Description

Canadian made by Artisanal Scientists!  (Can you call it Artisanal if it’s engineered by a couple of material scientists?)

This is good stuff. We’ve been evaluation printing with this and it’s been very satisfactory. Yes, it comes at a premium, but balance that off against how many prints you’ve had go AWOL when you look away from it. And it’s domestically made and fresh.

Matter3D takes the consumable nature of their products seriously. They are now moving their filament to cardboard spools, and more-easily recycled natural cardboard boxes.

Matter3D’s Performance ABS is a high impact, high temperature, and FDA approved (food and beverage use) material. Performance ABS prints with a clean matte finish and little to no warpage. The material also has low off-gassing of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). It’s ideal for end-use parts or other applications where high-strength and high-heat properties are desired.

It’s optimized to enable 3D printing of small parts without necessarily having a print enclosure. The low warpage characteristics make it an ideal candidate for large, technical fabrication jobs. The low number of VOCs produced during printing emit almost no odor; however, appropriate ventilation is still recommended. Performance ABS is compatible with HIPs filament and limonene solvent for soluble supports.

Note: ABS is moisture sensitive. Therefore, it’s recommended to dry the material in an oven for ~1hr at 85 – 95 °C before printing. This practice ensures bubble free, high-strength prints. Best results are usual achieved when printing small (< 1000 cm³) parts at 260 – 280 °C, on a heated bed at 110 °C. An enclosure is ideal for larger prints for good layer adhesion and minimal distortion.

Specifications:

• Diameter: 1.75 +/- 0.05mm
• Weight: 1 kg
• Length: 395 m
• Density: 1.05 g/cc
• Nozzle Size: ≥ 0.15 mm
• Nozzle Temp: 230 – 280 °C
• Bed Temp: 100 – 110 °C
• Ideal Bed Preparation: Polyimide (Kapton) surface with glue or an acetone/ABS slurry.
• Layer Height: ≥ 0.1 mm
• Print Speed: ≤ 100 mm/sec
• Fan speed: 0%

Matter3D Performance ABS Technical Data Sheet

Note: Sold in individual 1kg spools.