Formlabs announces new line of engineering resins

3D printing designer and manufacturer, Formlabs has announced a new line of high-performance functional resins for engineering applications.

The resins include a High Temp Resin, a Durable Resin and a Tough Resin. Formlabs’ High Temp Resin is able to withstand heat at the heat deflection temperature (HDT) of 0.45MPa of 289°C, which is the highest HDT on the 3D printing materials market. The resin can be used to create parts that are more temperature resistant and is ideal for prototyping injection moulding tools and testing hot air or fluid flow and thermoforming applications.

The company’s Durable Resin is a wear-resistant, ductile material that simulates the stiffness and glossy finish of everyday plastics. The resin is suitable for applications from prototyping consumer products to packaging.

Formlabs’ bestselling Tough material for engineering needs has been updated to absorb high impact and other mechanical stressors that would normally cause 3D printed parts to snap or shatter. Tough Resin has been brought closer to the mechanical properties of injection-moulded ABS.

“With today’s expanded suite of materials, Formlabs is introducing the most comprehensive library of high- performance functional resins for engineering applications on the desktop 3D printing market, and making accessible industrial-grade 3D printing engineering materials at a fraction of a cost,” said Dávid Lakatos, chief product officer at Formlabs. “We want to equip and enable our users with an even bigger and more powerful toolbox of high-performance resins so that they can achieve reliable, precise prints and can pursue even more remarkable endeavors in engineering, design, and manufacturing.”