Industrial Automation Magazine India

Asiga and Henkel drive additive manufacturing solutions for industrial production

Published on : Monday 01-02-2021

Flame retardant 3D printing material Loctite 3955 from Henkel now validated for Asiga printers.

Düsseldorf, January 2021 – Asiga, an industry leading manufacturer of 3D printing equipment, is partnering in Henkel’s Open Materials Platform to accelerate the adoption of additive manufacturing in various industries with production-grade 3D printed parts that are both accurate and functional. Henkel offers a broad portfolio of high-performance photopolymers for the 3D printing industry. The company develops and provides a wide range of photo-curing resins that enable ultra-fast manufacturing of production parts with many different properties, from high-impact to highly flexible, in addition to those with high heat resistance and others for specialty applications.

Asiga was an early innovator in desktop stereolithography, launching the world’s first LED based DLP 3D printer in 2011. Today the company continues to focus on a range of process monitoring technologies which control part accuracy and production stability across many industries including medical and general manufacturing. Asiga’s product line consists of powerful desktop 3D printers with their MAX series through to their large format floor standing PRO 4K.

Since the announcement of their collaboration in July 2020, Asiga and Henkel have been collaborating to validate industrial grade materials by optimizing print processes that push the threshold of additive manufacturing capabilities. Working together, the two companies have been leveraging their deep experience in chemistry and 3D printing technologies to drive the next level in additive manufacturing production. “Henkel continues to unlock applications with an innovative approach to material development providing Asiga customers access to the next generation of 3D printing materials,” says Graham Turner, Global Operations Manager at Asiga.

“After many months of collaboration working with the Asiga technical team we are pleased to announce further additions of the Loctite industrial resins for the Asiga platform. The new Asiga Pro4K is an exciting entry into the industrial 3D space, and we are pleased that Asiga has partnered with Henkel to bring many of our newest technologies to that platform including our 3955 FST material,” explains Sam Bail, Head of OEM Partnerships for 3D Printing at Henkel.