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3D Printing Filament in Singapore

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Favorite Filaments

PETG

  • eSUN
      • + Great general-purpose filament
      • + Good tensile strength
      • + Good heat resistance
      • ± Flexible
      • + Stringing can be completely eliminated with retraction length calibration
  • CC3D
      • + Great general-purpose filament
      • + Good tensile strength
      • + Good heat resistance
      • ± Flexible
      • - Fine stringing that cannot be completely eliminated with any length of retraction
      • Colored filament is not completely opaque, could be useful for single-layer LED shine-through

PETG Composites

  • Tinmorry
      • + Great general-purpose filament
      • + Good tensile strength from PETG
      • + Good yield strength/impact resistance from glass fiber
      • + Great heat resistance
      • + Matte surface texture
      • - I had extreme reel to reel variance, one reel was ~1.79mm diameter while another was :!: ~1.82mm :!: diameter, measure and set extrusion multiplier per reel!
      • Use the link above to order rather than the usual product listing page, as the store blocked orders from non-mainland China access

PLA Composites

    • + Prints are very strong without being too brittle
    • + Matte surface texture
    • + Soft light diffusion

Disliked Filaments

  • eSUN
      • Prints are very flexible and soft in XY axis, strength is only in the Z axis
      • Probably has to do with the orientation of the carbon fibers due to extrusion
  • ABS
    • Filament shrinks during printing
      • Prints will end up slightly under-sized, especially in X-Y axes
      • Perimeters warp upward like mad throughout the print
      • Print will detach from the bed and fail, which can be mitigated by a large (≥1 cm) brim
      • Even with a brim, the first layer will still have warped perimeters
    • Fills your home with noxious fumes during printing
    • Plenty of modern alternatives to attain similar properties, e.g. composite blends (-GF, -CF) or polymer blends (PETG HT, PC blend)
  • All PLA/ePLA
    • PLA glass transition (softening) temperature is around 60°C, making it unsuitable for many warm environments like direct sunlight, vehicle interiors, electronics enclosures, etc.
    • PLA is not dimensionally stable - creeps over time at any temperature
    • PLA polymer biodegrades over time, becoming brittle or breaking down into various chemicals
projects/3d_printing/filament.txt · Last modified: 2024/06/18 13:14 by Andrew Yong