Materials. For 3D Printing
3D Printing Materials List.
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Below we've listed our current list of available 3D Printing materials, referenced by their 3D Printing process.
As we develop our service and 3D printing technology evolves we will continue to expand the range of materials on offer. We are are currently working on being able to offer 3D printing in SLS Nylon and have recently added 3D Printing in Metals, High Tempreture and High Chemical Resistance 'Strong & Durable' (FDM) materials and the Clear material for our 'Fine Detail' service.
Fine Detail In White plus Colours.
Choose our White 'Polyjet' based 3D Printing material for building your parts with a smooth finish, fine details and reasonable strength.
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Rigid Materials.
Our range of 'Fine Detail' Rigid materials include 'Black', 'Grey' and 'Blue' with Blue our current default option. Our Fine Detail service prints in 30 micron layers as standard and gives you a large 400 x 500 x 400 build envelope.
Rigid materials can also be printed in a 16 micron layer option for ultra fine detail if you need it.
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Rubber 'Like'.
The Rubber 'like' materials give you soft and flexible materials simulating a range of rubbers.
Available in Opaque Clear, Grey and Black these materials allow you to produce 3D Printed parts with Rubber like properties including different levels of elasticity and values for 'elongation at break'. The Rubber like materials were designed to give your parts the realisitic look and feel of rubber or silicone and allow pre production testing and evaluation. 30 Micron build layers.
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Polypropylene or PP 'Like'.
The Polypropylene 'like' material gives you a rigid material which is a little 'softer' than our default 'White'.
Designed to simulate Polypropylene this material is ideal where you need the strength, flexibility, appearance, and toughness of Polypropylene type plastics. Finished parts are produced in 'opaque white' and have a smooth surface finish. 30 Micron build layers.
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Clear.
The The polyjet Clear material gives you a an option for producing parts which can be polished via a secondary finishing process to be see through. Without secondary finishing, off the machine, parts have a frosted appearence. 30 Micron build layers.
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Strong Durable.'Real' Production Thermoplastics.
Real production Thermoplastic materials. Produce meaningful pre production parts for evaluation and testing prior to committing to production.
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Real ABS.
Producing 3D printed parts in ABS offers you many advantages. ABS (Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene) is ideal for designs where you need strengh and durability and is very cost effective.Â
Applications include proof of concept designs, fit and form testing and low volume sales and marketing models.
We default to 'White' for 3D Printing in ABS and offer colour options including Red, Blue, Black, Ivory and Grey.
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Real Polycarbonate.
For applications where you need to 3D Printed parts with very high strength or resilience to high temperatures, Polycarbonate could be the material for you.
3D printing in Polycarbonate gives your parts durability, strength, excellent mechanical properties and heat resistance.
Parts are produced in White.
Specialist Materials.
Our range of specialist FDM 3D Printing materials gives designers and engineers a wide choice when prototyping or rapid manufacturing for specialist manufacturing sectors, including aerospace, electronics, medical & transport applications.
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ABS - Static Dissipative. "ESD7"
Colour: Black | Code: ABS-ESD7
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ABS - Bio compatible.
Colour: Ivory | Code: ABS-M30i.
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Polycarbonate - Bio compatible.
Colour: White or Translucent Natural | Code: PC-ISO
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ABS\Polycarbonate hybrid.
Colour: Black | Code: PC-ABS
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Flame, Smoke, Toxicity (FST) certified. "ULTEM".
Colour: Black or Tan | Code: ULTEM 9085
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Heat & Chemical Resistant. "PPSF".
Colour: Tan | Code: PPSF
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Powder/Resin FULL Colour
This Powder/Resin technology is ideal for product visualisations, display models and architectural layouts producing finished models that appear extremely life like in a plaster composite material.
The material is relatively low in strength so is less ideal for functional testing. However it is very cost effective for larger parts plus colour may be added as part of the printing process.
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METALS. DMLS.
Metals available for 3d printing using the DMLS (Direct Metal Laser Sintering)Â include:
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- Maraging steel - 1.2709 (Alloy Tool Steel with Ni)
- Titanium - Ti4A14v
- Aluminium - 2 options, Alsi10Mg and Alsi9Cu3 alloy,
- Stainless steel - 2 options, 1.4542 (SS with special aditions) & 1.4404 (SS + Ni with Mo but no Nb + Ti)
- Nickel Alloy - In718 (Inconel High temp metal)
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 For more information on the service please see our 3D Printing in metals page.
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3D Printed Materials
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