{"id":15601,"date":"2026-02-27T10:48:39","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T09:48:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/powdermonkeys.de\/2026\/02\/27\/from-prototyping-material-to-functional-performance\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T15:40:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:40:00","slug":"from-prototyping-material-to-functional-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/powdermonkeys.de\/en\/2026\/02\/27\/from-prototyping-material-to-functional-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"From prototyping material to functional performance"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"15601\" class=\"elementor elementor-15601 elementor-15592\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-127e769 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"127e769\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-02b581a\" data-id=\"02b581a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2fbfc50 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2fbfc50\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"x_x_MsoNormal\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">At LAMP 2025, a recent study by Fraunhofer ILT and industry partners evaluated Monkey TPU 50 with one central question:<\/p><p class=\"x_x_MsoNormal\"><b>Can SLS-produced TPU components be used in media-tight, functional applications?<\/b><\/p><p class=\"x_x_MsoNormal\"><b>The answer:<\/b><br \/>Not in the as-printed state &#8211; but absolutely with the right process chain.<\/p><p class=\"x_x_MsoNormal\">With aligned process parameters and suitable post-processing, closed surfaces and functional parts such as vacuum grippers become feasible.<\/p><p class=\"x_x_MsoNormal\"><b>What this shows:<\/b><\/p><p class=\"x_x_MsoNormal\">Additive materials are evolving.<\/p><p class=\"x_x_MsoNormal\">From &#8220;just printable powders&#8221; to validated, application-ready engineering materials.<\/p><p class=\"x_x_MsoNormal\">That&#8217;s exactly the ambition behind Powder Monkeys:<br \/><b>Materials that don&#8217;t just print well &#8211; but perform in real industrial environments.<\/b><\/p><p>Published: Journal of Laser Applications (Vol.38, Issue 1)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e40db17 elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"e40db17\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"http:\/\/powdermonkeys.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-10-JLA25-CF-LAMP2025-00302.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read Article<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At LAMP 2025, a recent study by Fraunhofer ILT and industry partners evaluated Monkey TPU 50 with one central question:<\/p>\n<p>Can SLS-produced TPU components be used in media-tight, functional applications?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":15589,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54,53],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-15601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english","category-german"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/powdermonkeys.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/powdermonkeys.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/powdermonkeys.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powdermonkeys.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powdermonkeys.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15601"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/powdermonkeys.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15601\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15660,"href":"https:\/\/powdermonkeys.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15601\/revisions\/15660"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powdermonkeys.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/powdermonkeys.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powdermonkeys.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powdermonkeys.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15601"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powdermonkeys.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=15601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}