Two times faster dissolution of support structures in industrial 3D FDM printing

3D printing in FDM / FFF technology from two printing heads using a soluble support material is shrouded in many myths. For people who have not previously had contact with soluble supports, this may seem to be a solution to all the weaknesses and limitations of the FDM / FFF method in the area of geometry and manual removal of supports. People working with this material know that reality is not so simple and “pink” – the support material takes a long time to dissolve, in some places of the 3D print it has residues, which must be removed by hand anyway, and the process itself is quite dirty and oppresive . The American company Oryx Additive claims that it sets a new standard in the field of soluble supports and solves many of the common problems associated with it.

Oryx Additive has launched src1 – a new chemical for removing support material from 3D printed parts using the FDM method. Developed by the src1 research team, it works efficiently and quickly, dissolving the support material twice as fast as other preparations of this type. src1 was developed from the ground up to allow the supports of printed 3D models to dissolve as quickly as possible with the least possible contamination. The product is designed to handle Stratasys SR-30 particularly well – a polymer designed to support the production of parts with complex overhangs from high-temperature materials.

In performance tests, src1 was shown to be able to remove SR-30 support material at a rate of 3.65 grams per hour, 112.2% faster than the unnamed “lead” competitor. At the same time, one sachet of chemical agent is sufficient for approx. 45 liters of water. During subsequent tests, the cleaning efficiency was assessed – the competing preparation began to lose approx. 0.33 kg of support structures after dissolving, while src1 lasted twice as long, and the bath only needed to be refreshed after the team had passed through almost 1 kg of cleaning material.

src1 Oryx Additive costs $ 199.00 for a pack of 12 sachets.

Source: www.oryxadditive.com

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