A 3D printed tool insert made with polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) using Arburg Freeformer. It has adequate heat resistance for moulding prototypes in silicone and certain thermoplastics.
Renault A pillar interior trim made with LYB LyondellBasell polypropylene copolymer (PPC). A special effect compound is added to create the speckled appearance in combination with moulded textile texture, eliminating the need for covering.
Underside of a maintenance access hatch for passenger aircraft, showing the injection moulded features and ribs over the compression moulded organo sheet. In a single process, developed by Engel, a pre-heated thermoplastic organosheet is loaded into the mould cavity and over-moulded with high temperature thermoplastic. The materials are carbon fibre polyaryletherketone (PAEK-CF) organo and polyetheretherketone (PEEK) injection mould.