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| Syensqo has investigated many materials for Additive Manufacturing (AM) with the goal of either commercializing the materials or working directly with customers according to their needs. These projects and materials have either progressed to commercial materials, been put on the shelf for future use, or canceled due to low priority or customer reprioritization. Below is a table summarizing the projects and materials and their current status. This can be used at a very high level to understand what has been investigated in case a customer (either internal or external) shows interest or makes an inquiry. If there is a significant inquiry, the suggestion is to contact Chris Ward (chris.ward@syensqo.com) for a follow-up discussion to understand potential information or next steps. |
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| Technology | Material | Overall Summary | Current Status |
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| Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) | PPSU | Significant internal development to produce material of high quality for printing | Commercial |
| Aerospace PPSU | Significant internal development to develop a material of acceptable flammability properties | Shelved |
| Unfilled PEEK | Significant internal development to produce material of high quality for printing | Commercial |
| Filled PEEK | Significant internal development to produce material of high quality for printing | Commercial |
| Polyamides | Limited internal development | Canceled |
| PPA | Initial development that demonstrated limited promise with commercial PPAs | Canceled |
| PPS | High crystallinity of PPS leads to extremely brittle filament that is very difficult to produce or print | Canceled |
| High Tg, Low Tm Polyamide | Current project focusing on selling filament and resin of a polyamide that possesses high HDT, but with a relatively low melting temperature | Ongoing |
| Continuous Fiber (CF3D) | Various | Please contact the above contact to learn more about this/these material(s) | Shelved |
| Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) | PEKK | First Syensqo material developed for powder-based AM; works very well, but an alternative, differentiated material has since been developed | Shelved |
| PAEK | Alternative, differentiated powder developed to replace PEKK; possesses slightly better properties and is more recyclable | Shelved/Ongoing/Customer Promoting |
| PEEK | While investigated (and prints rather well), traditional PEEK is not recyclable, thus not very attractive to customers | Canceled |
| Commercial PPS | Commercial PPS generated as powders have shown very limited promise for SLS | Canceled |
| Developmental PPS | PPS materials specifically developed for AM or for other applications needing similar property profiles have shown some higher success; this has been investigated heavily, with some investigation still ongoing | Shelved/Ongoing |
| High Tg, Low Tm Polyamide | This material has shown some promise for SLS, but recyclability has severe drawbacks | Canceled |
| PPA | Commercial PPAs show limited promise; however, recent PPAs specifically designed for AM have shown very high promise (project currently in progress) | Ongoing |
