Munich-based WACKER CHEMIE has been developing chemicals for over a hundred years, specializing in rubber silicones, plastics, and more. While these products have mostly been implemented in traditional manufacturing processes, like injection molding, in their Q2 report for this year, the chemical giant announced that it had developed a method for 3D printing silicone.
There are companies whose pneumatic pump-based extrusion systems are capable of 3D printing silicone type materials, such as Hyrel 3D and Structur3D. Picsima also plans to release their own silicone 3D printing system, but the details about how it works are still under wraps. …
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