BASF Corp

Description

Ultrafuse® PLA Tough is a highly versatile biocompatible and biobased material specially developed for the needs of professional users. It effortlessly accommodates validated high printing speeds up to 300mm/s1, without the need for any hardware adjustment while offering an exceptional surface finish and an impressive impact strength. Moreover, it boasts a notably high success rate for large print jobs, ensuring a straightforward and cost-effective printing process.

Ultrafuse® PLA Tough can be an alternative to ABS as it is more sustainable, strong, and easy to print. As it is compatible with water-soluble BVOH support material, this biocompatible material which exhibits an impressive impact strength – 720% higher than standard PLA – is the perfect solution for printing complex geometries for demanding high-volume applications.

Furthermore, Ultrafuse® PLA Tough parts can be enhanced by annealing the part in a separate process step, which can increase the toughness up to 230%  and its heat resistance by 257%.

With Ultrafuse® PLA Tough Filament, you can achieve sustainable, cost- and time-saving production of large components at rapid speeds while maintaining impeccable surface quality. Elevate your designs and projects to PRO levels with a filament that guarantees outstanding performance, reliability, and consistency.

Benefits at a Glance

• 720% tougher than standard PLA
• 750% faster printing speeds than standard PLA with excellent surface finish
• Heat resistance up to 157 °C when annealed
• Passed extensive biocompatibility experiments to validate printed materials for skin contact applications
• High success rate for large prints and complex geometries
• 133% stronger than printed ABS
• Biobased

Example Applications

• Jigs & fixtures
• Orthotics and Protheses
• Functional Prototyping

Description

Its well-balanced mechanical property profile, maintaining high ductility and impact performance at any time, makes it one of the strongest and most rigid materials in the industry. The exceptional material is carbon-fiber reinforced, delivering optimal mechanical performance of printed components when strength and rigidity are crucial. Ultrasint® PA11 rCF is the perfect choice for lightweight designs, like individualized and low-run motorsport parts series.

Additionally, using recycled carbon-fiber reinforcement reduces the carbon footprint of the material by half, compared to a material using a standard carbon fiber.*

*LCA currently under critical review

Sustainability Check

• Lifecycle assessment available (soon)
• Carbon compensation offered
• Generally recyclable
• Recycled Material
• Bio-Derived

Benefits at a Glance

• Processing on any PBF equipment
• Carbon-fiber reinforcement
• Exceptionally high rigidity
• High strength-to-weight ratio
• Sustainable

Example Applications

• Individual motorsport parts
• Lightweight structures
• Aerodynamic components
• Metal replacement parts
• Partly electrically conductive parts
• Wind tunnel models

Material Properties

• Tensile strength: 69 MPa
• Young’s modulus: 4300 MPa
• Elongation at break: 10 %
• Charpy impact unnotched: 52 kJ/m²
• HDT B (0.45 MPa, dry): 191 °C

Description

This multi-purpose material is developed to be easy and stable processable on any SLS machine. Printed parts show excellent surface quality and level of detail. The material provides a large rebound, enhanced stiffness, and has a low printed part density ideal for lightweight applications. The chemistry of this material leads to very good UV and hydrolysis resistance. Typical applications to use the material are in the consumer industry for performance footwear and sports goods, in the healthcare industry for O&P, and in industrial applications for tools and grippers. Smoothing, dyeing, and coating are easily possible.

Benefits at a Glance

• Light, high rebound and good UV and hydrolysis resistance
• Excellent surface quality and level of detail
• High process stability and easy-to-print on any PBF equipment
• Easy finishing incl. smoothing, dying, and Ultracur3D Coating
• BASF supports in design optimization with Ultrasim
• High recycling rate of 80%
• Color: white

Example Applications

• Sports protection equipment
• Footwear
• Orthopaedic models
• Tools, grippers and pipes

Material Properties

• Hardness shore: 90A
• Tensile strength: 9 MPa
• Young’s modulus: 110 MPa
• Elongation at break: 280 %
• Rebound resilience: 65 %

Description

These outstanding properties place Ultracur3D® RG 3280 in an exceptional position among our other resins. Moreover, despite the high particle loading, the viscosity is kept low, and the settling of particles is limited, making this resin very easy to handle and print. Its high stiffness and temperature resistance make this the perfect material for tooling, molding, and wind tunnel testing.

The material has a white, ceramic-like color and feel.

Benefits at a Glance

• Superior stiffness
• Superior temperature performance
• Very fast and easy to print
• High suspension stability

Example Applications

• Tooling
• Molding
• Wind tunnel testing

Material Properties

• Young’s modulus: 10,000 MPa
• Tensile strength: 76 MPa
• Heat deflection temperature: >280 °C
• Viscosity, 30 °C: 230 mPas

Description

Ultracur3D® RG 9400 B FR distinguishes itself from other flame-retardant materials for having a low viscosity and being very easy to handle and print. The material is halogen free, and in addition to its flame-retardant properties, it has a very high HDT, making it ideal for demanding applications in electronics, custom jigs & fixtures as well as replacement parts for industrial environments.

The material is available in black.

Benefits at a Glance

• Flame-retardant (UL 94 V-0 at 2mm)
• Very high temperature resistance (HDT B >250°C)
• Easy to print and process, no heated printer required

Example Applications

• Electronics
• Custom jigs & fixtures
• Replacement parts for industrial environments

Material Properties

• Young’s modulus: 3,900 MPa
• Flammability: UL 94 V-0 at 2mm
• Heat deflection temperature: 255 °C
• Viscosity, 30 °C: 350 mPa

With Flame-Retardant & Self-Extinguishing Features

Flame-retardant materials will stop burning once the flame source has been removed. This feature of Ultracur3D® RG 9400 B FR is making it ideal for demanding applications in electronics like cable holders, electrical connectors, battery housing and high power electrical applications. The material is also suited for custom jigs & fixtures as well as replacement parts for industrial environments with high HDT and ignition sources.