Sculpteo Alumides!

By on April 12th, 2012 in Service

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3D print service Sculpteo announced the availability of a new 3D print material: Alumide. What is Alumide? It’s a mix of polyamide and aluminum powder yielding 3D prints that are stronger than just plastic but weaker than metal. Like plastic and some metals, it can actually bend slightly, making it useful for objects undergoing minor stress. It’s ideal for those 3D prints requiring a bit more strength than usual. 
 
Sculpteo is not the first 3D print service to offer Alumide. Shapeways has offered Alumide for some time now, as does i.Materialise. 
 
Sculpteo’s Alumide offering offers a maximum build size of 308 x 308 x 600mm and an excellent resolution of 0.1mm. The minimum feature size is 1mm. Sculpteo’s pricing appears to offer Alumide as slightly less expensive than their plastic options. 
 

By Kerry Stevenson

Kerry Stevenson, aka "General Fabb" has written over 8,000 stories on 3D printing at Fabbaloo since he launched the venture in 2007, with an intention to promote and grow the incredible technology of 3D printing across the world. So far, it seems to be working!