Developing new filament for FDM printers and investment casting. Test results looking good.

3D Printing
,
1

Developing new filament for FDM printers and investment casting.
Test results looking good.

95161ee106edbaa111d2f8530ce5be5b.jpeg
95161ee106edbaa111d2f8530ce5be5b.jpeg900×1600 104 KB

2

What is it?

3

@Kevin_Danger_Powers , filament material.

4

We are aware it is filament material, that was stated in the original post. What he means is what TYPE of filament? Is it a hybrid of plastics? Are you attempting to create a new type of PET?

5

@Scott_Schnatzmeyer obvious response is obvious. Lol.

6

@Kevin_Danger_Powers it’s green

7

+Kevin Danger Powers, @Scott_Schnatzmeyer it is a type of wax.

8

@Paulo_Geraldes doesn’t wax have a really low melting point?

9

@Kevin_Danger_Powers yes but it’s not unprecedented. Wax is commonly used for investment casting.

10

Interesting tread so far, I’ll stay with you in line for an answer :wink:

11

@Kevin_Danger_Powers yes you are right. The print temperature for this material is about 100°C.

12

missing/deleted image from Google+

13

@Paulo_Geraldes that’s pretty low. Sounds like it would be pretty easy to print. I am curious to see what you can do with it. Have you had any issues with the extruder motor slipping or anything? What about filament breaking or bending?

14

@Kevin_Danger_Powers I was surprised of how easy it prints as well. We considered the mechanical properties of the filament as an important factor so that the filament could be used on a common FDM printer. Been testing for bed adhesion and warping… looking good.

15

Nice