The Belgian 3D printing giant Materialise is the first company to provide a new Ultrasint TPU material for the HP Jet Fusion 5200 series. This flexible material developed by BASF is now available through Materialise Onsite and i.materialise, as well as the company's offline prototype design and manufacturing operations.
HP first introduced its Ultrasint TPU material in May. At the same time, it launched the Jet Fusion 5200 series of industrial-grade 3D printers. The material is flexible, has a high surface quality, and has good mechanical properties (including abrasion resistance, shape recovery, and shock absorption). These unique properties make it suitable for a variety of prototyping and manufacturing applications, including air ducts, complex ducts, clips, seals, protective shells, covers, as well as footwear and wearable devices.
Materialise Ultrasint TPU for HP
Pieter Vos, Director of Production and Marketing, Materialise, said: "In the past three decades, Materialise has provided our customers with the latest and most innovative products, technologies and manufacturing infrastructure. Together with our customers, we have continuously expanded new opportunities and created 3D printing technology to create Real business value. Today's announcement proves our belief. "
Materialise worked closely with HP as an early tester of the HP 5200 series, enabling them to understand not only the additive portfolio but also the new TPU material. As an early tester, Materialise also played an important role in exploring and inventing applications for flexible thermoplastic polyurethanes.
HP and BASF's new materials are now available to Materialsis customers for industrial or development use. Materialise said that Ultrasint TPU 90A-01 is replacing TPU 92A-1 previously introduced for specific laser sintering technologies.