Windform 3D printing at the Maker Faire in San Francisco

San Francisco, California – From medical products to space to F1, Windform materials have no limits of use and express the maximum performance that can be achieved with high profile 3D printing technology.

Parts and components made with 3D Printing become final parts and functional prototypes thanks to the family of Windform materials. Reinforced with glass fibers or carbon fibers, these polyamide-based powders, have changed the concept of rapid prototyping in rapid manufacturing. With Windform, processes, which previously required the use of injection molds for the construction and study of the object, can now use last generation additive technology. These materials have been available on the market for more than 20 years, since the early days of additive technology in America and when it was almost unknown in Europe.

Windform has known how to evolve during the past two decades and interpret the needs of the world market, anticipating manufacturing solutions. A far-sightedness carried out by CRP Technology, the company that owns the materials and represents one of the most important and highly qualified production realities of additive manufacturing parts. Today Windform offers the world market a real alternative to traditional methods of production for small series, for the realization of functional prototypes and end-use components.

Important progress has been made on Windform, such as outgassing tests for use in space, patch testing for the medical sector, fashion, and design and testing of non-conductivity, expanding the use of Windform in all areas in which an insulating, waterproof, highly durable material is required, offering the opportunity of being processed with high precision CNC machining. A single material, two different technologies, that of 3D printing and CNC machining have transformed application solutions into reality, solutions which until a few years ago were impossible to implement with traditional methods. 

In San Francisco, you will be able to admire the new generation of Windform 3D printing and see up close the micro-satellites used in space missions, medical devices built on the customization of the carrier, design objects of various shapes. as well as end-use parts of racing cars and even a super sport electric motorbike, designed and developed with Windform materials: Energica Ego, a tribute to Italian design, high technology, and cutting-edge performance.

Source: Windform