Shapeways continues to roll out thrilling updates on our stock of 90+ supplies and finishes already out there, however with particular consideration to one in every of our most versatile 3D printing merchandise: Effective Element Plastic. This versatile acrylate is extremely in style for purchases at Shapeways, together with the whole lot from miniatures to 3D printed plastic grasp molds.
New choices like Effective Element Plastic in Clear Extremely and Grey function wonderful decisions whether or not you might be designing for the Shapeways Market, purchasing the 1000’s of merchandise out there there, or importing a personalised design for us to 3D print.
3D Printing with Clear Extremely Effective Element Plastic
Clear Extremely Effective Element Plastic is a good resolution in the event you want a cloth much less liable to yellowing over time, in addition to one providing extra flexibility to assist stop breakage in additional fragile 3D printing tasks like jewellery or ornamental items. This materials can also be really helpful for functions requiring thinner buildings with flexibility, in addition to thicker components the place inflexible performance is critical.
Different functions embody:
- Translucent prototypes for plastic injection molding
- Practical snap-fit assemblies requiring drilling, tapping, and machining
- Injection molding plastic screw bosses and threads
- Translucent movement visualization and dye-tinted functions
- Optically clear sight home windows for digital fixtures
- Microfluidics, capillary fluidics, and lab-on-a-chip merchandise
Effective Element Plastic components may also be painted simply as a result of exceptionally easy, constant surfacesâexcellent for smaller 3D printed merchandise requiring excessive accuracy, effective options, and sharp edges.
3D Printing with Grey Effective Element Plastic
Providing related materials properties to Clear Extremely Effective Element Plastic, this opaque Grey serves as the right base for portray and enhancing intricate 3D mannequin particulars.
The robust visible distinction of Grey Effective Element Plastic additionally makes it superb for useful functions with excessive element, in addition to components that require drilling, tapping, and machining. Whereas this inflexible materials serves the identical functions as its Clear counterpart, we additionally suggest Grey Effective Element Plastic for the next:
- Components with floor particulars requiring distinction for simple visualization of floor element
- Opaque prototypes and a few end-use elements
- Painted enterprise and advertising collateral, fashions, and mockups
Finishes
New finishes for Effective Element Plastic supplies embody:
- Grey Effective Element Plastic: 3D Methods Visijet M2R-GRY materials at HD decision settings (800 x 900 DPI) to supply effective particulars at 32 micron layer peak.
- Clear Extremely Effective Element Plastic: 3D Methods Visijet M2R-CL materials at UHD decision settings (1600 x 900 DPI) to supply best particulars at 32 micron layer peak.
Know-how
We 3D print all Effective Element Plastic supplies with Materials Jetting (MJ), one in every of our quickest 3D printing applied sciences, offering excessive element and dimensional accuracy, wonderful floor finishes, and aesthetics. MF know-how depends on a number of nozzles to deposit materials droplets onto the print mattress. Every layer is cured by UV warmth till the half is full, with helps eliminated in post-processing.
As a result of element tends to be a excessive precedence with Effective Element Plastic merchandise, we suggest that you become familiar with the design pointers right here.
