HP Multi Jet Fusion (MJF)
HP 3D High Reusability PP ensures high productivity while minimizing waste due to its excellent chemical and mechanical properties. In addition, this material is able to reuse up to 100% of the unused powder, thus reducing the environmental footprint. From a wide range of applications, from medical to automotive, HP 3D High Reusability PP (polypropylene) opens the path to serial production of fully functional parts.
The new HP 3D High Reusability PP enabled by BASF is a genuine new additive manufacturing material that has the same properties as commonly used PPs in injection molding. With its excellent chemical resistance, low moisture absorption, and long-term durability, PP is optimal for piping, fluid systems, and containers.
This material is ideal for customers in the automotive, consumer, industrial, and medical sectors who are looking for an optimal balance between performance and cost. As an example, automakers will be able to use the same PP for prototyping and production of final parts found in vehicles’ interior, exterior, and under-the-hood.
Car interior parts
Industrial tubes, pipes, reservoirs
Biocompatibility—meets ISO 10993 and US FDA Intact Skin Surface Devices Statements
HP 3D High Reusability PP enabled by BASF is an additive manufacturing material for the powder-bed fusion process that produces genuine and functional polypropylene parts. This widely used commodity polymer is versatile with applications across the product development lifecycle offering mechanical properties that produce strong, durable, and chemically resistant parts.
TENSILE STRENGTH
30 MPa
ELONGATION AT BREAK
20%
YOUNG’S MODULUS
1600 MPa
CHARPY IMPACT NOTCHED TEST
35 kJ/m2
Powder melting point (DSC) – 138°C , 280°F, ASTM D3418
Particle size: 62 microns, ASTM D3451
Bulk density of powder: 0.34 g/cm3, ASTM D1895
Piping and fluid systems
Containers
Interior and Exterior Automotive Parts
e.g.
Automotive
Medical
Industrial goods
Consumer goods
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1For HP 3D High Reusability PP enabled by BASF, based on internal HP testing, May 2020, with tests for mechanical property retention, dimensional stability, and weight change after 7- and 30- day immersion with acids, bases, organic solvents, and aqueous solutions.
2Based on internal HP testing, May 2020. HP Jet Fusion 3D Printing Solutions using HP 3D High Reusability PP enabled by BASF provide up to 100% powder reusability ratio, producing functional parts batch after batch. For testing, the material is aged in real printing conditions, and reclaimed powder is tracked by generations (worst case for reusability). Parts are then made from each subsequent generation and tested for mechanical properties and accuracy showing no degradation of properties up to three generations of use.
3Easier to process than standard HP 3D High Reusability PA 12, providing proper fusing along with good spreadability and compatibility due to its small particle size.
The HP Biocompatibility Statement for their 3D printing technology provides guidance on HP 3D600/3D700/3D710 Fusing and Detailing Agents and HP 3D High Reusability PA 12 Nylon 3D printing material
Read MoreMaterial safety data sheet for HP 3D High Reusability Polypropylene (PP) enabled by BASF.
Read MoreMaterial safety data sheet for HP 3D High Reusability Polypropylene (PP) enabled by BASF, 300L / 100Kg.
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