Clariant Clariant will introduce a newly developed fire, smoke and toxicity compliant 3D printing material at Formnext.

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The company is to showcase its PA6/66-GF20 FR LS which uses a base flame-retardant material called Exolit and is reinforced with glass fibres. Exoilt is compliant with EN 45545-2, NFPA 130 and SMP 800-C and has been developed to enable Clariant to produce industry standard materials so customers can additively manufacture end-use components.

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At Formnext, Clariant will present a range of components printed in the PA6/66-GF20 FR LS material including unique rail applications. It will also spotlight some of its other production-enabling materials, including a flame retardant, glass fibre-reinforced polyamide 6, which also uses Exolit as the base material, and a number of other fibre-reinforced grades.

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The polyamide 6, 20% glass fibre-reinforced, has been used to produce a component which makes up a charger for an electrical vehicle and will be […]

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