Objet’s Digital Materials™ are composite materials fabricated by the Connex500™ 3-D printing system based on PolyJet Matrix™ technology.
Digital
Materials are made up of two FullCure modeling materials. The two
materials are combined in specific concentrations and structures, to
provide desired mechanical properties and to resemble the product’s
target materials. This enables more realistic early-stage testing of
the product.
The main objective of digital materials, as
composites, is to combine two different materials so that the result is
a new material with characteristics different than those of the basic
materials.
Historically composite materials have always been
around—for example; adding straw to mud for building stronger mud
walls. Some more recent examples are carbon black in rubber, steel rods
in concrete, sand mixed with cement/asphalt, etc. Composites are used
in an increasing number of products, ranging from commonly found
consumer goods to advanced aerospace structures.
The Connex500™ 3-D Printing System can fabricate 21 different digital materials.