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Smart Materials 3D hará muy pronto el lanzamiento del nuevo INNOVATEFIL® PP SUPPORT un material de soporte para PP único en el mercado, siendo conscientes de que es una necesidad muy requerida para todos los usuarios del PP y que facilitará la producción de piezas complejas, sobre todo en el sector industrial, siempre hambriento de productos innovadores que necesitan un aporte de eficiencia y eficacia en sus líneas de producción.

Within the framework of an industrial doctorate, between the University of Jaen and Smart Materials 3D, it was proposed in 2020 to develop a joint project for the development of a virucidal material, as a result of COVID 19 and the different strains that emerged later, were the triggering of the development and research of an antiviral material. But the project goes much further, considering the past where different pandemics have also been experienced through the history. Therefore, it seeks to develop a material with broader characteristics that in addition to eliminating viruses and, failing that, bacteria on surfaces and it should be also a non-toxic material and as far as possible, biocompatible.

In the 3D printing sector, flexible materials have become a classic among the most commonly used printing options. Unlike most materials, flexibility as its main feature allows manufacturing models and objects that can be bent, stretched, or provide extra comfort in the cushioning of a handle, among many other examples.

HIBRID4D is an ambitious program named "Research and Development of 4D Printing Technology for multimaterial and multifunctional processing with embedded electronics and sensors" The aim of this project will be, creating intelligent parts and devices with implants of electronics and sensors. This research project is based in the so-called four-dimensional printing (4D) that has recently originated from 3D printing within a fourth dimension: Time; and involves printing with smart materials that can respond to external inciting.

3D printing is the perfect technology to support the evolution of personalized digital medicine. The development of new materials, with technical and mechanical properties and the achievement of objects with perfect finish is part of the several goals of Smart Materials 3D, in continuous search of the improvement through the conception of innovative products for the medical industry.

Smart Materials 3D in its willingness to contribute to the environment, to the development of bioplastics materials and incorporate the 3D printing industry into the circular economy, is part of the FISOS3D project, creating materials for additive manufacturing by its R&D department, which incorporates waste or by-products from different industries, made in collaboration of the Technology Center of Plastic (Andaltec) thus working towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and collaborating with Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions commitments.

Do you have in mind a blue lamp for your new 3D printing project? Do you need to print a clear object and in colour? Our SMARTFIL‍ PLA CRYSTAL is one of the easiest filaments to print and with translucent finish to let the light flow through.

At Smart Materials 3D, we have developed a new support filament to address the need to print ever more complex parts, which facilitates use and offers the ability to print more efficiently, therefore we present our INNOVATEFIL PVA ULTRA the best solution on the market for support and water-soluble materials.