Sartomer enables Massivit 3D’s first life-sized, 3D-printed model of female soccer star

Sartomer enables Massivit 3D’s first life-sized, 3D-printed model of female soccer star

(PRESS RELEASE) COLOMBES, 25-Jun-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Massivit 3D has partnered with Arkema‘s Sartomer since its inception in 2013. Massivit 3D benefits from Sartomer’s market-leading portfolio of N3xtDimension® UV-curable liquid resins. These advanced liquid resins make up a significant portion of Massivit 3D’s unique, proprietary Gel Dispensing Printing (GDP) technology. This technology makes possible the super-fast production of super-sized, lightweight, hollow 3D-printed models up to 1.8 meters/6 feet high, giving Massivit’s customers the power of 3D advertising.

The advanced Sartomer solutions enabled the recent demonstration of the advantages of the Massivit 3D GDP technology. It is the first life-sized, 3D-printed model of a professional female soccer star. Arkema is sponsoring famous player Gaëtane Thiney, a member of the French team, in the tournament. The soccer player was scanned to provide a high-resolution model. Then, the model was printed by Deko 3D by Sépia on Massivit 1800. The model is made with Massivit 3D’s unique Dimengel technology using Sartomer’s N3xtDimension® performance UV curable liquid resins. The resulting image is 1.7 meters tall. Printing time reached a record of 11 hours.

Amir Veresh, VP Business Development and Marketing, Massivit 3D, commented: “We are excited about our evolving collaboration with Sartomer. We are adamant that, by leveraging Sartomer’s inherent capabilities and rich know-how, Massivit 3D will be able to further deliver new materials to the market with a significantly faster lead time, introduce fresh applications and enter new verticals.”

Sumeet Jain, Global Business Director for 3D Printing at Sartomer, said: “Sartomer has been providing a tailored support to Massivit 3D through its unique, advanced N3xtDimension® range of liquid resins, delivering exceptional freedom of performance design. We support the industry innovation at our UV curable 3D Printing Center of Excellence where experts create cutting-edge 3D printing resins of our N3xtDimension range® through research and development.”

Arkema’s 3D Printing Solutions opens an unlimited array of possibilities for additive manufacturing.

Guillaume de Crevoisier, Global Business Director 3D Printing Solutions by Arkema, added: “This partnership with Massivit illustrates Arkema’s commitments of its commercial platform, 3D Printing solutions by Arkema: to develop close and strategic cooperation with global key players to unlock additive manufacturing industrial capabilities. Led by our flagship brands including N3xtDimension® liquid resins, Rilsan® biosourced polyamide 11, and ultra-high-performance Kepstan® PEKK polymer, 3D Printing Solutions by Arkema brings our partners and customers the best of our advanced and innovative materials as well as our proven expertise for all major 3D manufacturing technologies.”

For more information, please contact:

Gilles GALINIER
VP Communication
Tel: +33 (0)1 49 00 70 07
Arkema

Véronique OBRECHT
Corporate Press relations
Tel: +33 (0)1 49 00 88 41
Arkema

Isabelle MARELLY
Massivit PR
Tel: + 1 972 73 257 123

Ingrid VAN LOOCKE
Massivit PR
Tel: +32 478 51 44 15

SOURCE: Arkema Group