Printer Materials and Properties
The table below lists the print materials that are currently supported on the Figure 4 Jewelry printer, as well as the mechanical properties of cured parts printed with these materials. Please note that not all properties in the table below apply to every material. As such, different materials will have blank spaces for some of the property fields below.
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NOTE: All materials come in 1kg bottles. |
| Metric | Method | Figure 4 JCAST-GRN 10 | Figure 4 JEWEL MASTER GRY |
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| Color | N/A | Green | Gray |
| Description | N/A | Jewelry Casting | A versatile, high HDT master pattern material for jewelry silicone molds and high-visualization detailed prototypes of complex and fine designs. |
| Speed (mm/hr) - 50 µm Print Mode/Standard Build Style | Internal method | up to 8 | up to 14 |
| Viscosity (cps @ 25C) | Brookfield viscometer | 190 | 2147 |
| Liquid Density (g/cm3) | Kruss K11 Force Tensiometer | 1.095 | 1.19 |
| Solid Density (g/cm3) | ASTM D792 | 1.18 | 1.29 |
| Tensile Strength Ultimate (MPa) | ASTM D638 (rigid)/D412(elastomer) | 13.7 | 67 |
| Tensile Strength @ Yield (MPa) | ASTM D638 | ||
| Tensile Modulus (MPa) | ASTM D638 (rigid)/D412 (elastomer) | 262.4 | 3548 |
| Elongation at Yield (%) | ASTM D638 | ||
| Elongation at Break (%) | ASTM D638 (rigid)/D412(elastomer) | 12.1 | 2.5 |
| Flex Strength (MPa) | ASTM D790 | 129 | |
| Flex Modulus (MPa) | ASTM D790 | 3980 | |
| Izod Notched Impact (J/m) | ASTM D256 | ||
| Izod unnotched impact (J/m) | ASTM D4812 | ||
| Tg (DMA, E") | ASTM E1640 (E"at 1C/min) | -1.3 | |
| HDT @ 66PSI (C) | ASTM D648 | >300 | |
| HDT @ 264 PSI (C) | ASTM D648 | 111 | |
| CTE above Tg ((μm/m)/°C) | ASTM E831 | 142.7 | 146 |
| CTE below Tg ((μm/m)/°C) | ASTM E831 | 80 | |
| Shore D Hardness | ASTM D2240 | 67.5 | 88 |
| Shore A Hardness | ASTM D2240 | ||
| 24 Hour water absorption (%) | ASTM D570 | 1.3 | |
| Tear Strength (kN/m) | ASTM D624 |
