Arburg wins People's Choice Award at Rapid + TCT 2019

The Rapid + TCT 2019 marked the first appearance of the freeformer 300-3X in US. The three-component machine produced complex movable gripper fingers made of ABS, TPE and support material - in a single step and without requiring additional assembly effort. The second exhibit, a freeformer 200-3X with two discharge units, turned TPE (Medalist MD 12130H) with Shore A hardness 32 into components with a flexible honeycomb structure. The freeformer is currently the only machine capable of this kind of additive manufacturing of resilient hard/soft combinations and processing of very soft original TPE, said Arburg in a press release.

“To us, the Rapid + TCT is one of world’s three important trade fairs for additive manufacturing. However, in this field we are still relatively unknown in the US, contrary to our Allrounder injection moulding machines. Therefore we are particularly proud that our exhibition stand and the two freeformers impressed the people in Detroit and that we were one of three exhibitors that received the People’s Choice Award,” said Lukas Pawelczyk, who is responsible for global freeformer sales at Arburg.

“We made many high-quality contacts and had numerous good conversations. The trade visitors were unanimously captivated by the possibilities that our open system offers - in particular the diverse range of materials and the way in which the freeformer can be used to produce own original plastics,” said Martin Neff, head of plastic freeforming at Arburg. (PC)

ALCHEMPro News Desk – India