By the way, I would really recommend using Magigoo PP stick for bed adhesion. I managed to print it on regular Prusa MK3S textured PEI bed with almost no warping with that thing. Freaking black magic! I also tried printing it on scotch tape or PP sheets. It results in part permanently fusing with the bed, impossible to peel it off afterwards without either ruining the part, or destroying the print bed
For some properties yes, however considering the difficulty printing PP in the first place, this will still get some of the properties while making larger parts possible. Mostly --- chemical resistance :)
Something tells me that the strength of PPCF could be based on slightly different parameters than the test your doing. Even though your test may not show this material to be as strong as, say; PCTG, or tuff under the same test. It does reveal that this material does not always break "Uneformaly", along the printed layers. It puts up a fight Unelateroly which may be an improvement to, say; PLA, which simply breaks or cracks. For example; you can not drill or tape PLA, whereas you probably can drill and tap PPCF. However; you may not have to drill PCTG, Nylon, or Delrin if you can print parts with the holes where you need them, and you surely don't have to "Tap" the holes afterward, because those materials are so tuff you can just drive the screws in with "Reckless Abandonment", and everything will be just fine. However; it looks like you would have to Tap the treads for PPCF, in order to avoid structural cracking, like with PolystyrenE or ABS. "Of course; my main concern is Price"? And is this material an economical trade-off for mechanically working prototypes?
There of is subjective, once again depends on what your using said material for. If TTS then absolutely consider another material altogether. TNE just may fall responsibly on gent like yourself as if took notion and would be appreciated by one as myself because consideration.
Compared to other filaments like abs, is it lighter in weight? If yes how much lighter? If not, what filament can I use that's light in weight compared to other materials
@@VisionMiner Thats what I was thinking of using, that and some PP+CF for engine parts, like an intake. I'm just skeptical with ASA, isnt there toxic fumes to be concerned with when printing?
You probably sell a lot more if you did some sort of scientific process to this whole equation, put a scale on it or something. Compare it to other filaments, anything...
Sans “Clumping”, Much longer, thinner strands for the carbon fiber would most probably needed for actual Strength(“structurally reinforcing-ly” speaking😉.. almost everywhere I See cf used, it Seems to be forced to act more like a structural inhibitor/abrasive powder than a reinforcing fiber..🤙🏻
Okay, after trying out some filament, i noticed when i loaded it, it oozed out really fast and made popping noise, exactly like wet nylon. I tried printing extrusion multiplier tests, and even measuring the filament diameter (1.75mm) my extrusion mult/flow rate had to be set to 0.8 or 80% or less to get the proper thickness for extrusion. I also noticed that the walls are filled with lots of holes, and it looked extremely rough. Do you know why this happens? Also, this stuff seems extremely brittle, but has great layer adhesion considering it has 15% carbon fibers. Its also lighter and more blueish than my pa-cf filament.
same thing. lots of bubbles and foaming, looks like a wet cf nylon. 24h of drying seems to help a ton as the extrusion is now very smooth but still not perfect and some big bubbles are still present.........
@@thrawn86 I dried mine for 8 hrs + 1 hr at 100c (melted the spool) still super stringy. Helped a little, but seems super problematic. I swear the guys I got this filament from left the filament in a flood for 3 years.
@@thrawn86 try cutting the filament open. On 2 of my spools, there were pores inside the filament. I double checked by cutting multiple times and incorporating filaments I know that don't have issues like this, and the others didn't have pores, the ppcf did.
So i think the porosity is due to the brittleness of the filament. It does seem to ooze. I got a replacement spool from 3DXTech, and had similar oozing and pores in the filament, but the replacement didnt string or fizzle
technically possible but that will require a totally different printer. You should look for continuous long fiber filament printing. Like Markforged, Anisoprint, DesktopMetal, and a few others. All these printers use a continuous fiber embedded into a 'matrix' of thermoplastic resin, mostly Nylon PA12 or PA6 or some sort of. There are other 3D Printers which adopt the more conventional wet filament deposition, often using a UV curable resin which hardens when being exposed to a strong UV light, immediately after deposition. Sometimes the extruder is also followed by a roller/pressor which helps the adhesion of the fibers. Why are you interested in basalt fiber? I'd been quite a precursor of the basalt fibers in the marine industry, we actually developed the very first basalt fiber laminated sails. And we also built a few boats and other parts. Less performing and heavier than CF, at least it's a natural material and in replacement to glass-fiber it can be safely disposed as an inert. It also has some interesting fire resistance properties, and much higher heath resistance (920°C). Unfortunately its beautiful bronze gloss look turns into a dull black once impregnated. Maybe a thermoplastic matrix could preserve the aesthetics as well.
@@aristeidislykas7163 Yes, sure. I didn't mention that. It's not so significantly stronger but has some 20/25% better mechanical properties than glass. And if you're interested in wind turbines, that's an excellent field of application for basalt fibers. Due to its inherited vibration damping (it's a rock) and also because it remains an inert and so far is perfectly disposable. Carbon fiber can't be used because of resonance issues and glass fiber can't be recycled, fullstop. In fact, they bury thousands of windmill blades every year. That's a huge environmental issue.
