MadeSolid Introduces PET+ Filament
There certainly seems to be a ton of competition within the 3d 3rinter manufacturing market, however the competition within the 3D printer filament market is a bit less fierce. This seems to be changing though. Earlier this week we saw Polymakr launch a Kickstarter project for 3 new filament types, and just recently a company called MakeSolid has introduced a new Filament which they are calling PET+.
PET+ has several key benefits over traditional PLA and ABS filaments, which include the following:
- It’s heat resistant.
- Extremely low amount of shrinkage
- It’s hydrophobic. This means that water in the atmosphere does not ruin it's properties.
- It will function fine with or without a heated build plate
- Much more flexible
- 100% recyclable
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The company is also working on a SLA resin as well which also have many key benefits over the traditional resin used in SLA printers. These include:
- Can be extremely colorful
- Prints with a matte finish, and a soft feeling to it.
- Less Toxic, easier to clean up
Check out their website for more details. Pretty excited to see where they go with this. http://madesolid.com/ here is a look at a spool of PET+ filament:
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