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New Polymer Based Products

Technological advancements have been incredible in the past few years. It seems like scientists in all fields are finding better ways to produce substitutes for high priced products. From polymer based products to new phone chips, the world of technology is growing rapidly. Quickparts, the leading provider of rapid prototypes and low-volume custom-manufactured production parts, today announced the availability of the new PolyJet Tango material that allows Quickparts customers to have production-quality Elastomeric parts from a rapid prototyping process.

PolyJet Tango, available in TangoBlack and TangoGray, is a new rapid prototyping material developed by Objet and built on the Eden 333 and Eden 500. Customers who need flexible, rubber-like prototypes can now get instant online price quotes and place orders 24x7 on the Quickparts.com website. The PolyJet Tango materials are listed under the SLA process as Elastomer. TangoBlack has a hardness of 61 Shore A, while TangoGray has a hardness of 75 Shore A.

Full material properties and data sheets are available online at Quickparts. The company is pleased to offer customers looking for keypads, tires, and gaskets with a unique option for Elastomeric prototypes. The PolyJet Tango is the first of many new resins planned in 2006 to help meet their customers? needs for production-quality materials from rapid prototyping. Quickparts provides custom manufacturing services for engineers and designers looking to create plastic and metal parts from 3D CAD, computer-aided design, models.