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: Fantastic Element Plastic. This versatile acrylate is extremely standard for purchases at Shapeways, together with every little thing from miniatures to 3D printed plastic grasp molds.

New choices like Fantastic Element Plastic in Clear Extremely and Grey function glorious decisions whether or not you’re designing for the Shapeways Market, buying the 1000’s of merchandise out there there, or importing a personalised design for us to 3D print.

3D Printing with Clear Extremely Fantastic Element Plastic

Clear Extremely Fantastic Element Plastic is a superb resolution in case you want a fabric much less liable to yellowing over time, in addition to one providing extra flexibility to assist stop breakage in additional fragile 3D printing initiatives like jewellery or ornamental items. This materials can also be advisable for functions requiring thinner buildings with flexibility, in addition to thicker components the place inflexible performance is important.

Different functions embrace:

• Translucent prototypes for plastic injection molding
• Purposeful snap-fit assemblies requiring drilling, tapping, and machining
• Injection molding plastic screw bosses and threads
• Translucent circulation visualization and dye-tinted functions
• Optically clear sight home windows for digital fixtures
• Microfluidics, capillary fluidics, and lab-on-a-chip merchandise

Fantastic Element Plastic components can be painted simply as a result of exceptionally easy, constant surfaces–good for smaller 3D printed merchandise requiring excessive accuracy, advantageous options, and sharp edges.

3D Printing with Grey Fantastic Element Plastic

Providing related materials properties to Clear Extremely Fantastic Element Plastic, this opaque Grey serves as the right base for portray and enhancing intricate 3D mannequin particulars.

The robust visible distinction of Grey Fantastic Element Plastic additionally makes it superb for practical 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 advocate Grey Fantastic Element Plastic for the next:

• Elements with floor particulars requiring distinction for straightforward visualization of floor element
• Opaque prototypes and a few end-use elements
• Painted enterprise and advertising and marketing collateral, fashions, and mockups

Finishes

New finishes for Fantastic Element Plastic supplies embrace:

• Grey Fantastic Element Plastic: 3D Techniques Visijet M2R-GRY materials at HD decision settings (800 x 900 DPI) to supply advantageous particulars at 32 micron layer peak.
• Clear Extremely Fantastic Element Plastic: 3D Techniques Visijet M2R-CL materials at UHD decision settings (1600 x 900 DPI) to supply best particulars at 32 micron layer peak.

Expertise

We 3D print all Fantastic Element Plastic supplies with Materials Jetting (MJ), one in every of our quickest 3D printing applied sciences, offering excessive element and dimensional accuracy, glorious 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 Fantastic Element Plastic merchandise, we advocate that you become familiar with the design tips right here.