Family of RP Tempering Products Introduced

By DE Editors

A different approach to material development from PAR3 Technology (Cookeville, TN) has emerged, showcasing an engineering layering process that expands the applications available to users of Rapid Prototyping equipment.

The company has created a family of products and processes called RP Tempering. The products can create fire retardant coatings, seal parts, and increase heat deflection properties. They work on improving part durability, impact strength, surface finish, and EMI shielding, and the process can be used on almost all rapid prototyping systems that use additive processing.

The RP Tempering technology includes proprietary materials and techniques for sealing parts and improving surface finish; additive applications of special coatings as well as infilling with multi-wall carbon Nano tubes; a subtractive engineering process that creates specific geometries within a part for filling; and a patented CAD technique that forms tunnels and spaces within the part file, prior to the rapid build, which can improve such properties as flexibility.

For more information, visit rptempering.com.

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company's website.