Cobalt Extreme is working on technology that builds a metallic endoskeleton via 3D printing, and then injection molds a polymer around that skeleton. A company out of Brisbane, Australia, has developed a manufacturing technology that combines 3D printing with injection molding.

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Cobalt Extreme works on producing technology geared for the engineering and manufacturing of innovative artificial lift equipment for oil production. The company’s performance materials laboratory has developed a material concept called Synthetic Metal (worldwide patents pending), which was originally developed for extreme environments in deep oil wells. This technology also has the potential to open up applications in new markets.

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David Nommensen, director of Cobalt Extreme, said that the biggest advantage of Synthetic Metals is the processability, mainly by injection molding a unique polymer in and around a metal endoskeleton. “The injection molded polymer in and around the metal endoskeleton is not conductive and becomes an insulator, in addition to other benefits of the injection molded materials such as abrasion resistance, resiliently deformable, cost, impact resistance, non-corrosive, chemical resistance, color, temperatures, weight, etc.,” he said. The company’s Synthetic Metal and Arpmax polymer technology combines […]

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