R&D services for 3D printing materials

Need expert support to develop and test the optimal materials for your application? Let Mitsubishi Chemical Group support you with research and development services.

Specific aesthetics

Specific aesthetics

In addition to an extensive selection of colors made to stock, we can also develop 3D printing materials with unique colors, textures, or other appearance specifications.

Printer optimization

Printer optimization

Need help matching pellets, powders, or UV photopolymers to your hardware or software? We work with you to develop 3D printing materials that make for the best possible printing experience with your machine -- a plug-and-play solution for your printer.

Material modifications

Material modifications

From printing temperature to melting behavior, from flame retardancy to electrical and thermal conductivity, from hardness to elasticity -- we can help you develop custom 3D printing materials with the precise performance characteristics you need.

New raw material analysis

New raw material analysis

Need help analyzing materials, technical data, or product samples? We work with you to expand the raw material possibilities for pellets, powders, and UV photopolymers used in 3D printing.

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Your partner for material specification and analysis

Do you need help achieving specific chemical structures in your materials in order to best perform with your 3D printing devices? We have the chemistry expertise and equipment to enhance your 3D printing materials materials. Our specialties include:

  • Synthesis and specification of silanes, acrylates, and silicones
  • Particle surface modification
  • Highly purified formulations

For modifications and new products, a fully equipped lab is available. Some examples of the properties that we can measure include:

  • Density determination: specific gravity/mass density,
  • Rheology: MFI/MFR,
  • Tensile: tensile strength/elongation/modulus,
  • Impact strength and resistance: Izod and Charpy method,
  • Vicat softening point and H(eat) D(eflection) T(emperature),
  • Thermal analysis such as: D(ifferential) S(canning) C(alorimetry), T(hermal) G(ravimetric) A(nalysis) = ash content, O(xidative) I(nduction) T(imes) and I.R. spectroscopy,
  • Moisture analysis in ppm,
  • UL94 and glow-wire flammability test,
  • Conductivity test, electrically and thermally,
  • Color measurement by means of L.A.B. values, ​
  • Accelerated UV and weatherometer testing,
  • Microscopy for digital visual rating.

Team up with one of the world’s largest manufacturers of polymer-based pellets, powders, and UV photopolymers for 3D printing. We focus on developing high-quality, industrial materials for vat polymerization, powder bed fusion, and FGF 3D printing technologies.