High impact polystyrene
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High impact polystyrene December 07, 2011 01:47PM |
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Re: High impact polystyrene December 07, 2011 02:58PM |
Admin Registered: 17 years ago Posts: 7,879 |
It is used as support material in some Stratasys machines, so in theory yes. I think it needs quite high temperatures, so might need a stainless steel extruder rather than one made with PEEK and PTFE.
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Re: High impact polystyrene December 07, 2011 06:43PM |
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Re: High impact polystyrene December 13, 2011 10:40AM |
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I've printed with HIPS I acquired from HaveBlue a while ago.
It prints almost exactly like ABS in every way.
Also, some of the "ABS" currently sold by esunpla is almost entirely polystyrene, and behaves almost exactly like the HIPS I have printed with. It even softens in limonene just like HIPS.
Why do you want to use HIPS?
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It prints almost exactly like ABS in every way.
Also, some of the "ABS" currently sold by esunpla is almost entirely polystyrene, and behaves almost exactly like the HIPS I have printed with. It even softens in limonene just like HIPS.
Why do you want to use HIPS?
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Re: High impact polystyrene April 29, 2012 01:48PM |
Registered: 12 years ago Posts: 115 |
The biggest reason to use HIPS is cost. The raw material can be purchased for about $1 / lb less, so after a couple of markups by the extruder / seller, it should be about $4-5 less per lb.
It also has better resonace than ABS / PLA, so whistles and musical instruments would sound better.
It also has better resonace than ABS / PLA, so whistles and musical instruments would sound better.
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Re: High impact polystyrene April 23, 2013 02:13AM |
Registered: 12 years ago Posts: 19 |
We could supplier the HIPS filament,1.75mm & 3mm and more than 10 color for options.
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Re: High impact polystyrene May 29, 2013 01:47AM |
Registered: 10 years ago Posts: 1 |
A typical printer won't be suitable for a polystyrene tyle. A bit modefied machine is needed for this purpose.
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Re: High impact polystyrene July 09, 2013 09:47PM |
Registered: 11 years ago Posts: 364 |
i have used two color samples of high impact polystyrene in my prusa i2 which has a standard j-head hotend... the material extrudes better than abs and has a better finish quality ....Also it melts at the same temperature as abs
the only downside is that it is not as sticky as abs so sometimes it starts lifting up at corners ... but besides that it is a very good material ..
the only downside is that it is not as sticky as abs so sometimes it starts lifting up at corners ... but besides that it is a very good material ..
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