3M develops f luorinated polymers for automotive, chemical processing, medical application

摘要

3M has developed a patent-pending technology to 3D print fully fluorinated polymers. This new technology is particularly exciting for PTFE (Polytetrafluoroethylene) applications and is aimed at the Automotive, Chemical Processing, Medical as well as Energy and Aerospace markets. The new development, which complements fluoropolymer processing, allows 3D printing as an additional and differentiated way of processing fully fluorinated polymers. In this way the fabrication of complex structures is possible, which otherwise cannot be produced or only produced with expensive traditional processing techniques.