Description
Metal 3D Printing with Ultrafuse® 17-4 PH
Metal 3D Printing with Ultrafuse® 17-4 PH metal filament is a plastic for 3D printing of stainless steel metal components for applications requiring high hardness and mechanical strength.
Ultrafuse® 17-4 PH is a material designed for the production of 17-4 stainless steel metal components on standard Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) printers.
Ultrafuse® 17-4 PH offers an efficient way to produce metal parts with high mechanical strength. The material is compatible with most FFF 3D printers, giving you a high degree of flexibility and freedom.
This stainless steel can be fully heat-treated to achieve high levels of strength and rigidity. Therefore, it is ideal for the petrochemical, aerospace and automotive industries. Parts printed with Ultrafuse® 17-4 PH metal-polymer composite filament achieve their final properties through a catalytic debinding and oven sintering process known from traditional metal injection molding.
Material Properties
Heat Treated Stainless Steel Parts
Increased Strength and Rigidity through Dispersion Strengthening
Martensitic
Magnetic
Key Benefits
- Lightweight and affordable metal 3D printing
- High mechanical strength and rigidity
- Good corrosion resistance
- Fully hardened for high strength
- Wide range of post-processing options for green parts
Lightweight metal 3D printing with BASF Ultrafuse
BASF Ultrafuse metal filaments are specially designed for easy use on standard FFF/FDM 3D printers – the most common type of printing equipment. Ultrafuse® 316L and 17-4 PH materials offer greater design flexibility at a reduced cost of ownership, making the process of printing metal parts simpler, faster and more cost-effective.
The optional Ultrafuse® Support Layer material enables printing with easily removable supports and supports the necessary post-processing processes. This significantly expands the range of possible uses and applications of the material. The final post-processing steps – debinding and sintering – are carried out via specialized online Debinding & Sintering portals or on equipment in-house.
Printing
Printing with BASF Ultrafuse® metal filament is very similar to FFF printing with plastic, but there are a few important details that need to be taken into account to ensure that a fully metal part can be produced.
Washing and Sintering
Once the part has been printed, the next step is washing and sintering – processes that differentiate metal printing from typical FFF 3D printing. Only after these are completed do we have a fully metal part.
BASF Forward AM Ultrafuse® 17-4 PH Metal Filament: applications
Tools
Clamps and Fixtures
Functional Prototypes
Material details
- Product card
- Technical data sheet (EN)
- User instructions
- Process instructions
- Safety data sheet (EN)
- Printing profiles for Raise3D
Specification:
| Printing technology | FFF |
| Plastic diameter (mm) | 1,75 / 2,85 |
| Diameter tolerance (mm) | ±0.050 |
| Circumference (mm) | ±0.050 |
| Coil outer diameter (mm) | 200 |
| Inner diameter of coil (mm) | 50.5 |
| Width (mm) | 55 |
| Printing Temperature (°C) | 230 – 250 °C |
| Table temperature | 90 – 100 °C |
| Table material | Glass + approved adhesives* / polyimide tape (*Magigoo® recommended) |
| Nozzle diameter (mm) | ≥ 0.4 |
| Print speed (mm/s) | 15 – 50 |
| Compatibility with supporting materials | Ultrafuse® Support Layer |
| Compatibility with printers | Tested printer brands: UltiMaker, MakerBot, Raise3D, BCN3D, Zortrax |
| Density of sintered parts | 7850 кг/м3, ISO 3369 |
| Country of origin | Germany |
| Weight of plastic (kg) | 1.0 / 3.0 |
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