CF3D technology uses snap-curing thermoset materials to reduce high cost, long lead times and design constraints. Photo Credit: Continuous Composites
In September 2020, continuous fiber 3D printing specialist Continuous Composites (Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, U.S.) announced a strategic partnership with specialty materials company Arkema (Colombes, France) through its Sartomer business line, to combine Continuous Composites’ patented Continuous Fiber 3D (CF3D) printing technology with Arkema’s photocurable N3xtDimension resin solutions. The combination is expected to result in development, certification and commercialization of a library of advanced material solutions to suit the needs of a wide variety of applications and industries.