High Performance, High Viscosity Composite Materials

HTS delivers material properties similar to engineering plastics like PEEK, Vespel^®, Radel^® and Torlon^® via additive manufacturing.  Unlike many other high-performance photopolymers, HTS is a one pot system leading to higher productivity and less waste.

Key Material Properties:

• HDT: >300 C
• Ultimate Tensile Strength: 90 MPa in Z

High strength, HDT, and stiff ceramic-fiber reinforced photopolymer tuned for use in tooling applications such as injection molding or thermoforming. Exhibiting an HDT greater than 300 degrees °C, this material can withstand shots of aggressive plastics such as polycarbonate or ULTEM.

Key Material Properties:

• Heat Deflection Temperature (@ 0.455 MPa): > 300 °C
• Tensile Strength: 90 MPa

Developed in collaboration with Rogers Corporation, this low-loss dielectric material is used for 3D printing components and devices used in wide bandwidth, high-frequency communication, and sensing systems. Specifically tailored for microwave and mmWave applications, this material can also be metalized through post-processing.

The dielectric constant of devices 3D printed with these materials is tuned using additives and through the use of spatial latticing.

Key Material Properties:

• Dielectric Constant: 2.8
• Dissipation Factor (@ 24 GHz): 0.0046

Developed in collaboration with Tethon 3D, High Purity Alumina is an alumina-filled photopolymer that sinters to a final part purity of 97% alumina. This material is a great selection for applications that require high reliability, dielectric strength, corrosion resistance, biocompatibility, or thermal isolation hardness.

Key Material Properties:

• Chemical Purity: 97%
• Operating Temperature: 1750 °C

Developed in collaboration with Tethon 3D, this mid-grade ceramic is designed for general industry use. This ceramic exhibits a remarkably low 5% shrink upon sintering to deliver high tolerance for both large and small parts that feature high geometric complexity.

Key Material Properties:

• Post-sintered Shrink Factor: 5%
• Operating Temperature: 1450 °C

A photopolymer that prevents static charge build-up on parts in operating conditions up to 284 °C. Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) of small voltages is enough to destroy sensitive electrical components or ignite flammable vapor. Parts made from Fortify’s ESD-HT photopolymer are “static dissipative”, allowing for controlled static discharge with precisely tuned resistivities of 106 Ω/sq.

Key Material Properties:

• Surface Resistivity: 10⁶ Ω/sq
• Heat Deflection Temperature (@ 0.455 MPa): 284 °C