Shapeways continues to roll out thrilling updates on our stock of 90+ supplies and finishes already accessible, however with particular consideration to one in every of our most versatile 3D printing merchandise: Wonderful Element Plastic. This versatile acrylate is very common for purchases at Shapeways, together with the whole lot from miniatures to 3D printed plastic grasp molds.
New choices like Wonderful Element Plastic in Clear Extremely and Grey function glorious decisions whether or not you’re designing for the Shapeways Market, procuring the 1000’s of merchandise accessible there, or importing a personalised design for us to 3D print.
3D Printing with Clear Extremely Wonderful Element Plastic
Clear Extremely Wonderful Element Plastic is a superb resolution in the event you want a cloth much less susceptible 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 be beneficial for purposes requiring thinner buildings with flexibility, in addition to thicker elements the place inflexible performance is critical.
Different purposes embrace:
- Translucent prototypes for plastic injection molding
- Purposeful snap-fit assemblies requiring drilling, tapping, and machining
- Injection molding plastic screw bosses and threads
- Translucent circulate visualization and dye-tinted purposes
- Optically clear sight home windows for digital fixtures
- Microfluidics, capillary fluidics, and lab-on-a-chip merchandise
Wonderful Element Plastic elements can be painted simply as a result of exceptionally clean, constant surfaces–excellent for smaller 3D printed merchandise requiring excessive accuracy, effective options, and sharp edges.
3D Printing with Grey Wonderful Element Plastic
Providing related materials properties to Clear Extremely Wonderful Element Plastic, this opaque Grey serves as the proper base for portray and enhancing intricate 3D mannequin particulars.
The sturdy visible distinction of Grey Wonderful Element Plastic additionally makes it superb for useful purposes with excessive element, in addition to elements that require drilling, tapping, and machining. Whereas this inflexible materials serves the identical purposes as its Clear counterpart, we additionally suggest Grey Wonderful Element Plastic for the next:
- Elements with floor particulars requiring distinction for simple 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 Wonderful Element Plastic supplies embrace:
- Grey Wonderful Element Plastic: 3D Methods Visijet M2R-GRY materials at HD decision settings (800 x 900 DPI) to offer effective particulars at 32 micron layer peak.
- Clear Extremely Wonderful Element Plastic: 3D Methods Visijet M2R-CL materials at UHD decision settings (1600 x 900 DPI) to offer best particulars at 32 micron layer peak.
Know-how
We 3D print all Wonderful 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 expertise 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 Wonderful Element Plastic merchandise, we suggest that you become familiar with the design tips right here.
