Formlabs Announces New Elastic Resin Material
Formlabs just announced their latest new engineering resin. This soft engineering resin (50A Shore durometer) is suitable for prototyping parts normally produced with silicone that need to bend, stretch and compress. Due to its high elongation (160%) and good tear strength (19.1kN/m) it will hold up to repeated cycles without tearing. Elastic resin is also translucent which is ideal for healthcare and medical applications where visual simulation is required. Please click the button below for more details about this exciting new material. More info
Moldex3D Tech Tip: Import Curves
Import Curves in Moldex3D for Quick Venting Setting Moldex3D’s pre-processing tools enable you to set venting. The main purpose of venting is to allow the air trapped during the injection molding process to escape and prevent surface defects, such as burning, flash, short shots and air traps, and severe volume shrinkage. Importing curves in Moldex3D’s venting setting eliminates the need for manually selecting the venting boundary. It provides you with a more streamlined workflow, reducing time and effort. It only requires the following simple steps to complete the vent setting: Create venting curves → Set Moldex3D project → Set Computation Parameters → Set Venting (Import curves) → Save and complete. The following will demonstrate how to quickly and efficiently complete the venting design and setting in Moldex3D Designer. Step 1 In Moldex3D Computation Parameter, click Advanced and go to the Venting tab. Step 2 Check Venting analysis and click Setting to launch workspace for B.C. setting. Step 3 Click Import Curves, select the venting boundary curve and import it. Note: venting curve (IGES/STEP file) is required. Step 4 Check if the imported venting boundary conditions are properly listed and shown in Display Window. Click OK and confirm to complete the BC setting. Step 5 [...]
Ringing in 2019
All of us at Cimquest would like to wish you a very happy, healthy, and prosperous New Year! We are very much looking forward to ringing in 2019. It is going to be a great year with many new technological advances. We will be here at your side to help you take advantage of new innovations that will make your jobs easier and your business more profitable. Cheers! Please note that our offices will be open until 5pm today and will be closed tomorrow, January 1st to celebrate the New Year. We will be back to business bright and early on January 2nd.
3D Printing For High Thermal Stability
Formlabs is pleased to announce the latest formulation of High Temp Resin, part of their library of Engineering Resins for the Form 2 desktop stereolithography (SLA) 3D printer. High Temp Resin offers the highest heat deflection temperature (HDT) among Formlabs resins and is suitable for printing detailed, precise parts with high thermal stability. The new formulation, shipping now, has an HDT of 238 °C @ 0.45 MPa and improved elongation to decrease brittleness. Over the course of the last year since Formlabs first released this material, they talked with a variety of engineers and product designers using it to better understand its applications, strengths, and opportunities to improve. They have determined that this is a very capable resin in the field, and the latest formulation is a direct result of customer feedback to make it even better. High Temp Resin in Action Professionals across industries are using High Temp Resin in a variety of exciting and inventive workflows, and in some cases, people buy their first Form 2 specifically to access this resin and its unique properties. Product Development: Hot Air, Gas, and Fluid Flow Functional testing of prototype parts that come into contact with high heat can prove challenging, as many prototyping [...]
Happy Holidays
We would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a very happy, safe and prosperous holiday season. We will be closed tomorrow to celebrate Christmas, but we will be back to business on Wednesday, Dec 26th.
We Are Here For You
The holidays are approaching and we realize that many people and businesses take extended time off to celebrate. But we also realize that many other companies are very busy with work and don’t have that luxury. Cimquest strives to be there when you need us and therefore we will be staffed for those last minute urgent customer service calls that can occur right thru to the end of the year. We will be here for you through the holiday season and will only be closed for business on Christmas and New Years Day.