A man feeling the texture of a surface

CERAtex

Ceramic systems

SURFACE ENHANCING TECHNOLOGY

Greater design flexibility for plastic injection moulding: Eschmann Textures has an innovative 3D printing technology for pre-visualization CERAtex which enables different designs to be produced from the same tool.

In conventional production methods the tool determines how the structure looks. Things are different with this process: By applying a heat-resistant, almost wear-free ceramic coating to the tool surface, plastic components can be produced in a very wide range of different looks.

This provides you with a completely new level of flexibility that gives you an extra dimension of design creativity. CERAtex adds a ceramic coating to create the surface texture.

Microjet Ceratex a ceramic system for enhancing surface by 3D printing technology for pre-visualization

This 3D printing technology for pre-visualization enables users to enhance an almost infinite range of products by adding customized surface textures. This ceramic process facilitates true-to-original design reproduction at unbeatably short reproduction lead times. CERAtex can be removed at any time from the tool without leaving residues and be re-applied without the need for additional polishing, modified wall thicknesses or similar.

A shark skin texture applied on surface by Eschmann Textures India using 3D printing technology for pre-visualization

Features

  • Ranges from one-off custom designs to small batches
  • Physical foaming (MuCell)
  • In-mould graining (IMG)
  • Blow moulding
  • Silicone moulding tools
  • Pu foaming tools
  • Plastic injection moulding (including polypropylene, Polyurethane etc.


“Innovative lightweight construction “meets design”

CERAfoam

CERAshibo

BREAKTROUGH FOR THERMOPLASTIC FOAM INJECTION

MOULDING, LIGHTWEIGHT & UNIQUE GRAIN DESIGN

The combination of ceramic coated surfaces and unique Femto laser texturing offers high end design for foamed parts – free of foam streaks and with high freedom in part construction.

BENEFITS FROM
• Lightweight
• Reduce energy/CO2
• Unique grain
• Sustainability

CERAMIC TOOL COATINGS

  • All surfaces can be moulded 1:1 and transferred into the smallest detail to the tool geometry
  • Can be removed from the tool and re-applied with a new texture.
  • Heat and wear-resistant, it processed at temperature ranges of up to 200°C
  • Ideal for all standard plastic mould steels and aluminium as well as for physical foaming (MuCell)