PolyCast™ (PVB)
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PolyCast™ is a filament designed to produce investment patterns for investment casting applications. 3D printing significantly cuts down both the cost and lead time by eliminating the tooling process.
Nozzle temperature
190 – 220 (℃)
Build surface treatment
PC and Texture PEI (Glue when needed)
Build plate temperature
25 - 70 (˚C)
Cooling fan
ON
Printing speed
50 - 200 (mm/s)
Retraction distance
1 - 3 (mm)
Retraction speed
20 - 40 (mm/s)
Closure Chamber
No Needed
Recommended support material
PolyDissolve™ S1
Drying setting
50˚C for 12h
This mateiral is a PVB material and does not need any special printer requirements to print.
Print slower than standard PLA. Recommended top Max Volumetric Speed of 15mm^3/s.
Increase printing temperature to 220˚C if printing at this fast 15mm^3/s.
Keep fan speed on at full blast for best surface quality. Reduce if noticing any layer adhesion issues.
The burnout temperature for our PolyCast is 1,100 - 1,200˚C to entirely burnout.
You can find more information on this on page 7 of our application notes for this material:
Video to help if you are unable to reach 1,100˚C
None! This will print great on any stock 3D printer!
You will just want to print slower on stock, older style printers.
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The burnout temperature for our PolyCast is 1,100 - 1,200C to entirely burnout. You can find more information on this on page 7 of our application notes for this material:
There is another individual though - a YouTuber - who pretty much exclusively uses PolyCast - Press Tube. He uses a kiln that cannot reach those temperatures and gets the PolyCast to work. Here is a link to a video of his where he goes over how he gets it to work while not being able to reach that temperature: