3D printing Prime Market For Insight's Conductive Compounds
Frank Espisito - Plastics News - November 25, 2024
Cleveland — Insight Polymers & Compounding has launched a new line of conductive and static dissipative compounds for the additive manufacturing market.
The new compounds can be used in additive manufacturing pellet printing, Sales Manager Matt Torosian said Nov. 13 at AMI Plastics World Expos in Cleveland. Other potential end markets for the new compounds include electronics, industrial, medical and consumer products.
Kingsport, Tenn.-based Insight makes materials with performance goals in mind, Torosian added. "Some customers want filled or reinforced materials; some want contract R&D."
The firm also is working on PFAS replacement materials and in 2025 should have compounds based on reactive polymers such as modified polypropylene available.
In other resin families, Torosian said, Insight is developing nylon 6 materials that can perform like nylon 12 and polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) materials that can perform like high-temperature nylon. Compounds based on polyetheretherketone (PEEK), polyetherimide (PEI) and other high-performance resins for oil and gas seals also "are in the early stage," Torosian said.
Insight operates four twin-screw extrusion lines at a 12,000-square-foot site. The firm was founded in 2018 by A.J. Pasquale and Jeremy Lizotte. Pasquale now is the firm's operations director, with Lizotte serving as innovation director. Both previously worked for plastics and chemicals giant Eastman Chemical Co. of Kingsport.
Insight makes materials based on many different resin types for a wide range of end markets. Its product mix includes concentrates based on glycol-modified PET and polylactic acid (PLA).
