Argo 1000 Hypermelt This large-format 3D printer from Roboze is designed for the manufacture of high-performance parts, such as turbine blades and custom automotive parts, in one piece, reducing the need for post-production assembly, as well as functional prototypes, tooling, molds and jigs. Materials in its repertoire include advanced composites and polymers, such as polyetheretherketone (PEEK) and Ultem 9085.
What’s new? Roboze’s HT Pellet Extruder for the printer, available since late last year.
Benefits The ability to use high-temperature materials and composites, such as PEEK and Carbon PEEK in pellet form, reducing material cost and increasing throughput. Deposition speed is up to 4.4 pounds per hour.
Roboze, Houston, 346-229-5675, www.roboze.com
Karen Hanna | Senior Staff Reporter
Senior Staff Reporter Karen Hanna covers injection molding, molds and tooling, processors, workforce and other topics, and writes features including In Other Words and Problem Solved for Plastics Machinery & Manufacturing, Plastics Recycling and The Journal of Blow Molding. She has more than 15 years of experience in daily and magazine journalism.
