About polySpectra
3D printed objects are notoriously brittle, weak, and unstable.
With Cyclic Olefin Resin COR, we’ve changed the world of 3D printing forever. polySpectra offers a new chemistry in 3D printing based on our proprietary material, COR.
Finally, a 3D printing solution that rivals molded engineered plastics – And is the most durable the world has ever seen.
With COR, we’ve brought innovation to the automotive, medical, aerospace, and electric industries.
When the COR inventor and founder of polySpectra, Raymond Weitekamp, first worked with 3D printing, he was shocked by how limiting it was. Printed parts were so weak you’d have to be careful not to drop them (even on carpet.)
Raymond recognized that his dislike for 3D printing was because the available materials didn’t have the strength they needed.
While finishing his Ph.D. at Caltech, Raymond developed a new photopolymer chemistry and process for photolithography that would eventually become the solution to this problem.
Meanwhile, the 3D printing industry was exploding.
Ripe with enthusiastic hobbyists and newly available commercial 3D printers, countless technological advancements were made. However, in spite of its popularity, 3D printing had a major problem: it produced fragile and brittle plastic.
Was it possible for 3D printing to meet consumer expectations of rigidity, elasticity, and temperature resistance?
COR was the answer.
Now, polySpectra uses COR to bring parts to the aerospace, automotive industry, medical industry, and more.
COR offers extensive chemical resistance, high-temperature tolerance, and high mechanical performance.
We see inventors, engineers, designers, and companies struggle to create reliable parts rather than producing lasting parts the first time with COR.
Printing with COR meets your demands for rigidity, elasticity, and temperature resistance in plastic products once and for all!
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polySpectra was founded by Raymond Weitekamp to commercialize a discovery he made during his PhD research at Caltech. Raymond is a member of the founding cohort of Activate Fellows at Cyclotron Road, the groundbreaking hard technology innovation program at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. polySpectra is supported by the DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s Advanced Manufacturing Office, the National Science Foundation, and the Molecular Foundry.
