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.

Custom synthesis capabilities

A Mitsubishi Chemical Group company, Gelest specializes in custom chemistry solutions, driving the development and production of acrylates, silanes, and reactive silicones to optimize photopolymer formulations for additive manufacturing.

Gelest’s team of chemistry experts work closely with customers to understand performance needs and to design molecules and manufacturing paths to bring ideas to commercialization.

Custom synthesis capabilities
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Your partner for material performance enhancements and characterization

Do you need help tailoring the performance of your additive manufacturing materials to an application and your printing process? We have the chemistry expertise and equipment to enhance your research and development efforts. Our specialties include:

  • Synthesis and specification control of silanes, acrylates, and silicones
  • Particle surface modification
  • High-purity materials

Our highly skilled technical employees can work across a range of chemistries and have extensive analytical and material characterization equipment at their disposal.

  • GC
  • GC-MS
  • HPLC
  • GPC
  • NMR
  • FTIR
  • UV-VIS
  • DSC-TGA
  • XPS
  • SEM
  • ICP-MS
  • Rheology
  • Viscometry
  • Goniometry
  • Particle size analysis
  • Physical and mechanical property testing
  • Digital microscopy
  • Flammability testing
  • Accelerated aging
  • Electrical and thermal conductivity
Our highly skilled technical employees can work across a range of chemistries and have extensive analytical and material characterization equipment at their disposal

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.