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Thread: weird cracking with ABS
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04-14-2015, 05:14 PM #1
weird cracking with ABS
I made a item with white ABS from E-SUN for a customer, to which he showed me that it cracked like crazy. This isn't any normal cracking...it looks like delaminated. Other areas just plain cracked about 1/2" long. I've NEVER seen this before. The only thing I can think of was that the acetone bath did something to it somehow? If anyone has any idea, please let me know.
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04-14-2015, 10:18 PM #2
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Looks like it was peeled after the acetone bath or something?
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04-14-2015, 10:29 PM #3
I dunno. The guy said it flaked off. I don't know if I believe him or not. It's just weird.
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04-14-2015, 10:30 PM #4
As a 3d plastic filament manufacturer, I think maybe the problem in the raw material of ABS.
People mixed another plastic into ABS while producing ABS filament, in plastic industry it was called "off-grade ABS", it'll happen this crack,
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04-14-2015, 10:46 PM #5
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04-15-2015, 01:40 AM #6
Yes, sometimes off-grade ABS will cause problems, because it's impurities, it's not same as 100% brand new raw material ABS. And the raw material price for off-grade is much cheaper, but there are still some good quality off-grade plastics, but unstable quality are the most.
well, I think you should check with Esun stuff for real answer.
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04-15-2015, 07:18 AM #7
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No, the problem is that you were ever so slightly underextruding. Your flow rate was just a touch low causing the edges of the extrusions to not touch. Each perimeter was actually not bonded with the one next to it.
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