bed fusion 3D printing. 100% bio-based Rilsan® PA11 provides excellent flexibility, as well as chemical and fatigue resistance often required in consumer products and electronics applications. With our materials, we enable the creation of impossible complex designs for consumer products and electronics. Discover some of the recent applications with our materials including cosmetics packaging, eyewear and electronic devices. Check out the consumer products application examples
Industrial applications
Industrial applications in 3D printing often are highly demanding in terms of material performance. Our Rilsan® PA11, Kynar® PVDF and Ultra-high-performance Kepstan® PEKK enable 3D printing of industrial pieces with the most demanding requirements such as low water absorption, low flammability as well as fatigue and impact resistance. Today our lightweight materials are used for printing industrial pieces such as bearing cages, pico turbines, pipe fittings and embankment rollers as replacement of metal parts and stockshape. The combination of advanced material performance with additive manufacturing promise to disrupt the supply chain in the industrial segment.
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Healthcare applications
Rilsan® Polyamide 11 is the material of choice for medical device applications such as orthotics and prosthetics that require open customization. Thanks to the material's flexibility, 3D-printed devices for orthotics provide a high level of comfort to patients. Also, 3D printed devices with Rilsan® Polyamide 11 are resistant to impact, and chemicals related to sweating and are easy to clean. Therefore our customers choose 100% bio-based Rilsan® Polyamide 11 for application as ankle-foot orthosis, orthopedic insoles and cranial orthosis. Check out the medical devices application examples
3D-printed objects in sports
The sports industry is one of the early adopters of 3D printing technology and today we can find devices and accessories entirely or partially 3d printed with high-performance materials. Our materials are adapted to creating complex but lightweight lattice shapes and custom-made pieces while guaranteeing the material performance of the 3D-printed pieces. Some examples of 3D printing applications of our materials are ski boots, helmets, golf club and others. Check out the sports application examples
Automotive &
Transportation
Our high-performance polymers have always been at the heart of the continuing evolution in the automotive and transportation industry. Today with the disruptive additive manufacturing technologies and advanced materials such as Rilsan® PA11, the automotive industry can achieve faster time to market and more freedom in piece design. Discover some examples of unique 3D printing applications in automotive and transportation such as harness protectors, defog nozzles and door-opening mechanisms. Check out the automotive and transportation applications
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AON3D
KIMYA PEKK-A filament, made from Arkema's Kepstan® PEKK, is a PAEK family material with exceptional mechanical, thermal, and chemical resistance properties. Kepstan® PEKK is optimized for easier 3D printing and better interlayer adhesion. In this timelapse, a Kepstan® PEKK fluid mixer was printed on the AON M2 with a section cut out to see the inner workings.
Founded in 2015 by a team of materials engineers, AON3D is a Montreal-based additive manufacturing hardware, software, and material science company. AON3D’s large high-temperature AON M2+ industrial 3D printer with Arkema Kepstan® PEKK enables engineers and designers to easily create complex parts with superior mechanical and thermal properties.
Materialise
Watch our joint webinar entitled "Empowering Sustainability in Eyewear: The Story behind Bio-Based PA 11 Material with Arkema." Here you'll learn about the possibilities of 3D printing eyewear with sustainable materials without compromising on performance. Also, watch Materialise's short promo video showing the beautiful Rilsan® PA11 eyewear frames they've brought to life through 3D printing.Learn more about Rilsan® PA11
Lynxter
Lynxter, a French company founded in 2016, designs and builds industry 4.0 additive manufacturing machine tools. The R&D team from Lynxter worked on improving the mass of a cast aluminum intake manifold. In order to optimize the weight of this engine assembly, the teams had to rethink its design and composition and make the choice to print it in PEKK. In its amorphous form (PEKK-A), Kepstan® PEKK delivered the level of mechanical and temperature resistance required for this application.Learn more about replacing metal with Kepstan® PEKK