Know Your 3D Printing Materials

[Brian_Krassenstein]

As the 3D printing industry begins to soar with popularity and usefulness in so many sectors, and so does the variety of materials associated with it, navigating through the choices and figuring out your needs can be frustrating if you aren’t familiar with what material strength you truly need. From tensile strength to toughness to heat deflection, users must choose their material based on their equipment and specific applications, while understanding why one material may good for one prototype but not another. Find out more about these choices and how to make a decision in the full article: http://3dprint.com/42417/3d-printing...ial-strengths/


Below is a look at a few 3D printing materials:

[ssayer]

No PET, PETG, PET+?

[DBFIU]

Polycarbonate

[oklok]

"Below is a look at a few 3D printing materials", which means just a few of many

[curious aardvark]

Download CAPINC’s 3D Printing Material Guide to learn about Stratasys material strength, toughness, heat deflection temperature, technologies and materials best suited for specific industries and applications.

Ah - don't have a stratasys machine.
Looked at the 'download' and it is purely for people using high end machines and commercial materials for those machines.

useful if you're commercial - not much for the home user.
http://www.capinc.com/capincs-3d-printing-material-guide?submissionGuid=ec2857be-bc76-40a1-b296-a19e7347529d