The materials for 3d printing are: photosensitive resin composites, polymer powder materials, paraffin powder materials, ceramic powder materials, fused wire materials, FDM ceramic materials, wood-plastic composites, FDM support materials.
The most commonly used materials are photosensitive resin, PLA,, ABS, nylon and stainless steel.
Photosensitive resins, or resins, are composed of polymer monomers and prepolymers to which light (ultraviolet) initiators (or known as photosensitizers) are added. In a certain wavelength of ultraviolet light (2500 ~ 300nm) irradiation can immediately cause polymerization reaction to complete curing. Photosensitive resins are generally in liquid form and can be used to make high-strength, high-temperature resistant, waterproof materials.
And ceramic materials with high strength, high hardness, high temperature resistance, low density, good chemical stability, corrosion resistance and other excellent characteristics, in the aerospace, automotive, biological and other industries have a wide range of applications. However, due to the hard and brittle characteristics of ceramic materials make its processing and forming especially difficult, especially complex ceramic parts need to be formed through the mold. Mold processing costs are high, the development cycle is long, it is difficult to meet the demand for continuous updating of products.
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Different principles of 3D printing use different materials, materials are very varied, the application of different materials used by different applications are also different, you need to be specific to a certain principle, a certain application of 3D printing, in order to specifically say what materials are used.
3D printing materials are generally linked to the specific process, the choice of different materials, but also determines the process, but also determines the limitations imposed by the process, such as dimensional accuracy, minimum detail, wall thickness, and vice versa, if you know the target finished product must achieve the dimensional accuracy, minimum detail, and wall thickness, you can also be reversed to decide on the optional 3D printing materials.
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