Materials
3D printing in PC
Polycarbonate: the toughest of our plastics, for parts that must take impact and heat at the same time.
Good for
- Parts that take hard impacts
- Housings and guards near motors or heat sources
- Parts working up to about 115 °C
Not good for
- Glass-clear parts: printed, clear PC comes out translucent
- Long exposure to sunlight: it yellows over time
- Parts where PETG or ABS is enough: it costs more
At a glance
- Behaviour
- Very tough and stiff
- Density
- 1.2 g/cm³
- Heat deflection temperature (HDT)
- ~117 °C
An indicative value, from the material's datasheet. If your part works near this temperature, tell us.
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