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10-06-2017, 12:53 PM #1
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ESD safe Flexible filament?
Does anyone know of an ESD safe filament that is also flexible? I can't find any. Thanks.
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10-07-2017, 10:00 AM #2
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10-07-2017, 05:02 PM #3
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ElectroStatic Discharge? It seems that all filaments would be pretty similar in that regard, unless they were conductive.
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11-06-2017, 04:16 PM #4
as none of the flexibles are conductive - wouldn't that make them all esd safe ?
Or am i missing something ?
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11-07-2017, 01:21 AM #5
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You are missing something....
Insulators are not ESD as they can't be grounded and static charge will remain.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electr...arge_materials
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11-07-2017, 11:19 AM #6
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11-07-2017, 03:57 PM #7
Graphene 3D Lab Introduces New Conductive Flexible TPU Filament for 3D Printed Wearable Electronics
Have not seen any for sale as of this date.Last edited by Roberts_Clif; 10-12-2018 at 06:52 AM.
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11-11-2017, 10:13 AM #8
pretty sure I've tried all the different carbon based conductive filaments. None of them are conductive enough to be of any use.
However there was a company at tct who were working on a non-carbon based conductive filament that could be produced in lots of different colours.
They wouldn't tell me what it was based around :-)
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10-07-2018, 06:47 AM #9
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It doesn't need to a very good conductor to be ESD safe. I have used Protopasta conductive filament to print ESD safe parts. While it may be problematic to use it as a conductor for any significant current, it's many orders of manitude more conductive than it needs to be to dissipate a static charge.
That's filament is not flexible, though.
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01-30-2020, 12:45 PM #10
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