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DuraForm® AF - 3D Systems -

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DuraForm AF by 3D Systems is a Nylon, Unspecified (Polyamide, Unspecified) plastic material with filler: Aluminum Filler.

General Information

Product Description

Polyamide (nylon) material with metallic appearance for real-world physical testing and functional use.
.....for use with all selective laser sintering (SLS®) systems

APPLICATIONS
- Housings and enclosures
- Consumer products
- Appropriate for low- to mid-volume rapid manufacturing
- Parts requiring machining or joining with adhesives
- Complex production and prototype plastic parts
- Form, fit or functional prototypes
- Parts requiring stiffness
- Thermally stressed parts
- Plastic parts requiring a metallic appearance

FEATURES
- Metallic appearance with nice surface finish
- Good powder recycle characteristics
- Excellent mechanical stiffness
- Easy-to-process
- Dimensionally stable

BENEFITS
- Excels in load bearing applications at higher temperatures
- Build prototypes and end-use parts without tooling
- Create accurate and repeatable parts as demanded by manufacturers
- Machinable for demonstration parts
- Improved isotropic shrinkage due to aluminum filler

General

Material Status

Commercial: Active

Availability

Asia Pacific

Europe

North America

Test Standards Available

ASTM

Filler / Reinforcement

Aluminum Filler

Features

Good Dimensional Stability

Good Processability

Good Stiffness

Machinable

Pleasing Surface Appearance

Uses

Consumer Applications

Housings

Machine/Mechanical Parts

Prototyping

Appearance

Light Gray

Silver

Forms

Powder

Processing Method

Sintering

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Features (Alternate Representations)
Pleasing Surface Appearance, Good Stiffness, Good Dimensional Stability, Dimensionally Stable, Good Processability, Easy Processing.
Uses (Alternate Representations)
Housings, Housing, Machine Parts, Mechanical Parts, Machine/Mechanical Parts.
Spelling Variations
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