2022 3D printing news

Resin 3D printing with Digital Light Processing (DLP)

iglide® i3000 3D printing resin for wear parts and gears

iglide® i3000 gives igus the world's first 3D printing resin developed specifically for DLP 3D printing of wear parts and gears. The parts made of the synthetic resin cured layer by layer with UV light feature very fine details and an extremely long service life. Now available in the igus 3D printing service and the material shop.

Food compatible by means of laser sintering

Greater strength, better surface and lower component price

The iglide® i6-BLUE laser sintering material is another wear-resistant 3D printing plastic tested for food conformity and approved in accordance with FDA and EU 10/2011 requirements. The blue colour ensures the necessary optical detectability. Special parts, prototypes, and series for applications in the food and beverage industry can now be manufactured in quantities of as few as 1 and as many as 10,000 in just three days. Thanks to the incorporated solid lubricants, the moving parts need not be lubricated, and the special material composition reduces abrasion by up to a factor of 50.

3D printed igumid P190: extremely rigid and strong

Rigid multi-material partner for iglidur® i190 and for structural components

The new igumid P190 fiber-reinforced 3D print filament has been specifically developed as a partner material for iglide i190 for manufacturing especially strong, low-friction components with the multi-material printing process. Its great strength and rigidity makes igumid P190 suitable for printing strong structural parts and for lightweight construction with little need for material.

Service life calculator for custom components

Prices, delivery time, and service life - Now all in one tool

The service life calculation newly integrated into the 3D printing service tool now allows very easy service life calculation for individual components in sliding applications, based on the results of thousands of wear tests from the igus test laboratory every year. Users thus receive all information on price, delivery time, and expected component service life in a single tool.

print2mold® 2.0 – Injection molding tools from the 3D printer

Wear parts and small series, 70% faster at up to 80% less cost

In the print2mold® service, we produce individual injection moulded parts from our iglide® materials. The 3D printed molds result in huge reductions in cost and time. An improved tooling system now makes injection molded parts available even faster, and they cost as much as 80% less to produce than with milled injection molding tools.

Large-format 3D printing (up to 3m) from iglide® i150 and iglide® i151

Improved precision and delivery time for parts of up to 1m

Thanks to the new medium-sized printer, igus can now offer large-format parts (up to 1m) in its 3D printing service with improved precision, at a better price, and with a shorter delivery time.
iglide® i150 and i151, which are especially wear-resistant, make it easy to use large-format components in large-scale mechanical engineering. Additive manufacturing can reduce costs and material usage by up to 80%.