Types of 3d printing materials used in 3d printing

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Printing technology has grown leaps and bounds since the advent of 3D printing technology. The power to print objects in three dimension has made, not just school science projects more interesting but also impacted the manufacturing industry in many ways. Earlier, all you needed was a sheet of paper and an ink cartridge to print, the 3D printers now use everything right from plastics to edible things like even chocolate. 3D printing materials can range from materials including metals, resins, ceramics and more. The most popular material is plastic and most of the desktop style printers, print objects using plastic. But high-end 3D printers are capable of using many different materials. The types of 3D printing materials used in 3d printing depends on the products to be manufactured. You can’t use human body cells, as a material to prepare an aerospace machine model! 3d printing service chandigarth,kochi,bhopal,visakhapatnam, Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand , Uttar Pradesh and Haryana india




Plastics used in 3D printing

The most used material for 3D printing is Plastic. In desktop printers and even in the high end 3D printers, plastic used as the 3D printing material. Nylon, or Polyamide, is commonly used in powder form with the sintering process or in filament form with theFDM process. It is a strong, flexible and durable plastic material that has proved reliable for 3D printing. It is naturally white in colour but it can be coloured — pre- or post printing. This material can also be combined (in powder format) with powdered aluminum to produce another common 3D printing material for sintering — Alumide.

ABS(Acylonitrile Butadiene Styrene) Material is another common plastic used for 3D printing, and is widely used on the entry-level FDM 3D printers in filament form. It is a particularly strong plastic and comes in a wide range of colours. ABS can be bought in filament form from a number of non-propreitary sources, which is another reason why it is so popular.

PLA is a bio-degradable plastic material that has gained traction with 3D printing for this very reason. It can be utilized in resin format for DLP/SL processes as well as in filament form for the FDM process. It is offered in a variety of colours, including transparent, which has proven to be a useful option for some applications of 3D printing. However it is not as durable or as flexible as ABS.


Other 3D printing materials used
1) SLA PRINTING RESIN: (Multiple options)

Also called White-, Black-, Transparent detail /White detail resin / High detail-, Transparent-, Paintable Resin
Rigid and a bit delicate
Liquid Photopolymer cured with UV light
White, black & transparent most typical colors
About 10 layers per 1mm
1mm minimum wall thickness

2) STAINLESS STEEL:

Very strong material
Made with multiple steps or from powder directly
Coloring options like gold and bronze plating
About 6 layers per 1mm
3mm minimum wall thickness