Cubic Ink®: High-performance and multi-material capability: Cubic Ink® materials have revolutionized industrial inkjet 3D printing.
Fulfilling customer wishes, thinking ahead, or even exceeding customer requirements: With this aspiration, ALTANA has now developed new 3D printing materials for additive manufacturing in industry. We are setting new standards for industrial 3D printing. As one of the leading international specialty chemicals companies, ALTANA offers you highly innovative high-performance materials with previously unattained heat resistance and multi-material capability Prototyping and support materials round out our portfolio. And ALTANA is developing further materials for industry-compliant additive manufacturing to match your printing technology and meet your needs.
The special advantages of Cubic Ink®
High performance in three product groups
High-performance materials
- 011 series
- 024 series
Cubic Ink® High Performance 1 series
Excellent firmness, stiffness, and heat resistance
The new benchmark for heat resistance and strength. This first new material of the Cubic Ink® High Performance 1 series impresses with unprecedented heat resistance of up to over 190 °C. Ideal for applications with hot liquids such as the engine compartment.
- Unprecedented high HDT values
- Stable performance characteristics
- A cost-efficient alternative to injection molding
- Cost reduction through multi-material capability
- Efficiency enhancement: mechanical components with no need for assembly
Cubic Ink® High Performance 4 series
This class of materials strikes a good balance between heat resistance and brittleness
- Stable performance characteristics
- Cost reduction through multi-material capability
- Efficiency enhancement: mechanical components with no need for assembly
- Maximum design freedom
Modeling materials
- 01Tough / Rigid
- 02Flexible
- 03Clear
Tough / Rigid
Rigid or impact-resistant properties depending on requirements
Proven foundation: Cubic Ink® prototyping materials include resilient Cubic Ink® Tough Materials for robust applications.
- Ideal for robust applications
- Variable degree of hardness
- Customizable impact-resistance properties
- Extremely sharp details
Support materials
- 01Standard
- 02Fast dissolving
Standard support material
Environmentally friendly and automatically removable
Cubic Ink® support materials are water-soluble and environmentally friendly, and can be removed automatically in a water bath without chemical solvents.
- No chemical solvents required
- Simple separation
- Adjustable hardness and dissolution time
- Enables high and reliable attention to detail
Fastest dissolving support material
Support ink developed for demanding geometries with minimum dissolving time in water and sufficient support function at the same time.
- Ideal for geometries with narrow and long channels and/or delicate parts.
- No chemical solvents required
- Simple separation
- Adjustable hardness and dissolution time
- Enables high and reliable attention to detail
Enhance efficiency and reduce
production costs at the same time
For more productivity in additive manufacturing: The first high-performance materials with multi-material capability
Three materials in one 3D printing process: Cubic Ink® opens up new possibilities for greater productivity in additive manufacturing. How does it work? See for yourself with our example object:
Materials with special properties such as heat resistance are only placed where they are needed. This cuts material costs.
The base material is printed in the same process. The material properties are less demanding, so the less expensive modeling material is sufficient here.
The support material has two functions. First, it supports the part during the 3D printing process. Second, it can separate mechanical components of the part. Once the support material is dissolved in water, the mechanics are fully functional. This cuts assembly costs.
The result is a fully functional mechanical component. The multi-material capability and the resulting obviation of the need for assembly lead to a significant cost reduction per component. This applies in particular to systems with large print volumes, such as the AMpolar® machine generation from dp polar.
Benefit from our material expertise in additive manufacturing.
