Temperature tolerance of 3d printed material

[BarrySDCA]

Hello all,

I have been brought here by a need to make a special bracket for a computer. I need it to hold a special type of SSD that gets kind of hot. Not CPU hot but hot.

The entire part is about 2" x 1". It needs to be strong enough to hold a heavy PCIe card and withstand high temperature. Probably no more than 180 degrees best guess.

Is 3D printing suitable for this job or am I better molding metal? thing is I will need about 100 of them and 3D printing it sounds like the easiest and most precise way to go. Am I right?

I appreciate any advice, including which printers I should be looking at. Also it would be nice if it can print some toys for my kids. I think they would get a kick out of watching them get made.

thank you much

[LuckyImperial]

Maybe with ABS, but definitely not PLA. There are other materials that you can use (Nylon, Poly-carbonate) which will easily stand up to that temp. ABS is cheap, and easily printed so it's worth a shot.

You may want to check out this article:
http://3dprint.com/95697/polymaker-covestro-filament/

As for printers...you can't go wrong with a LulzBot: https://www.lulzbot.com/products/lul...z-5-3d-printer

[Mjolinor]

C or F

Minchars

[BarrySDCA]

Maybe with ABS, but definitely not PLA. There are other materials that you can use (Nylon, Poly-carbonate) which will easily stand up to that temp. ABS is cheap, and easily printed so it's worth a shot.

You may want to check out this article:
http://3dprint.com/95697/polymaker-covestro-filament/

As for printers...you can't go wrong with a LulzBot: https://www.lulzbot.com/products/lul...z-5-3d-printer

thank you for that

[Sebastian Finke]

Woah!!!

ABS has a glass point of 105 degrees celsius. Go over that you will deform your bracket!

High temperature resistant materials include polyamide (nylon) and polyether ether ketone (PEEK). Both require modified hotends for high temperature printing i.e. over 300 degrees.

Alternative go and get a quote from your local sheet metal place...