MEDICAL PEEK 3D PRINTING SOLUTIONS

Apium M220 Series

Benefits

Apium M220 Series

High quality standards TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Apium’ s leading role in PEEK 3D

Build Envelope (X,Y,Z) 170 mm x 170 mm x 130 mm
printing is based on high quality
of the 3D printed parts. The Apium System Size and Weight 850 mm x 685 mm x 675 mm, 66 kg

M220 is equipped with advanced

Product Resolution: 0.5 mm
x/y Resolution
innovative technology enabling Machine Resolution: 0.0125 mm

the fulfillment of highest quality Product Resolution: 0.1 mm

z Resolution
Machine Resolution: 0.05 mm
standards.
Reproducibility 0.1 mm
Effective medical
production Minimum Layer
Thickness
0.1 mm
Maximum
Layer Thickness
0.3 mm

The Apium M220 Series offers the Minimum Wall Thickness 0.5 mm

unique possibility to produce

Type of Medical
patient specific prostheses and Number of Extruders 1
Extruder Extruder

implants at low costs and minimal

Filament
lead times, without affecting PEEK`s Nozzle Diameter 0.4 mm
Diameter
1.75 mm

biocompatibility and sterilisation

Full Metal Hot up to
properties. End 540°C
Atmosphere
Temperature around the up to 200°C
part is controlled Medical
Patient-specific design Print Bed
Material
grade
material

Based on the design freedom Power Consumption max 0.700 kW Noise Emission <70 dB(A)

that comes along with additive

Materials Medical Grade PEEK Filament
manufacturing, complex geometries
can be created using radiological Windows/ WLAN,
Operating System Connection
Mac/Linux Ethernet
imaging data as input. The digital
implant model, generated from Regulatory Compliance ISO 10993-18

the patient-specific data, can be

manufactured from PEEK within a
few hours, sterilized then deployed
for patient treatment.

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Process Workflow

Medical PEEK 3D Printing

Full medical components

The Apium M220 Series places great
emphasis on contamination-free processing
of implantable materials. For this reason,
all components in direct contact with the
material to be processed are made of
sterilisable medical materials.

Prevention of contamination

The integrated filter system prevents organic

and inorganic contamination. Hot air flows
around the component during the printing
process and prevents the residency of
particles or bacteria. Therefore it is possible
to process medical materials both inside and
outside the clean-room.

Preservation of biocompatibility

Particular attention has been paid

to preserving the biocompatibility of
the materials to be processed. Tests in
accordance with ISO 10993 were successfully
carried out to ensure that the properties of
the processed material remain unchanged.

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Process Workflow

Medical PEEK 3D Printing

Material traceability

Thanks to the Apium control software, the

documentation of any 3D printed part on
the M220 machine is possible without any
missing detail. The labelling system allows
full traceability of production batches to
prevent mismanagement of sub-standard
products.

Easy integration into medical

workflows

2 Upper Limit
The validation and process integration of
additively manufactured medical devices
Temperatur [ °C ]

0
is considerably supported on this M200
machine thanks to integrated sensor
-2 Lower Limit
technology. After each manufacturing
process, temperature deviations can be
taken from the print protocol, from which 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000
Print Time [ s ]
conclusions can be drawn about the
product properties to be expected.
An integrated camera system in the M220
allows for monitoring the print job and
also serves as an early warning system
by detecting defects and stopping the
printing process. This way both user time
and material can be saved.

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MEDICAL GRADE MATERIALS

Apium Filaments - Medical PEEK

Amorphous Semi-Crystalline
High Performance Solutions

Medical PEEK - Material Properties

Semi-Crystallinity of PEEK
PEEK is a semi-crystalline material. Semi-crystalline materials
have distinct characteristics compared to amorphous
materials. Semi-crystalline materials have well-defined
melting point, good chemical, fatigue and wear resistance.
Proper attention must be paid to the temperature control
during printing to ensure it is regulated well to produce parts
of consistent crystallinity with good properties.

PEEK Filament - High Performance

Apium P220 Series 3D printers allow the printing of PEEK parts Semi-Crystalline Material

with 29-32% crystallinity, the closest ratio in the 3D printing

industry to 35% crystallinity of injection moulded PEEK parts.

Characteristics of 3D Printed
Semi-Crystalline PEEK

The professional PEEK 3D printers of Apium are capable of

processing medical grade PEEK filaments with the highest
quality in 3D printing industry.

Characteristics of 3D printed PEEK with Apium`s technology:

• Mechanical properties similar to human bone
• Biocompatible
• Radiolucent
• Low heat conductivity
• Good chemical resistance
• High temperature resistance
• Lightweight
• Excellent wear resistance
• Good fatigue resistance

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Medical PEEK - Mechanical Tests

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES CONDITIONS TEST METHOD VALUE

Tensile Strength XY 23 °C, 48% Humidity DIN EN ISO 527 77,2 MPa

Tensile Strength YZ 23 °C, 48% Humidity DIN EN ISO 527 85,4 MPa

Tensile Strength Z 23 °C, 48% Humidity DIN EN ISO 527 20,5 MPa

Tensile Elongation XY 23 °C, 48% Humidity DIN EN ISO 527 3%

Tensile Elongation YZ 23 °C, 48% Humidity DIN EN ISO 527 2,6 %

Tensile Elongation Z 23 °C, 48% Humidity DIN EN ISO 527 0,6 %

Tensile Modulus XY 23 °C, 48% Humidity DIN EN ISO 527 3 GPa

Tensile Modulus YZ 23 °C, 48% Humidity DIN EN ISO 527 3,8 GPa

Tensile Modulus Z 23 °C, 48% Humidity DIN EN ISO 527 3,2 GPa

Flexural Strength XY 23 °C, 48% Humidity DIN EN ISO 527 31 MPa

Flexural Strength YZ 23 °C, 48% Humidity DIN EN ISO 527 75,6 MPa

Flexural Strength Z 23 °C, 48% Humidity DIN EN ISO 527 43,6 MPa

Flexural Modulus XY 23 °C, 48% Humidity DIN EN ISO 527 5,6 GPa

Flexural Modulus YZ 23 °C, 48% Humidity DIN EN ISO 527 7,7 GPa

Flexural Modulus Z 23 °C, 48% Humidity DIN EN ISO 527 10,6 GPa

Charpy Impact Strength XY 23 °C, 48% Humidity DIN EN ISO 179 34,88 kJ/m²

Charpy Impact Strength YZ 23 °C, 48% Humidity DIN EN ISO 179 9,62 kJ/m²

Charpy Impact Strength Z 23 °C, 48% Humidity DIN EN ISO 179 2,94 kJ/m²

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Medical PEEK - Applications

Medical
PEEK offers optimum properties for in-vivo
applications in many aspects. In comparison
to a titanium based implant, a PEEK implant
is appreciably similar to the human bone in
mechanical stiffness and elasticity thus can easily
mechanically conform as the bone exercises
internal motion. Since this material is radiolucent,
it is suitable for radiological diagnostics and
therapeutic radiation technology. Thanks to
its insulating properties, the material is also less
susceptible to temperature effects than its metal
substitute materials.

In addition, the technology can be applied to the

manufacture of surgical tools that come in any
contact with the patient and therefore require
medical certification.

Willy-Andreas-Allee 19 +49 721 680 30 87 0

76131 Karlsruhe info@apiumtec.com
Germany www.apiumtec.com