We are Team DM. We exist to deliver Additive Manufacturing AM 2.0 technologies, materials, and applications that enable mass production.
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MISSION
Adaptive3D is the premium Additive Manufacturing polymer resin supplier. With the most innovative and cutting-edge technologies, we are partnering with global leaders to deliver solutions for functional end use products and prototypes.
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VISION
To enable high volume Additive Manufacturing through optimized materials. We are revolutionizing the full promise of Additive Manufacturing to the world of elastomers by enabling customers to produce flexible end parts and products at scale.
HISTORY
Adaptive3D was founded by inventor Walter Voit, Ph.D., in Dallas, TX. The core chemistry was originally developed through the course of a DARPA funded project and the company is the recipient of a highly competitive Small Business Innovation Research grant from the National Science Foundation.
PROBLEM
Additive Manufacturing suffers from a legacy embedded in rapid prototyping where materials properties were secondary to form and fit. As Additive Manufacturing transitions into true manufacturing, it is material properties that become the predominate driver and limiting factor. In this respect, material properties fall woefully short through the industry and severely limit the applications and markets in which this revolutionary platform can be leveraged.
SOLUTION
Adaptive3D’s portfolio of photopolymeric resins are optimized for the production of end use parts and products. With high tear strength, high elongation and market leading toughness, these materials are the perfect solution for true Additive Manufacturing of flexible elastomeric parts. In particular, Adaptive3D’s resins excel as the 3d printed version of elastomers such as rubbers, polyurethanes and silicones. With high elasticity and a range of Shore A durometer resins, Adaptive3D has become the leader in elastomeric solutions for Additive Manufacturing.
ADVANTAGE
Adaptive3D leverages a proprietary reaction chemistry that imparts elongation and toughness to photopolymeric resins that can withstand end use in demanding environments such as footwear, transportation, oil& gas and industrial settings. This technology, developed at The University of Texas at Dallas with funding from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), can be connected to well-known chemical families such as acrylates, which results in high performance materials that are easy to process because they are one pot, one part, pot-stable chemistries. This combination of properties that match traditional materials like nitrile butyl rubber, polyurethane and silicones with ease of processing and scalability lead to enormous opportunities.